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Jenica Zhong

Founder

Founder at Saga AI

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedSaga AI · YC

About

Jenica Zhong is cofounder and CEO of Saga AI. She previously spent four years at Palantir as a product manager working on Foundry, TITAN, and Gotham. She studied mathematics at Harvard with a focus on differential topology.

Founder at Saga AIYC W24

Intro paths

YC

Jenica went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — 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 Saga AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Jenica can intro founders to Saga AI's investors below.

Saga AI's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Experience

  1. Saga AI (YC W24)Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. Palantir TechnologiesProduct Manager / Forward Deployed2019 — 2023New York, New York, United States
  3. PJT PartnersRestructuring & Special Situations Analyst2018New York, New York, United States
  4. Apollo Global Management, Inc.Principal Structured Finance Analyst2017New York, New York, United States

Skills & more

Mathematics4Data Analysis3Statistics3Management10Public Speaking3Microsoft Excel12Microsoft Office9Python3C4

Languages Chinese (Simplified) · English · Spanish

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Jenica Zhong?
Jenica Zhong is cofounder and CEO of Saga AI. She previously spent four years at Palantir as a product manager working on Foundry, TITAN, and Gotham. She studied mathematics at Harvard with a focus on differential topology.
Where does Jenica Zhong work?
Jenica Zhong is Founder of Saga AI.
What companies did Jenica Zhong found?
Jenica Zhong founded Saga AI.
Where did Jenica Zhong go to school?
Jenica Zhong studied at Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics; Minor in Computer Science); Wayzata High School (USA Math Olympiad, USA Physics Olympiad).

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