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
Intro paths
YC
Andy went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
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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In turn, Andy can intro founders to Respan's investors below.
Respan's investors · 3
Co-founders at Respan
RH
Raymond HuangFounder
Experience
- RespanInterim CTOcurrent2026 — present
- RespanProduct & Customer Successcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- AppleProduct Design2022 — 2023Cupertino, California, United States
- John DeereProduct Engineering2022
- 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
From Andy's professional profile.
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.
- 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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