Jay Khatri
FounderCofounder, 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.
Likely emails· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published
- j•••@highlight.ioreveal90% confident
- j•••@highlight.ioreveal75% confident
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
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Co-founders at highlight.io
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Vadim KorolikFounder
Experience
- LaunchDarklyProductcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- highlight.ioCo-founder, CEO (Acq. by LaunchDarkly)2021 — 2025
- DeepMindResearch Engineer2019 — 2020London Area, United Kingdom
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Handshake - Stryder Corp.Software Engineer2018San Francisco Bay Area
- The Blackstone GroupSummer Analyst2017Greater New York City Area
- MicrosoftStudent Partner2017Bryan/College Station, Texas Area
- Texas A&M UniversityUndergraduate Researcher2016 — 2017Bryan/College Station, Texas Area
- Lakeland Christian SchoolSummer Robotics Instructor2016Lakeland, Florida Area
- NASA Sample Robot Return Challenge Team "Robo-Retrievers"Electronics / CAD Design Lead2015 — 2016Greater Boston Area
- Neutrinos (FIRST® Tech Challenge) Team 6433Team Captain2010 — 2015Lakeland, Florida Area
Skills & more
Microcontrollers4Robotics24Electronics8Mobile Applications7Programming40Computer Science34Research5Poetry3Python21Linux10SolidWorks9C++17
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LeadershipLanguages English · Spanish
- CPR Certification
From Jay's professional profile.
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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LaunchDarkly mafia7
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Shared employers
Also worked at LaunchDarkly16
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