Diana Hu on Augmented Reality and Building a Startup in a New Market

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.

https://twitter.com/sdianahu
https://www.ar.dev/

The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon.

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Topics
00:00 – Intro
00:15 – Getting into AR
2:30 – Her first exposure to AR
4:15 – AR’s future role in media
7:20 – Deciding where to go with the product
9:30 – Innovations that enabled AR
14:00 – Building a product in a new market
17:00 – Raising money for a new market
21:15 – Advice for founders after an acquisition
26:15 – Immigrating to the US
30:45 – Advice for Immigrant founders
33:24 – Advice for founders in/after YC