![]() ![]() “My mom never told me that there’s an ‘x%’ chance that it’s going to rain tomorrow: She told me to bring an umbrella or not,” Huang explains. He wasn’t used to it.īack home in China, he got all weather-related prompts from his mother, who he lovingly describes as a “helicopter parent.” She knew his schedule and would call on nights that he would be out late to tell him if he needed to bring an extra layer. Most days, he couldn’t even remember to check the default weather app on his phone. ![]() from China after college, was no expert in meteorology. To inspire Huang, Murphy made a suggestion: Betaworks is interested in the weather space. Huang’s first few flopped with Paul Murphy, the Senior Vice President of product at Betaworks who oversees and offers advice for the Hackers In Residence program. When six bright, young builders first joined the program in January, they each had several weeks to brainstorm ideas. Despite its newness, the Hackers in Residence program has already spawned hits like the addicting iPhone game Dots and GIF database Giphy. Kuan Huang joined Betaworks from Hatch Labs (where dating app Tinder was born) back in January as part of its inaugural Hackers in Residence program. ![]() It buys, spins-off, starts, and runs startups. To keep with our weather theme, it’s like a big umbrella: it’s one entity, but it oversees a lot of different smaller ( and not so small) companies. The Beginningīetaworks, Poncho’s parent company, is hard to define. #Poncho weathercat commands multiple day forecast how to#By automating updates and giving people an easy way to know what to expect and how to prepare before they’re caught out in a blustery day without a jacket, Poncho makes our relationship with the daily forecast much more seamless. Huang wants to perfect his delivery process, because after all, weather dictates a huge chunk of our lives: what we wear, our plans, the small-talk that we have in the elevator, and so on. ![]()
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