Eddie Sun


I studied Systems Design Engineering at uWaterloo. Founded an AI for material science startup (Direct Atomics), and a VC backed lightweight, writable alternative to graph Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). Built AI content detection using transformers at Cloudflare early 2022, reasoning models and RAG at Protocol Labs. And did a bunch of product/design/swe internships at the Air Force, Wind River, and Blackberry.

This is the latest snapshot of my personality archetype.

Some things I believe in:

  • Mouth closed, don't get fed.
  • Desperation never served anybody. Suffering is a choice.
  • Life is too short to play zero-sum games (e.g. status).
  • Kindness isn't niceness. Signaling virtue is a vice.
  • Character is grace when the chips are down.
  • Grit is a superpower, but so is quitting.
  • Be a hyperrealist. Dreams + Reality + Determination = A Successful Life.