nicholas chua

hi, i'm nicholas

san francisco, ca

engineering and design @ uc berkeley
building the creative layer between product and distribution

Timeline

2026
Growth Engineer #1 at Wispr FlowWispr Flow - built out full-stack growth pipeline (10M+ impressions, 6K → 25K followers)
Cinematographer chuafilmschuafilms - creating new mediums of storytelling w/ companies like ZFellows, YC, Ditto AI, and more
2025
Built subspacesubspace - AI task management platform (1,000+ users)
Product at TikTokTikTok - built AI governance models and spearheaded prompt engineering research
2024
AI Product Analyst at NewselaNewsela - edtech unicorn; designed user experience and AI usability
Won Meta's Global Hackathon (Top 1 of 800+); created a social media algorithm to reduce addiction
Built a web-app to simulate ad campaigns with AI agents; recognized by leaders @ Groq, Vercel, and more
2023
Product at Berkeley SkyDeckBerkeley SkyDeck - helped early startups figure out what to build first
First product hire at
WelfieWelfie
-user research + design -> created a gen AI therapy tool
Business Development Intern at
SotiraSotira
-growth marketing strategies -> onboarded 500+ clients
Taught a computer-aided design course to 20+ elementary students; turned complex topics into bite-sized analogies.