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Jonny Hsu

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CEO at Blank Bio · Former Analyst at Esplanade Ventures

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedBlank Bio · YC

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Jonny Hsu holds a degree in biochemistry from the University of Waterloo and was an early-stage employee at Valence Discovery, where he led product and strategy until the company's acquisition by Recursion in 2023. He subsequently joined Recursion's AI research division, Valence Labs, and is now developing foundation models for RNA therapeutics.

CEO at Blank BioYC S25

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Jonny went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Ankit Gupta, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Blank Bio's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Blank Bio's investors · 19

Agrolimen VenturesAlumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025BoxOne VenturesMontréal · $500K checksExit VenturesHeuristic Capital PartnersSanta ClaraIA Seed VenturesBerkeleyInvestorXKaito CunninghamLeonis CapitalSan FranciscoMaiora Rebel VenturesNova Threshold Trust LimitedOurCrowdJerusalemRebel FundSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksRipple VenturesToronto · $250K – $1M checksSignalFireSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checksSingularity VenturesTekedia CapitalLagos · $1K checksWefunderSan FranciscoY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Blank Bio

PFPhilip Fradkin
Philip FradkinFounder
ISIan Shi
Ian ShiCTO
JH
Jonathan HsuFounder
RS
Ruian ShiFounder

Frequently asked questions

Who is Jonny Hsu?
Jonny Hsu holds a degree in biochemistry from the University of Waterloo and was an early-stage employee at Valence Discovery, where he led product and strategy until the company's acquisition by Recursion in 2023. He subsequently joined Recursion's AI research division, Valence Labs, and is now developing foundation models for RNA therapeutics.
Where does Jonny Hsu work?
Jonny Hsu is CEO of Blank Bio.
What companies did Jonny Hsu found?
Jonny Hsu founded Blank Bio.

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