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Andy Li

InvestorFounder

Founder at Respan

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedRespan · YC

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About

Andy Li previously studied at UIUC and worked in product design at Apple; he is now building Respan, an AI observability and evaluation platform.

Founder at RespanYC W24

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YC

Andy went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

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Co-founders at Respan

Experience

  1. RespanInterim CTOcurrent2026 — present
  2. RespanProduct & Customer Successcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  3. AppleProduct Design2022 — 2023Cupertino, California, United States
  4. John DeereProduct Engineering2022
  5. Yummy Future Inc.Mechanical Design2021 — 2022

Skills & more

Eating foodBouldering (V3)Replying instantly on Slack (24/7)1Vibe coding with Cursor2Cooking large family meals2

Languages Chinese · English

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Investments

Investor

LapisVerdant

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Andy Li?
Andy Li previously studied at UIUC and worked in product design at Apple; he is now building Respan, an AI observability and evaluation platform.
Where does Andy Li work?
Andy Li is Founder of Respan.
What companies did Andy Li found?
Andy Li founded Respan.
What companies has Andy Li invested in?
Investments tracked here include Lapis, Verdant.
Where did Andy Li go to school?
Andy Li studied at Y Combinator (W24); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (B.S. Mechanical Engineering & B.A. Economics).

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