About
Eunju Moon studied theoretical physics at Imperial College and pursued doctoral research in quantum computing at USC before leaving to pursue other interests.
Co-Founder, CTO at InstinctYC W26
Intro paths
YC
Eunju went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Instinct's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Eunju can intro founders to Instinct's investors below.
Instinct's investors · 2
Co-founders at Instinct
JW
Joon Won SongCo-Founder, CEO
Experience
- Instinct (YC W26)Co-Founder and CTOcurrent2026 — present
- Da VinciQuantitative Researcher2026Amsterdam Area
- CERNResearch2024Harwell
- Imperial College LondonUndergraduate Research Assistant2023Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Jane StreetSpring Discover2021United Kingdom
Skills & more
CommunicationMultithreadingMachine LearningDeep LearningData VisualizationError AnalysisChemistryPhysicsMathematicsHyperparameter OptimizationC++Python (Programming Language)
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KoreanLanguages English · French · Korean
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Eunju Moon?
- Eunju Moon studied theoretical physics at Imperial College and pursued doctoral research in quantum computing at USC before leaving to pursue other interests.
- Where does Eunju Moon work?
- Eunju Moon is Co-Founder, CTO of Instinct.
- What companies did Eunju Moon found?
- Eunju Moon founded Instinct.
- Where did Eunju Moon go to school?
- Eunju Moon studied at University of Southern California (PhD dropout, Quantum Computing); Imperial College London (Master of Science - MSci, Theoretical Physics); Imperial College London (Bachelor's Degree, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics).
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Imperial College London mafia196
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University of Southern California mafia137
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Shared employers
Also worked at Instinct (YC W26)1
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