About
Jay Kwon is co-founder and CTO of Scoop, with prior experience in applied AI at Google Search, including work on Gemini chain-of-thought reasoning. He has supported clinical trial design for ALS therapeutics at Corestem and worked previously at Genentech and CJ Bioscience. He holds an MS in Computer Science and Biotechnology from Penn.
Founder/CTO at ScoopYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Jay went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Scoop's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Jay can intro founders to Scoop's investors below.
Scoop's investors · 3
Co-founders at Scoop
VP
Vincent ParkFounder/CEO
Experience
- Scoop (YC F25)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- GoogleSenior Software Engineer2024 — 2025Mountain View, California, United States
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2020 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- Corestem IncBioinformatics Engineer2018 — 2019Seongdong-gu, Seoul, Korea
- ChunLab, Inc.Full Stack Developer2016 — 2018Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea
- GenentechCampus Ambassador to the University of Pennsylvania2015 — 2016University of Pennsylvania
- GenentechPTR Biologics Program Management Office Graduate Intern2015San Francisco Bay Area
- Smilow Center for Translational ResearchBioinformatics Technician2015 — 2016Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Education
- University of PennsylvaniaMaster of Computer and Information Technology, Computer Science2015 — 2020
- Y Combinator
- University of PennsylvaniaMaster of Biotechnology, Biotechnology2014 — 2015
- University of PennsylvaniaBachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE), Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering2009 — 2013
- The International School of Kuala Lumpur2000 — 2009
Skills & more
Ruby on Rails23JavaScript28Backbone.js13SQL15HTML23CSS15jQuery16Python7Matlab1Git20AJAX11Arduino
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PhotoshopPython (Programming Language)BioinformaticsRSpecHerokuObject Oriented DesignPair ProgrammingTest Driven DevelopmentData AnalysisLanguages English · Japanese · Korean
From Jay's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended University of Pennsylvania646
Dasha MaggioPartner at Felicis Ventures, writer on venture capital and founder psychologyNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesEghosa OmoiguiFounder and Managing General Partner at EchoVC PartnersAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJames KuklinskiInvestor at Spark CapitalKerry KilleenAssociate General Counsel at Revolution
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Also attended Y Combinator1,463
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
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Also attended The International School of Kuala Lumpur3
Shared employers
Also worked at Scoop (YC F25)1
Also worked at Google1,078
Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelBrian 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 HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis
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Also worked at Genentech87
David SchenkeinInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Karthik ArdhanareeswaranInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Marco PrunottoInvestor at MedicxiLogan HilleLife Sciences Analyst at CincyTechJosephine ChenInvestor at Sequoia CapitalAbbie CelnikerInvestor at Third Rock Ventures
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Also worked at Smilow Center for Translational Research10
Timothy ChangManaging Director at Goodwater CapitalMichael KalosInvestor at 82VSConnie LiPrincipal at F-Prime Capital PartnersNikhil AnanthPrincipal at F-Prime Capital PartnersFrederick JonesAdvisory Partner at BioAdvanceCamella WilsonPrincipal at Northpond Ventures
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