Ka Ling Wu
| Ka Ling Wu | |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, software engineer |
|---|---|
| Known for | Co-founder and CEO of Upsolve AI |
| Education | Brown University (B.A., 2014), Brown University (M.S., Fluid and Thermal Sciences) |
Ka Ling Wu is a Hong Kong-born engineer and entrepreneur who is the co-founder and CEO of Upsolve AI, a customer-facing analytics platform that enables software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies to embed generative business intelligence (GenBI) capabilities into their applications. The company participated in Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch.[1]
Career
Wu graduated from Brown University with a bachelor's degree in 2014 and also holds a Master of Science in Fluid and Thermal Sciences from the same institution. During her time at Brown, she played on the women's rugby team; in 2017, she was selected to train with the Switzerland women's national rugby team.[2] Wu also pursued doctoral research related to fluid dynamics and nanofluid heat transfer before leaving her PhD programme.
Wu worked at Palantir Technologies, where she was involved in building the company's HyperAuto product, a software-defined data integration platform. According to Upsolve AI's company description, Wu and co-founder Serguei Balanovich built a customer-facing analytics product at Palantir that was featured in the company's S-1 filing, growing it to over 50 enterprise customers and eight figures of annual revenue within two years.[1] A 2025 report described Wu recounting a 24-hour demonstration during the COVID-19 pandemic that helped win over Tyson Foods as a Palantir client during the supply chain crisis.
After Palantir, Wu worked at nPlan, a London-based construction technology company that uses artificial intelligence to forecast project outcomes and assess risk.
Wu co-founded Upsolve AI with Serguei Balanovich. The platform provides an embeddable analytics layer that allows SaaS businesses to offer their end users AI-powered dashboards, data visualisations, and natural-language querying of business data. The product is positioned in the business-to-business developer tools and analytics space.[3] In September 2024, Upsolve AI won HubSpot's Million Dollar Pitch competition in Boston, securing approximately US$1 million (A$1.5 million) in funding.
Wu is based in London, United Kingdom.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Upsolve AI – Y Combinator". 'Y Combinator}'. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
- ↑ "Women's Rugby's Ka Ling Wu '14 Selected to Train with the Swiss National Team". 'Brown University Athletics}'. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
- ↑ "Upsolve AI". 'Upsolve AI}'. Retrieved 2026-03-18.