Where did David Zhu go to school?

David Zhu studied at Harvard University (AB/SM, Applied Mathematics (AB)); The Harker School.

David Zhu

Founder

Founder at Percival

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedPercival · YC

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366 people in our graph share verified history with David — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Mike VolpiunlockedDavid: together at Scale AI (2021–2024)

×2David: together at Harvard University

×5David: together at Scale AI

×3David: together at The Harker School

About

David Zhu is founder of Percival, which provides AI-assisted tools for data processing and interpretation.

Founder at Percival YC X25

Intro paths

David went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Percival's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, David can intro founders to Percival's investors below.

Percival's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Percival

Kevin BiFounder

Experience

Percival (YC X25)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
Pantheon AIFounding Engineer2024San Francisco, California, United States
Scale AISoftware Engineer2021 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
Harvard UniversityCS/Econ Research Intern2020Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Jane StreetQuantitative Trading Intern2019Greater New York City Area
HouzzSoftware Engineering Intern2018Palo Alto, CA
MolocoSoftware Engineering Intern2017Palo Alto, CA
Center for Excellence in EducationResearch Science Institute Scholar2016Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard Medical SchoolResearch Intern2015Boston, MA

Skills & more

Research3Computer Science3Machine Learning1Data Analysis1Programming1C++2Python1Java1

Languages English · Japanese · Mandarin Chinese

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Who is David Zhu?: David Zhu is founder of Percival, which provides AI-assisted tools for data processing and interpretation.
Where does David Zhu work?: David Zhu is Founder of Percival.
What companies did David Zhu found?: David Zhu founded Percival.
Where did David Zhu go to school?: David Zhu studied at Harvard University (AB/SM, Applied Mathematics (AB)); The Harker School.

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Shared employers

Also worked at Percival (YC X25)1

Kevin BiFounder at Percival

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About

Founder at PercivalYC X25

Intro paths

Percival's investors · 1

Co-founders at Percival

Experience

Skills & more

Frequently asked questions

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

Scale AI mafia67

The Harker School mafia35

Pantheon AI mafia2

Same school

Also attended Harvard University2,000

Also attended The Harker School60

Shared employers

Also worked at Percival (YC X25)1

Also worked at Scale AI100

Also worked at Harvard University488

Also worked at Jane Street60

Founder at Percival YC X25