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Jay Khatri

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Cofounder, CEO (acquired by LaunchDarkly) at highlight.io

San Francisco Bay Area

Foundedhighlight.io · YC

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Scott RaneyunlockedJay: together at LaunchDarkly (2025–2026)
×3Jay: together at LaunchDarkly
×8Jay: together at Y Combinator

About

Jay Khatri founded Highlight, an observability platform acquired by LaunchDarkly in March 2025, where he now leads the observability division.

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Cofounder, CEO (acquired by LaunchDarkly) at highlight.ioYC W23

Intro paths

YC

Jay went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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

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In turn, Jay can intro founders to highlight.io's investors below.

highlight.io's investors · 12

Afore CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $2M checks · since 2023BenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $30M checksCraft VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $50M checks · since 2023Essence Venture CapitalSeattle · $10K – $10M checksFuel CapitalCovina · $500K – $1M checks · since 2023GreycroftNew York · $100K – $5M checksKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checksNeosince 2023Ramtin Naimisince 2023Slow VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $1M checksWorklife VenturesWalnut · $500K – $2M checks · since 2023Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at highlight.io

VKVadim Korolik
Vadim KorolikFounder

Experience

  1. LaunchDarklyProductcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. highlight.ioCo-founder, CEO (Acq. by LaunchDarkly)2021 — 2025
  3. DeepMindResearch Engineer2019 — 2020London Area, United Kingdom
  4. GoogleSoftware Engineer2018San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Handshake - Stryder Corp.Software Engineer2018San Francisco Bay Area
  6. The Blackstone GroupSummer Analyst2017Greater New York City Area
  7. MicrosoftStudent Partner2017Bryan/College Station, Texas Area
  8. Texas A&M UniversityUndergraduate Researcher2016 — 2017Bryan/College Station, Texas Area
  9. Lakeland Christian SchoolSummer Robotics Instructor2016Lakeland, Florida Area
  10. NASA Sample Robot Return Challenge Team "Robo-Retrievers"Electronics / CAD Design Lead2015 — 2016Greater Boston Area
  11. Neutrinos (FIRST® Tech Challenge) Team 6433Team Captain2010 — 2015Lakeland, Florida Area

Skills & more

Microcontrollers4Robotics24Electronics8Mobile Applications7Programming40Computer Science34Research5Poetry3Python21Linux10SolidWorks9C++17
+1 moreLeadership

Languages English · Spanish

  • CPR Certification

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Jay Khatri?
Jay Khatri founded Highlight, an observability platform acquired by LaunchDarkly in March 2025, where he now leads the observability division.
Where does Jay Khatri work?
Jay Khatri is Cofounder, CEO (acquired by LaunchDarkly) of highlight.io.
What companies did Jay Khatri found?
Jay Khatri founded highlight.io.
Where did Jay Khatri go to school?
Jay Khatri studied at Y Combinator (S20); Texas A&M University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering).

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