About
Jonathan Yin studied computer science and statistics at Yale and has held roles at Benchling, Octant, and the Broad Institute. He is co-founder of Lifelike, where he focuses on machine learning and data science.
Founder at LifelikeYC S23
Intro paths
Jonathan went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner β the partner who ran Lifelike's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Jonathan can intro founders to Lifelike's investors below.
Lifelike's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Lifelike
Experience
- Fleet AI, Inc.Member of Technical Staffcurrent2026 β presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- SierraAgent Engineer2025 β 2026San Francisco, CA
- Lifelike (YC S23)Co-Founder2023 β 2024San Francisco, CA
- BenchlingSoftware Engineer Intern2022San Francisco, California, United States
- OctantMachine Learning Intern2021San Francisco Bay Area
- Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardMachine Learning Researcher - Regev Lab2019 β 2020Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Education
- Yale UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science + Statistics & Data Science
- Y CombinatorS23
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
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Yale University mafia149
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Sierra mafia6
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Benchling mafia5
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Same school
Also attended Yale University623
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Shared employers
Also worked at Fleet AI, Inc.2
Also worked at Sierra13
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