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140 people in our graph share verified history with Jon — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Cat WuunlockedJon: together at Anthropic (2025–2026)
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About
Jon Li is a Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic and previously worked at Google. His technical background includes distributed systems, data science, machine learning, AI/ML infrastructure on Kubernetes, and cloud technologies.
Founder at Butter SystemsYC S13
Intro paths
YC
Jon went through Y Combinator (Summer 2013) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Jon can intro founders to Butter Systems's investors below.
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Co-founders at Butter Systems
SB
Sam BrinFounder/CEO
Experience
- AnthropicMember of Technical Staffcurrent2025 — present
- GoogleStaff Software Engineer2013 — 2025Greater Seattle Area
- Butter SystemsCo-founder2013San Francisco Bay Area
- Amazon.comSoftware Engineer2010 — 2013
- Cisco SystemsSoftware Engineer2009 — 2010
- FEI.comSoftware Developer Intern2008
Skills & more
AWSJavaScript7Web Development3Search Engine TechnologyJavaScript FrameworksSQL6Distributed Systems21Large Scale Systems2Relational Databases2Amazon Web ServicesJava15Amazon Web Services (AWS)10
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CScalabilityCloud ComputingSOADatabasesjQueryHibernateFrom Jon's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jon Li?
- Jon Li is a Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic and previously worked at Google. His technical background includes distributed systems, data science, machine learning, AI/ML infrastructure on Kubernetes, and cloud technologies.
- Where does Jon Li work?
- Jon Li is Founder of Butter Systems.
- What companies did Jon Li found?
- Jon Li founded Butter Systems.
- Where did Jon Li go to school?
- Jon Li studied at University of Maryland - A. James Clark School of Engineering (BS, Computer Engineering).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
Anthropic mafia55
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Mike KriegerChief Product Officer (moved into new 'Labs' division, Jan 2026)Founded InstagramReed HastingsBoard MemberFounded InterPositiveTom BlomfieldMember of Technical StaffFounded Starling Bank +2Sameer DholakiaInvestorFounded SendGrid +1Jeremy JohnsonInvestorFounded 2U +1Houman HaghighiInvestorFounded Techstars
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University of Maryland - A. James Clark School of Engineering mafia6
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended University of Maryland - A. James Clark School of Engineering9
DrorInvestor at SENTINEL GLOBALAnthony TuckerGeneral Partner at Troy Capital PartnersMaurice BoissiereChief Customer Officer, DataTribe at University System of Maryland Momentum FundAvanti ShetyeSenior Director, Investment Operations & Compliance at Maryland TEDCODmitry SokolowskiCo-founder at VoltNeil ShahFounder at Counterpointresearch
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Shared employers
Also worked at Anthropic133
Hans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalByron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at AnthropicReed HastingsCo-founder of NetflixDario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of AnthropicDaniela AmodeiCo-founder & President of Anthropic
+ 127 more
Also worked at Google2,000
Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGArash FerdowsiCo-founder of Dropbox
+ 1,994 more
Also worked at Amazon.com1,104
Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsBinny BansalCo-founder of Flipkart; co-founder of PhonePe and OppDoorBrad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative RoboticsJane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative RoboticsNick FrosstCo-founder of CohereViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital
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