Donald Chu

Donald Chu

studying cs @ columbia

Building consumer apps. Currently working on Waddle, a couples app for long-distance relationships.

I lift weights, play basketball, and travel.

Reach out at donaldvchu@gmail.com.

Work

Phia2025 - Present
Forward Deployed Engineering Intern
Waddle2024 - Present
Founder
Oclete2024 - Present
Founder
Imagation2024 - Present
Founder
Study Snail2024 - Present
Founder
Full Stack Software Engineer
ELSAJul 2024
AI Research Engineer Intern
Research Assistant | Professor Tomitaka

Publications

Chu, Donald; Tomitaka, Asahi.
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Honors & Awards

Computer Science Youth of America Hackathon

2nd place in Advanced Track

Jul 2023

Vex Robotics Competition

2nd in State, Worlds Qualifier

May 2022

Free Time

AI experiments — chat, word games, and prediction markets