Find your path to Bill
591 people in our graph share verified history with Bill — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
About
Bill Chen is a computer scientist educated at Columbia University who grew up in Vancouver, Canada.
Founder at RiskAngleYC S24
Intro paths
Bill went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran RiskAngle's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Bill can intro founders to RiskAngle's investors below.
RiskAngle's investors · 1
Co-founders at RiskAngle

Experience
- OpenAIResearch Engineercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Angel InvestorAngel Investorcurrent2022 — present
- RiskAngle (YC S24)Co-Founder2024 — 2025
- RetoolDeployed Engineer2021 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- MetaSoftware Engineer2019 — 2020
- Morgan StanleyAnalyst2018 — 2019
- ByteDanceProduct2017 — 2018Beijing, China
- Stony Brook UniversityResearch Fellow2016 — 2017
Skills & more
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PythonC++LaTeXGenerative AIPublic SpeakingTeamworkLeadershipCodingLanguages English · French · Japanese · Mandarin Chinese
- CFA Program Level I — CFA Institute
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Bill Chen?
- Bill Chen is a computer scientist educated at Columbia University who grew up in Vancouver, Canada.
- Where does Bill Chen work?
- Bill Chen is Founder of RiskAngle.
- What companies did Bill Chen found?
- Bill Chen founded RiskAngle.
- Where did Bill Chen go to school?
- Bill Chen studied at Y Combinator; Columbia University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); The Wharton School (JD/MBA).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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The Wharton School mafia570
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Columbia University mafia454
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OpenAI mafia103
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Peking University mafia71
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Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
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Also attended Columbia University1,304
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Also attended The Wharton School2,000
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Also attended Peking University246
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Shared employers
Also worked at OpenAI191
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Also worked at RiskAngle (YC S24)1
Also worked at Retool19
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Also worked at Meta464
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