About
David Li is founder of Induction Labs, which develops foundation models.
Founder at Induction LabsYC S26
Intro paths
YC
David went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Induction Labs's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, David can intro founders to Induction Labs's investors below.
Induction Labs's investors · 1
Co-founders at Induction Labs
JL
Jonathan LiCEO & Co-Founder
Experience
- Induction LabsCo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- ShopifySoftware Engineering Intern2025Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- BCS Automation Ltd.Full Stack Developer2025Belleville, Ontario, Canada
- SunnybrookMachine Learning Research Intern2024Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- RiftiumSoftware Engineer2022 — 2023Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Education
- University of WaterlooBachelor of Software Engineering - BSE, Software Engineering2023 — 2028
- Kingston Secondary School2019 — 2023
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
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University of Waterloo mafia183
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Oleg KostourHonours Bachelor of Architectural StudiesFounded AtlasGrid +1Anton KrutianskyBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.)Founded AtlasGrid +1Eric MigicovskyBachelor of EngineeringFounded Beeper +1Kevin LiengineeringFounded jo +1Eric BlondeelBAScFounded Samos Insurance +1Mike MillerFounded Epoch +1
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Shopify mafia31
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Jordan DearsleySoftware Engineer InternFounded Superpowered +1Chirag PatelVP Product & GM MoneyFounded PaysafeTobias LütkeCTOFounded ShopifyJonathan PomaDirector, Go-to-Market InitiativesFounded LoopTom JaklitschSoftware Engineering InternFounded OrderCraig SoulesPrincipal EngineerFounded Natero
+ 24 more
Shopify mafia26
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Jordan DearsleySoftware Engineer InternFounded Superpowered +1Chirag PatelVP Product & GM MoneyFounded PaysafeTom JaklitschSoftware Engineering InternFounded OrderCraig SoulesPrincipal EngineerFounded NateroDave YenProductFounded RoomblockerKyle KaiserProduct ManagerFounded Chillabit
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Same school
Also attended University of Waterloo343
Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalRohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge CapitalAndrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorAniTalent Team at Hummingbird VenturesAlex KolicichInvestment Team at 8VC
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Shared employers
Also worked at Induction Labs1
Also worked at Shopify63
Aydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersHarley FinkelsteinInvestor at Felicis VenturesTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystChirag PatelVP & GM Payments & Risk at Etsy at PICUS CAPITALÉtienne MérineauPartner at Inovia Capital
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