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Joseph Lau

Founder of Alchemy

Stanford, California

Overview

Work Experience

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Alchemy

  • Cofounder & CTO

    2017 - Current

    Alchemy powers the core infrastructure for leading blockchain companies and enterprises around the globe, enabling them to build better products and user experiences through next-generation blockchain infrastructure and developer tools. We're on a mission to create a platform that enables people to build great products for the blockchain space - similar to what Microsoft and Apple did for computers. Our team consists of top engineers with decades of experience at Google, Facebook, Microsoft, LinkedIn, and Pinterest building massively scalable infrastructure, AI, and products that millions of users love. We've been in stealth so we've been pretty quiet, but we're backed by the top execs, investors, and institutions in Silicon Valley including Stanford University and Coinbase. We're growing rapidly and hiring in all roles - so reach out and say hi if you're interested in joining our awesome family + mission! Email us at team (at) alchemy.com!

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Down To Lunch

  • Cofounder

    2016

    Press one button to hang out with friends!!!

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Pinterest

  • Software Engineer

    2013 - 2014

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Stanford University

  • Teaching Assistant / Head Teaching Assistant

    2011 - 2013

    CS 108 (Object Oriented System Design), CS 145 (Intro to Databases), CS 193C (Client-side Web Technologies), CS 183 (Startups), CS 194 (Senior Project)

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Google

  • Associate Technology Manager Intern

    2011 - 2011

SU

Stanford University

  • CS198 Section Leader

    2009 - 2011

    - Taught introductory programming methodology discussion section in Java and C++ - Assisted students on a personal basis with problem-solving and debugging, graded assignments and exams, held office hours

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LinkedIn

  • Software Engineer Intern

    2010 - 2010

    - Oversaw and developed member invitation feature for LinkedIn Groups from product specification through release - Developed on proprietary Java-based framework using Spring, Hibernate, MySQL, and JUnit testing framework - Planned strategy and helped launch a comprehensive initiative targeting college students

Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford

  • Student Researcher/Consultant

    2010 - 2010

    - Researched and provided consultation for new online media initiative

Education

Investments

Lagrange Labs

Seed

Total Funding: $17M

Dynamic Labs

Series A

Total Funding: $22M

Mural

Seed

Total Funding: $200M

XMTP

Series A

Total Funding: $25M

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