Jeffrey Wang
Unicorn founderFounder at Exa
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedExa$2.2B · YC
About
Jeffrey Wang studied computer science and philosophy at Harvard before joining Plaid from 2019 to 2022. He founded Exa in 2023.
Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published
- j•••@exa.aireveal75% confident
Founder at ExaYC S21
Intro paths
YC
Jeffrey went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Exa's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Jeffrey can intro founders to Exa's investors below.
Exa's investors · 16
137 VenturesSan FranciscoAndreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2026Balaji Srinivasan$10K – $500K checksBenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $30M checks · since 2025Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checksHaystackSan Francisco · $1M – $3M checksHelium-3 VenturesNew YorkLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks · since 2025Lombardstreet VenturesWoodside · $500K checksNVenturesSanta ClaraNVIDIASanta Clara · since 2024Sabrina Hahn FundNew YorkSLVCTSVCSilicon Valley · $1M checksWndrCoRedwood City · $100K – $10M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021
Co-founders at Exa
Experience
- ExaCo-Foundercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- South Park CommonsMember2022New York City Metropolitan Area
- PlaidSoftware Engineer2019 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- PlaidIntern2018
Skills & more
Data Analysis2Scikit-Learn1Go1C9MySQL8Python4JavaScript1Node.js1React.js1MongoDB2
Languages Chinese (Simplified) · English · Spanish
From Jeffrey's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jeffrey Wang?
- Jeffrey Wang studied computer science and philosophy at Harvard before joining Plaid from 2019 to 2022. He founded Exa in 2023.
- Where does Jeffrey Wang work?
- Jeffrey Wang is Founder of Exa.
- What companies did Jeffrey Wang found?
- Jeffrey Wang founded Exa.
- Where did Jeffrey Wang go to school?
- Jeffrey Wang studied at Harvard University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Philosophy); Cheshire High School.
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Same school
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Shared employers
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