# Jerry Wu

> Jerry Wu is the co-founder and CEO of Halluminate (YC S25), a San Francisco startup building synthetic, fully-simulated versions of the internet so AI agents can learn to use computers and browsers reliably. A Cornell computer science and economics graduate who once researched model quantization, he previously led product and research at Capital One Labs, where he shipped one of the first AI agents in financial services and co-authored three patents. With longtime collaborator Wyatt Marshall, he is building what the pair call Westworld: a catalog of realistic sandboxes and expert-annotated evaluations that AI labs use to train and test computer-use agents at scale.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Halluminate
- **Organizations:** Halluminate, Capital One Labs, Cornell University, Cornell Consulting Group, Y Combinator (S25)
- **Nationality:** United States
- **Education:** Computer Science and Economics, Cornell University
- **Known for:** Co-founder and CEO of Halluminate, accepted into Y Combinator (Summer 2025), Launched one of the first AI agents in financial services while at Capital One Labs, Co-authored three patents

## Career timeline

- **Cornell** — Studied Computer Science and Economics; researched model quantization methods; served as VP of the Cornell Consulting Group
- **Capital One Labs** — Led product and research; launched one of the first AI agents in financial services and co-authored three patents
- **2024** — Co-founded Halluminate with Wyatt Marshall
- **2025** — Halluminate joins Y Combinator's Summer 2025 batch; launches data and sandboxes to train computer-use AI

## Achievements

- Co-founder and CEO of Halluminate, accepted into Y Combinator (Summer 2025)
- Launched one of the first AI agents in financial services while at Capital One Labs
- Co-authored three patents
- Researched model quantization methods at Cornell
- Built 'Westworld', a fully-simulated internet of synthetic consumer and enterprise apps for training AI agents
- Delivered ~20% performance improvement to a customer via a flight-booking simulator

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — Halluminate launched in Y Combinator's Summer 2025 batch with a Launch HN: 'Simulating the internet to train computer use.'

## Links

- Website: https://halluminate.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerry-wu-7814b0100/

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Last updated: 2026-07-01