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
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.
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