About
Co-founder and CTO of Evergrove, which builds AI agents for healthcare enterprises. He was previously an AI engineer on the platform team at Newfront, where he worked on authentication and authorization systems and refactored insurance file management, and has built autonomous insurance placement systems.
Co-Founder at EvergroveYC S26
Intro paths
YC
Jacob went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Evergrove's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Jacob can intro founders to Evergrove's investors below.
Evergrove's investors · 1
Co-founders at Evergrove
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Sid UnnithanFounder
Experience
- Evergrove LabsCo-Foundercurrent2025 — present
- NewfrontAI Engineer2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- 99.coBackEnd Engineering Intern2021
- Advisory SingaporeCorrespondent2019 — 2020Singapore
- 99.coManagement Trainee2019Banten Province, Indonesia
- 99.coEntrepreneur Assistant to CEO2019Banten Province, Indonesia
- 99.coPeople Operations Intern2018 — 2019North West, Singapore
- Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)First Lieutenant at Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)2017 — 2018South East, Singapore
- Hwa Chong InstitutionHigh School and Junior College2011 — 2016Singapore
Skills & more
Leadership2Public Speaking2Command1Operational Planning1Training1Microsoft Excel1
Languages Chinese · English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jacob Chia?
- Co-founder and CTO of Evergrove, which builds AI agents for healthcare enterprises. He was previously an AI engineer on the platform team at Newfront, where he worked on authentication and authorization systems and refactored insurance file management, and has built autonomous insurance placement systems.
- Where does Jacob Chia work?
- Jacob Chia is Co-Founder of Evergrove.
- What companies did Jacob Chia found?
- Jacob Chia founded Evergrove.
- Where did Jacob Chia go to school?
- Jacob Chia studied at Y Combinator; National University of Singapore (Computer Science, Computer Software Engineering).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Evergrove Labs1
Also worked at Newfront13
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