About
Kevin Bi is the founder of Percival Technologies, which develops AI tools for researchers to process and analyze real-world datasets.
Founder at PercivalYC X25
Intro paths
YC
Kevin went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Percival's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Kevin can intro founders to Percival's investors below.
Percival's investors · 1
Co-founders at Percival
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David ZhuFounder
Experience
- Thinking Machines LabMember of Technical Staffcurrent2026 — present
- PercivalCo-Founder2025 — 2026
- Palantir TechnologiesSoftware Engineering Team Lead2021 — 2025New York, New York, United States
- Harvard Mathematics DepartmentMATH 116 Course Assistant2020
- Harvard Economics DepartmentECON 1011A Course Assistant2019 — 2020
- Bridgewater AssociatesInvestment Associate Intern2020
- Harvard Open Data ProjectPresident2019 — 2020Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Black Diamond Capital Investors, LLCPartner, Global Macro2019Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Palantir TechnologiesSoftware Engineering Intern2019Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Harvard Decision Science LaboratoryResearch Assistant2018Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Allianz LifeIT Intern2018Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
- Self-EmployedACT Tutor2017
- McCollum for CongressField Fellow2016St. Paul, Minnesota
Skills & more
Data Analysis1Web DevelopmentPolitical Campaigns1Software DesignMachine LearningDocument ManagementBusiness IntelligenceTutoringMobile Application Development1OCamlDatabase DevelopmentBack-End Web Development
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JavaScriptJavaC#CASP.NETDatabasesMicrosoft ExceliOSPublic SpeakingWritingCritical ThinkingLeadershipFrom Kevin's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kevin Bi?
- Kevin Bi is the founder of Percival Technologies, which develops AI tools for researchers to process and analyze real-world datasets.
- Where does Kevin Bi work?
- Kevin Bi is Founder of Percival.
- What companies did Kevin Bi found?
- Kevin Bi founded Percival.
- Where did Kevin Bi go to school?
- Kevin Bi studied at Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Applied Mathematics); East Ridge High School (High School).
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