About
Felipe Jin Li studied explainable AI during a PhD at University College London and previously worked as a consultant at McKinsey and as a design and mobile engineer at a GE-backed startup. He now leads Denki, which applies explainable AI to compliance and regulatory work.
Founder at DenkiYC F25
Intro paths
Felipe went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Denki's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Felipe can intro founders to Denki's investors below.
Denki's investors · 3
Co-founders at Denki
Experience
- Denki (YC F25)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — present
- The Institute of Internal Auditors Inc.Membercurrent2025 — present
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)Membercurrent2025 — present
- ISACAMembercurrent2025 — present
- McKinsey & CompanyStrategy Consultant2022
- Ethera HealthLead Product Designer and Mobile Engineer2021 — 2022
Education
- Y CombinatorF25
- UCLDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Vision Language Models and Explainable AI
- UCLBachelor's degree, Computer Science
- Winchester College
Skills & more
Languages English · Spanish
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Also worked at Denki (YC F25)1
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