About
Catherine Zhao previously worked at Google as an associate product manager and software engineer, where she contributed to YouTube, ChromeOS, and AI infrastructure projects. She holds a degree in computer science from Dartmouth College.
Founder at PelicaYC X25
Intro paths
YC
Catherine went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Pelica's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Catherine can intro founders to Pelica's investors below.
Pelica's investors · 1
Co-founders at Pelica
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Lalit KunduFounder
Experience
- WBL (Women Business Leaders of the US Health Care Industry Foundation)Membercurrent2026 — present
- Pelica HealthChief Executive Officercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- San Francisco Free ClinicMedical Assistantcurrent2024 — present
- Stanford University School of MedicineResearchercurrent2014 — present
- GoogleProduct Manager2024 — 2025
- GoogleAssociate Product Manager2022 — 2025
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2020 — 2022Mountain View, California, United States
- GoogleSoftware Engineer Intern2019Mountain View, California
- DALI LabProduct Designer2018 — 2019Hanover, NH
- Kidron Corporate AdvisorsInvestment Banking Analyst Intern2019New York City Metropolitan Area
- LocalAventuraBusiness Development Intern2017
- Kaman's Art Shoppes, IncCaricature Artist at California's Great America2016Santa Clara, California
Skills & more
Python9Java1Maya1CAdobe Illustrator1Adobe Indesign CC1Adobe Creative Suite1Visual Arts13Statistical Data Analysis6Graphic Design5Research1Biological Data Analysis
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Data AnalysisLeadershipTeamwork- Large Language Model Agents — University of California, Berkeley
- Tuck Business Bridge Program — The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
From Catherine's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Catherine Zhao?
- Catherine Zhao previously worked at Google as an associate product manager and software engineer, where she contributed to YouTube, ChromeOS, and AI infrastructure projects. She holds a degree in computer science from Dartmouth College.
- Where does Catherine Zhao work?
- Catherine Zhao is Founder of Pelica.
- What companies did Catherine Zhao found?
- Catherine Zhao founded Pelica.
- Where did Catherine Zhao go to school?
- Catherine Zhao studied at Dartmouth College (Bachelor’s Degree); Y Combinator; AIT-Budapest (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science).
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