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Alex Liu
FounderCTO at Korso · Founder at Prism
Irvine, California, United States
FoundedKorso · YCPrism · YC
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About
Founder of Korso, a quantitative trading firm building data, measurement, and trading systems for financial markets, along with tools such as Shepherd, programmatic trading APIs, and an AI-native research workspace.
CTO at KorsoYC X26
Intro paths
Alex went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Andrew Miklas, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Korso's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Alex can intro founders to Korso's investors below.
Korso's investors · 1
Co-founders at Korso
Founder at PrismYC X26
Intro paths
Alex went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Prism's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Alex can intro founders to Prism's investors below.
Prism's investors · 8
Co-founders at Prism
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Alex Liu?
- Founder of Korso, a quantitative trading firm building data, measurement, and trading systems for financial markets, along with tools such as Shepherd, programmatic trading APIs, and an AI-native research workspace.
- Where does Alex Liu work?
- Alex Liu is CTO of Korso and Founder at Prism.
- What companies did Alex Liu found?
- Alex Liu founded Korso, Prism.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,627
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Prism mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
University High School, Irvine mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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