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Jet Zhou

Founder

Founder at Engines

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedEngines · YC

About

Jet Zhou is co-founder and CTO of Engines. He previously served as an early engineer at Gem, where he built and scaled product infrastructure, and held engineering roles at ClassDojo and Amazon's Search Engine Marketing team. He holds BS and MEng degrees in Computer Science from MIT.

Founder at EnginesYC W24

Intro paths

YC

Jet 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 Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Engines's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Jet can intro founders to Engines's investors below.

Engines's investors · 3

August CapitalSan Francisco Bay Area · $1M – $15M checksNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Engines

JVJosh Valdez
Josh ValdezFounder

Experience

  1. Y CombinatorProduct Engineercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Engines (YC W24)Co-Founder & CTO2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  3. GemFounding Engineer2018 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  4. ClassDojoSoftware Engineer2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  5. AmazonSoftware Development Engineer2012 — 2015Seattle, WA

Skills & more

Java8HTML1Software Development7Matlab1Distributed Systems1Software Engineering3Amazon Web Services (AWS)2Data Analysis2Python6C++4Analytics1MySQL1
+2 moreJavaScriptPerl

Languages Chinese · English

From Jet's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Jet Zhou?
Jet Zhou is co-founder and CTO of Engines. He previously served as an early engineer at Gem, where he built and scaled product infrastructure, and held engineering roles at ClassDojo and Amazon's Search Engine Marketing team. He holds BS and MEng degrees in Computer Science from MIT.
Where does Jet Zhou work?
Jet Zhou is Founder of Engines.
What companies did Jet Zhou found?
Jet Zhou founded Engines.
Where did Jet Zhou go to school?
Jet Zhou studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master's Degree, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science and Engineering); MIT Sloan School of Management (Bachelor's Degree, Management Science).

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,773

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia546

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MIT Sloan School of Management mafia91

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ClassDojo mafia6

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Gem mafia6

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Daniel LevineBoard MemberFounded ChartioMaggie ZhangSoftware EngineerFounded Read BeanUlysse CarionSoftware EngineerFounded TesseralJosh ValdezEngineering ManagerFounded EnginesPhilena LiuSoftware Engineer InternFounded Lumona

Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,387

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars

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Also attended MIT Sloan School of Management518

Doug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsChris MorrisProcess Specialist, Exit Readiness at Mayfair Equity PartnersBirgitteInvestor at InvestinorOlaInvestor at Investinor

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Shared employers

Also worked at Y Combinator344

Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJessica LivingstonCo-founder of Y CombinatorDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceAlexis OhanianFounder & General Partner of Seven Seven SixMichael SeibelPartner Emeritus at Y CombinatorDalton CaldwellCo-founder of Standard Capital; Partner Emeritus at Y Combinator

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Also worked at Engines (YC W24)1

Josh ValdezFounder at Engines

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Cathy GaoPartner at Sapphire VenturesDaniel LevineInvestor at AccelTracy LiuSenior Associate at M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Maggie ZhangFounder at Read BeanUlysse CarionFounder at TesseralJosh ValdezFounder at Engines

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