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An Zhu Liu

Founder

Founder at Familiar

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

FoundedFamiliar · YC

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683 people in our graph share verified history with An Zhu Liu — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Paul KwanunlockedAn Zhu Liu: together at Stanford University (2021–2022)
×3An Zhu Liu: together at Stanford University
×8An Zhu Liu: together at StartX

About

An Zhu Liu attended Stanford before leaving, and has worked as a researcher building voice AI and human avatar cloning models. He is the founder of Familiar.

Founder at FamiliarYC S26

Intro paths

YC

An went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Harshita Arora, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Familiar's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, An can intro founders to Familiar's investors below.

Familiar's investors · 2

Vela PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $500K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Familiar

MKMingi Kwon
Mingi KwonFounder
XZXu Zheng
Xu ZhengFounder

Experience

  1. FamiliarCEO & Co-foundercurrent2026 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
  2. aBanBanInventor2016 — 2021

Skills & more

Fine TuningLarge Language Models (LLM)Business AnalysisFinancial ForecastingSponsorship MarketingFundraisingTypeScriptAffiliate MarketingReferral MarketingArtificial Intelligence (AI)Computer-Aided Design (CAD)C++
+9 moreJavaNode.jsPython (Programming Language)FirebaseJavaScriptReact.jsPortfolio ImmunizationRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)Vector Embedding

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Frequently asked questions

Who is An Zhu Liu?
An Zhu Liu attended Stanford before leaving, and has worked as a researcher building voice AI and human avatar cloning models. He is the founder of Familiar.
Where does An Zhu Liu work?
An Zhu Liu is Founder of Familiar.
What companies did An Zhu Liu found?
An Zhu Liu founded Familiar.
Where did An Zhu Liu go to school?
An Zhu Liu studied at Y Combinator (S26); Stanford University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); StartX.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

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Stanford University mafia1,934

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StartX mafia86

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University of Toronto Schools mafia13

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Kiva DickinsonFounded CadootzAli JiwaniFounded RallyCydney KimFounded Fortuna HealthJeff AnHigh SchoolFounded MomenticAllan GuoHigh schoolFounded WillowJason ZhouFounded Swerve

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Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorChris GoldaGeneral Partner at Y Combinator

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Also attended Stanford University2,000

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Also attended StartX32

James WangGeneral Partner at Creative VenturesTim HsiaFounder at Context VenturesAndrew RadinInvestor at Inception Studio CapitalQi WangAssociate at DCM VenturesSimon ChanManaging Partner at FirsthandVCLawrence GentilelloFounder/Board Director at Screenleap

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Also attended University of Toronto Schools25

John GreenwoodPartner at Pantheon VenturesSimu LiuCo-Founder at MARKHAM VALLEY VENTURESNick ChenPrincipal at Golden VenturesKiva DickinsonManaging Partner at Selva VenturesFraser StarkHead of Portfolio Solutions & Strategy at Purpose InvestmentsRan WeiHead of Strategic Finance at Atomic

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Shared employers

Also worked at Familiar2

Mingi KwonFounder at FamiliarXu ZhengFounder at Familiar