About
David Zhu is founder of Percival, which provides AI-assisted tools for data processing and interpretation.
Founder at PercivalYC X25
Intro paths
YC
David went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
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
Co-founders at Percival
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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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