Find your path to David
154 people in our graph share verified history with David — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Aydin SenkutunlockedDavid: together at Shopify (2025)
×2David: together at Shopify
×9David: together at Y Combinator
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 · 3
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
Frequently asked questions
- Who is David Li?
- David Li is founder of Induction Labs, which develops foundation models.
- Where does David Li work?
- David Li is Founder of Induction Labs.
- What companies did David Li found?
- David Li founded Induction Labs.
- Where did David Li go to school?
- David Li studied at University of Waterloo (Bachelor of Software Engineering - BSE, Software Engineering); Kingston Secondary School.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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University of Waterloo mafia346
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Chamath PalihapitiyaB.A.Sc.Founded 8090Apoorva MehtaBAScFounded InstacartJon LernerBachelor of Applied ScienceFounded Textnow +2Michael LittBASc. Honours Systems Design EngineeringFounded Garage Capital +1Mike McCauleyBAScFounded Garage Capital +1Zach WaterfieldComputer EngineeringFounded Zettlor +1
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Shopify mafia58
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Tobias LütkeCEOFounded Shopify +1Craig SoulesPrincipal EngineerFounded Springtail +1Max MusingUXFounded Scholarly +1Jordan DearsleySoftware Engineer InternFounded Superpowered +1Ian CrosbyHead of Financial ServicesFounded Bench +1Zach KochDirector of Product ManagementFounded Fixie +1
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Same school
Also attended University of Waterloo646
Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalApoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsAchintya ChaudhariInvestor at LightbankKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalRohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge CapitalAndrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y Combinator
+ 640 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Induction Labs1
Also worked at Shopify103
Aydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersTobias LütkeCo-founder & CEO of ShopifyHarley FinkelsteinInvestor at Felicis VenturesTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystChirag PatelVP & GM Payments & Risk at Etsy at PICUS CAPITAL
+ 97 more
Also worked at Sunnybrook11
Sean WatkinsVP of Marketing at Merchant GrowthAlexa GoldharSenior Analyst at BDC Fund Investments (Fund-of-Funds)Aditya SharmaFounder at Untether LabsJames HeaneyFounder, CTO at GradePaul KudlowInvestor at North South VenturesAlexander TheodorouFounder at Neurofit VR
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