Diana Hu cofounded Escher Reality, which went through the Summer 2017 batch of YC. They were acquired by Niantic and she is now the head of their AR platform.

She's on Twitter @sdianahu.

The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon.

Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year.

Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/

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Topics

00:00 - Intro

00:40 - Getting into AR

2:55 - Her first exposure to AR

4:40 - AR's future role in media

7:45 - Deciding where to go with the product

9:55 - Innovations that enabled AR

14:25 - Building a product in a new market

17:25 - Raising money for a new market

21:40 - Advice for founders after an acquisition

26:40 - Immigrating to the US

31:10 - Advice for Immigrant founders

33:49 - Advice for founders in/after YC