# Derek Chung

> Derek Chung is a software engineer at Abridge, the AI-powered clinical documentation company backed by Andreessen Horowitz with over $907M in total funding. A Stanford-trained computer scientist and accomplished concert pianist, he co-founded 88Keys to Cure, a nonprofit merging classical music with charitable causes, and has performed at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Hall, and Ravinia. His career sits at a rare intersection: elite competitive piano, rigorous CS training, and building technology that reduces clinician burnout at scale.

- **Role:** Senior Software Engineer at Abridge
- **Organizations:** Abridge, 88Keys to Cure, Piano Trio Royale, Stanford University
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Music & Computer Science; Coterminal Master of Science in Computer Science, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Grand Prize winner, Chicago International Music Competition (2018), First place, MTNA National Senior Piano Competition, First place, Arthur Fraser International Piano Competition

## Career timeline

- **2016** — Won Grand Prize at Alfred MostArts Festival Piano Competition
- **2018** — Won Grand Prize at Chicago International Music Competition and MTNA National Senior Piano Competition; enrolled at Stanford University as freshman
- **2018** — Co-founded 88Keys to Cure, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit promoting classical music for charitable causes
- **2019** — Admitted to Stanford Coterminal MS program in Computer Science
- **2022** — Performed senior piano recital at Braun Music Center, Campbell Recital Hall, Stanford University - program of Beethoven and others
- **2023** — Graduated Stanford with coterminal MS in Computer Science
- **2023-2024** — Joined Google as software engineer
- **2024-2025** — Joined Abridge as Senior Software Engineer, working on AI-powered clinical documentation technology

## Achievements

- Grand Prize winner, Chicago International Music Competition (2018)
- First place, MTNA National Senior Piano Competition
- First place, Arthur Fraser International Piano Competition
- First place, Alfred MostArts Festival Piano Competition (2016)
- Winner, Future Stars International Competition
- Winner, American Fine Arts International Concerto Competition
- Overall Best Romantic Performance, Los Angeles Young Musician International Piano Competition
- Two-time bronze medalist, Seattle International Piano Festival Competition
- President's Youth Prize for Best Chopin performance
- Luminarts Cultural Foundation for Classical Music award
- Featured on NPR's From the Top with chamber group Piano Trio Royale
- Performed at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Hall, Ravinia's Bennett-Gordon Hall, and Sala dei Notari in Perugia, Italy
- Co-founded 88Keys to Cure, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit raising funds for hospitals and disaster relief through benefit concerts
- Stanford Coterminal MS in Computer Science (dual undergraduate/graduate track)
- Software engineer at Abridge, a company valued at $5.3B with $907M+ in funding

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Abridge raised $300M Series E led by Andreessen Horowitz and Khosla Ventures, valuing the company at $5.3B
- **2025-01** — Abridge won KLAS Best in KLAS 2025 award for AI ambient documentation
- **2024-02** — Abridge raised $250M Series D led by Elad Gil and IVP, with participation from Google CapitalG and NVIDIA

## Links

- Website: https://derekchung.org/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhbchung/
- GitHub: https://github.com/derekchung10
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dchung22

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Last updated: 2026-05-27