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.

Catherine Jue

Founder

Co-Founder & CEO at KERNEL · Founder/CTO at Sway Finance

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedKERNEL · YC Sway Finance · YC

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Arhaan A.unlockedCatherine: together at Y Combinator (2022)

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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 KERNEL YC 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 ↗

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In turn, Catherine can intro founders to KERNEL's investors below.

KERNEL's investors · 2

JetstreamSan Francisco Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at KERNEL

Rafael GarciaCo-founder & CTO

Founder/CTO at Sway Finance YC S16

Intro paths

Catherine went through Y Combinator (Summer 2016) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Catherine can intro founders to Sway Finance's investors below.

Sway Finance's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2016

Co-founders at Sway Finance

Ashwin KumarFounder/CEO

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

C++25Objective-C9Node.js1JavaScript4DatabasesLeadership1Management1Object Oriented Design5Algorithms7Customer Service10Web Development7iOS Development1

+5 more

Data AnalysisTaekwondoTeaEnglishJapanese

Languages 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.