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Jonathan Yin

Founder

Founder at Lifelike

New York City Metropolitan Area

FoundedLifelike · YC

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

YC

Jonathan went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — 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 Lifelike's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Jonathan can intro founders to Lifelike's investors below.

Lifelike's investors · 2

Lifelike CapitalLas Vegas · since 2026Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Lifelike

AXAlec Xiang
Alec XiangFounder

Experience

  1. Fleet AI, Inc.Member of Technical Staffcurrent2026 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  2. SierraAgent Engineer2025 — 2026San Francisco, CA
  3. Lifelike (YC S23)Co-Founder2023 — 2024San Francisco, CA
  4. BenchlingSoftware Engineer Intern2022San Francisco, California, United States
  5. OctantMachine Learning Intern2021San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardMachine Learning Researcher - Regev Lab2019 — 2020Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Frequently asked questions

Who is Jonathan Yin?
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.
Where does Jonathan Yin work?
Jonathan Yin is Founder of Lifelike.
What companies did Jonathan Yin found?
Jonathan Yin founded Lifelike.
Where did Jonathan Yin go to school?
Jonathan Yin studied at Yale University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science + Statistics & Data Science); Y Combinator (S23).

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