Luke Heine

Gen AI @ MSFT | fmr CEO @ Swipehouse (acquired) | YC W'18, Harvard, Hacking on new stuff 🔮

Luke Heine is a multi-talented individual with a diverse background in technology, entrepreneurship, and mentorship. He currently works on Generative AI at Microsoft as a designer.

Luke has a rich history as an exited founder, full stack engineer, and ML patent holder. He is an alumnus of Y Combinator and Harvard University, where he studied Sociology and Computer Science.

One of Luke's notable achievements includes creating and leading the largest social network for TikTok celebrities at the time of its acquisition. He has also been involved in managing a team that developed over 25 consumer-facing products.

Acknowledged for his contributions, Luke has been recognized as a Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient. He plays an active role as a mentor at Harvard Business School and oversees a nonprofit initiative that provides free college application guidance to nearly every public high school in the United States, benefiting 63,000 educators.

Luke's dedication to fostering entrepreneurship and education is evident through his past roles, such as being the former chair of Harvard's Lab for Entrepreneurship and Development. Additionally, he is an author with Emerald Publishing and currently spearheads a project aimed at assisting rural students in Minnesota to pursue computer science education through northlandhackathon.com.

His work has garnered attention and praise, having been featured in reputable publications like The New York Times, Forbes, New America, CrunchBase, and TechCrunch.

Moreover, Luke has been associated with various organizations throughout his career, including being a Co-Founder at Swipehouse, serving as an Auxiliary Investor at Pascal Capital, and contributing as a Co-Founder at Summer Playbook. He has also held positions as a Board Member and Co-Founder at Fair Opportunity Project, Director of the Lab for Entrepreneurship and Development at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS), Development Consultant at Oxford Sciences Innovation, Data Scientist at liwwa, Inc., and Product Manager at eBay Inc.