Jonathan Gong

Jonathan Gong

Information systems student at Carnegie Mellon.

Summer 2026 in San Francisco

June 2026 – August 2026

It opened with first place at the YC × Moss hackathon, won with ManuAI against more than 200 competitors. July and August went to AI engineering at Corgi: an internal MCP server, a React Native iOS app, and a support chatbot. The rest of it was weekends, walks, and the people who made the summer.

Five people lined up in front of an orange acoustic wall at a hackathon prize ceremony, four of them holding small white prize boxes.
Won a YC Hackathon (my first ever win)!
Jonathan holding a corgi in an office at night, with desks, a whiteboard, and office chairs behind him.
Interning at Corgi in SF.

CMU Freshman

August 2025 – May 2026

First semester

August 2025 – December 2025

Moving to Pittsburgh and starting Information Systems.

Two students smiling in a crowded gymnasium hung with Carnegie Mellon banners, an open laptop showing their project on the table behind them.
Participated in my first hackathon.
Two teammates in white pinstriped baseball jerseys under the wooden roof of a dugout.
Joined the CMU Baseball team.

Work

Go-to-market at ScottyLabs

Pittsburgh, PA · January 2026 – Present

Research with 50+ users, three launches, and a thousand signups.

High School

2021 – 2025

Rancho Cucamonga, CA

2021 – 2025

Four years at home in Southern California.

Four students in suits at a prom held in a darkened hall; the one in the middle wears a crown and a sash.
Won Prom King.
Three students in suits standing in a school auditorium, each holding a small award plaque.
President of a few clubs and did FBLA

Earlier

Before 2021

Growing up

Before 2021

Childhood, family, and the years before any of this.

A young boy grinning at an outdoor cafe table on a busy pedestrian street lined with shopfronts.