About
David Jin Li studied computer science at Imperial College and previously worked as a financial research engineer at MacroHive, which was acquired by BGC. He is building AI-powered tools for internal audit functions at financial technology companies.
Founder at DenkiYC F25
Intro paths
David went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Denki's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, David can intro founders to Denki's investors below.
Denki's investors · 3
Co-founders at Denki
Experience
- Denki (YC F25)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ISACAMembercurrent2025 — present
- The Institute of Internal AuditorsMembercurrent2025 — present
- Macro HiveResearch Engineer2024
- International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI)Top 13 Competitive Programmer – British Informatics Olympiad2023Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Skills & more
Languages English · Mandarin Chinese · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is David Jin Li?
- David Jin Li studied computer science at Imperial College and previously worked as a financial research engineer at MacroHive, which was acquired by BGC. He is building AI-powered tools for internal audit functions at financial technology companies.
- Where does David Jin Li work?
- David Jin Li is Founder of Denki.
- What companies did David Jin Li found?
- David Jin Li founded Denki.
- Where did David Jin Li go to school?
- David Jin Li studied at Imperial College London (Bachelor's degree, Computing); Eton College; Y Combinator (Fall 2025).
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