Alan Du

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Alan Du
OccupationCo-founder of Fractal Labs
Known forCo-founding Fractal Labs (Y Combinator W24)

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Alan Du is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of Fractal Labs, a startup working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and gaming. The company was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2024 batch.[1]

Note: At least one other person named Alan Du has received significant coverage — specifically a venture capital partner at M12, Microsoft's venture fund. That individual is a distinct person and is not the subject of this article. Readers seeking information about the M12 partner should consult M12's team page directly.

Career

Fractal Labs describes itself as a team of researchers and engineers pushing the frontier of AI applied to gaming. According to the company's Y Combinator profile, its founding team includes former researchers from Google Research and engineers with experience at Google and Virtu Financial, a quantitative trading firm.[2] The company's website is hosted at fractal-labs.gg.[3]

Du is listed as an active founder of Fractal Labs on the company's Y Combinator page. Beyond his role at Fractal Labs, Du's individual prior career history is not detailed in available public sources; the team's collective background in research and engineering at major technology and financial firms is noted on the company's Y Combinator profile, but specific attributions to Du individually have not been confirmed by independent reporting.

References

  1. "Fractal Labs – Y Combinator". 'Y Combinator}'. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  2. "Fractal Labs – Y Combinator". 'Y Combinator}'. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  3. "Fractal Labs". 'Fractal Labs}'. Retrieved 2026-03-18.