Where does Evan Kay work?

Evan Kay is Founder of Navier AI.

What check size does Evan Kay write?

Evan Kay typically writes checks of $3M – $15M.

Where did Evan Kay go to school?

Evan Kay studied at UC San Diego (Bachelor's degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering).

Evan Kay

Founder

Founder at Navier AI

San Diego, California

Writes $3M – $15M checks · typically $8M

FoundedNavier AI · YC

Find your path to Evan

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

Steve JurvetsonunlockedEvan: together at SpaceX (2018–2019)

×6Evan: together at SpaceX

Evan: together at Navier AI

×3Evan: together at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

About

Evan Kay is an aerospace engineer who previously worked at SpaceX and General Atomics on rocket engine and aircraft component design using metal 3D printing. He also served as a hard tech investor at Anzu Partners before co-founding Navier AI.

Founder at Navier AI YC W24

Intro paths

Evan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Navier AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Evan can intro founders to Navier AI's investors below.

Navier AI's investors · 3

GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks HCVCParis · $100K – $1M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Navier AI

Cameron FlanneryFounder

Experience

Navier AICo-Foundercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Anzu PartnersInvestor2021 — 2023San Diego, California, United States
General Atomics Aeronautical SystemsMetal Additive Manufacturing Engineer2019 — 2021San Diego County, California, United States
SpaceXAdditive Manufacturing Associate Engineer | Propulsion R&D2019Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
SpaceXAdditive Manufacturing Intern | Propulsion R&D2018Hawthorne, California
NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryAM Process Engineering Intern2017Pasadena, California
Additive Rocket CorporationIntern Team Lead2016 — 2017University of California, San Diego
Additive Rocket CorporationEngineering Intern2016University of California, San Diego

Skills & more

Materials5Testing6Computer-Aided Design (CAD)2ANSYS6Microsoft Office4Matlab4Leadership4SolidWorks3Siemens NX2

Languages English

From Evan's professional profile.

Network3

Bill Strong

Partner at Anzu Partners

David Michael

Managing Partner at Anzu Partners

Debrah Herman

Partner at Anzu Partners

Investors connected to Evan in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Evan Kay?: Evan Kay is an aerospace engineer who previously worked at SpaceX and General Atomics on rocket engine and aircraft component design using metal 3D printing. He also served as a hard tech investor at Anzu Partners before co-founding Navier AI.
Where does Evan Kay work?: Evan Kay is Founder of Navier AI.
What check size does Evan Kay write?: Evan Kay typically writes checks of $3M – $15M.
What companies did Evan Kay found?: Evan Kay founded Navier AI.
Where did Evan Kay go to school?: Evan Kay studied at UC San Diego (Bachelor's degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering).