Catherine Jue
FounderCo-Founder & CEO at KERNEL · Founder/CTO at Sway Finance
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedKERNEL · YCSway Finance · YC
About
Catherine Jue is co-founder and CEO of Kernel. She previously co-founded Sway Finance, a company backed by Y Combinator in 2016.
Co-Founder & CEO at KERNELYC S25
Intro paths
Catherine went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran KERNEL's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Catherine can intro founders to KERNEL's investors below.
KERNEL's investors · 2
Co-founders at KERNEL
Founder/CTO at Sway FinanceYC S16
Intro paths
Catherine went through Y Combinator (Summer 2016) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Catherine can intro founders to Sway Finance's investors below.
Sway Finance's investors · 1
Co-founders at Sway Finance
Experience
- KernelCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Cash AppEM, Partner Engineering2024 — 2025
- Cash AppEM, Infrastructure & Automations2023 — 2024
- Cash AppSenior Partner Engineer2022 — 2023
- Tekuno Japanese Tea & ObjectsFounder2020 — 2024
- Nova CreditProduct Manager2020San Francisco, California, United States
- Nova CreditSolutions Architect2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Nova CreditSoftware Engineer2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Sway FinanceCo-Founder, CTO2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- IndependentiOS Developer & Professional Hackathoner2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- Self-employedTaekwondo World Champion2007 — 2014
Skills & more
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Data AnalysisTaekwondoTeaEnglishJapaneseLanguages English · Japanese
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Catherine Jue?
- Catherine Jue is co-founder and CEO of Kernel. She previously co-founded Sway Finance, a company backed by Y Combinator in 2016.
- Where does Catherine Jue work?
- Catherine Jue is Co-Founder & CEO of KERNEL and Founder/CTO at Sway Finance.
- What companies did Catherine Jue found?
- Catherine Jue founded KERNEL, Sway Finance.
- Where did Catherine Jue go to school?
- Catherine Jue studied at Y Combinator; UCLA (Bachelor's Degree Linguistics and Computer Science); Y Combinator.
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