Fundraising Fox

Jay Khatri

Founder

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

San Francisco Bay Area

Foundedhighlight.io · YC

About

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

LinkedIn ↗X / Twitter ↗
Latest on 𝕏

Jay @thejaykhatri

i swear all these "continual learning" startups are just proxies for the inference providers (baseten, fireworks, etc..) in disguise.

Jul 30, 2026

Jay @thejaykhatri

is it just me or this kimi guy on everyone's feed. my favorite dubbed speaker is the british dude.

Jul 20, 2026

Jay @thejaykhatri

called it. https://t.co/mLUrSpI6ep https://t.co/AbuQ6mY0nn

Jul 20, 2026 · ♥ 1

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.

GP

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 ↗

→

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

highlight.io's investors · 6

BenchmarkEssence Venture CapitalGreycroftKhosla VenturesSlow VenturesY Combinator

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

Education

  1. Y CombinatorS202020
  2. Texas A&M UniversityBachelor's degree, Computer Engineering2015 — 2019

Skills & more

Microcontrollers4Robotics24Electronics8Mobile Applications7Programming40Computer Science34Research5Poetry3Python21Linux10SolidWorks9C++17
+1 moreLeadership

Languages English · Spanish

  • CPR Certification

From Jay's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

+ 1,994 more

Also attended Texas A&M University133

Kanu GulatiInvestor at Khosla VenturesNathaniel HardingManaging Partner at Cortado VenturesJackie PfisterChief Operating Officer at Mercury FundLisa RobertsChief Product Officer at Mercury FundBrent KeltonPartner & Texas Leader at Moneta VenturesClinton BybeeCo-founder & Managing Director, Emeritus at ARCH Venture Partners

+ 127 more

Shared employers

Also worked at DeepMind43

Jeff RoseAdvisor at AI CapitalVishal MainiFounder & Managing Partner at Mythos Ventures Management, LlcChris WatkinsHead of Data & Analytics at Asymmetric Capital PartnersBeliz GunelExperts | Advisor at 212Steve CrossanVenture Partner at firstminute capitalRoy TimorPrincipal AI Engineering Manager at 25Madison

+ 37 more

Also worked at Google1,534

Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

+ 1,528 more

Also worked at Handshake - Stryder Corp.24

Mamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsWilliam ReedInvestor at Spark CapitalMadeline MinshewInvestor at True VenturesJeff RichardsInvestor at GGV CapitalGrace IsfordPartner at Lux CapitalStephan GoupilleGeneral Partner at Data Tech

+ 18 more

Also worked at Microsoft1,056

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesWesley ChanInvestor at Felicis Ventures

+ 1,050 more