Jonathan Li
FounderCEO & Co-Founder at Induction Labs
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedInduction Labs · YC
About
Jonathan Li is CEO and co-founder of Induction Labs, which develops foundation models.
CEO & Co-Founder at Induction LabsYC S26
Intro paths
YC
Jonathan went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Induction Labs's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Jonathan can intro founders to Induction Labs's investors below.
Induction Labs's investors · 1
Co-founders at Induction Labs
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David LiFounder
Experience
- Induction LabsCo-founder, CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- CohereMember of Technical Staff2025Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- CohereIntern of Technical Staff2024 — 2025Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Portal WearCo-Founder2024 — 2025Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- Queen's UniversityMachine Learning Research Associate2022 — 2024Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- Queen's UniversitySoftware Developer2021 — 2024Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- RiftiumCo-Founder2022 — 2023Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Education
- Y Combinator
- Kingston Secondary School
Skills & more
Natural Language Processing (NLP)5TypeScript1Machine Learning2Vim1Rust (Programming Language)4Python (Programming Language)JavaScript4Swift (Programming Language)1PyTorch1React.js1Next.js1GIt1
From Jonathan's professional profile.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
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Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Induction Labs1
Also worked at Cohere22
Andy HarrisonGeneral Partner, CEO at S32Bill MacCartneyFormer VP ML at Cohere at SignalFireJihad (Jay) AlammarVenture Partner at Outliers VCVictor Bunoust-RoquerePrincipal at Manhattan Venture PartnersRyan ShannonPartner at Radical VenturesUmesh PadvalManaging Director at Thomvest Ventures
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Also worked at Queen's University15
Chris AngelatosDirector at Vistara GrowthAlexandra BrownSenior Associate at 24 HaymarketDon DuvalPrincipal at Evok InnovationsRyan CorreiaCo-founder & Managing Director at EquivestoChris JanzenDirector of Client Services at Interactive Niagara Media Cluster o/a Innovate NiagaraMustafa AnsariDirector of Marketing, Employment Programs at Toronto Business Development Centre (TBDC)
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