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An Zhu Liu

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Founder at Familiar

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

FoundedFamiliar · YC

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10,689 people in our graph share verified history with An Zhu Liu — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Vincent DiallounlockedAn Zhu Liu: together at StartX
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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 · 9

Agrolimen VenturesAndreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksGarage CapitalWaterlooProgressionSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checksScript CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $500K checksSoGal VenturesNew York · $50K – $500K checksVela PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $500K checksVentioneers CapitalOakvilleY 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.

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