About
Kevin Gu is a co-founder of Dex. He studied mathematics and statistics at Harvard and has held quantitative and machine learning research roles at Jump Trading, IBM Research, QuantCo, and Meta.
Founder at DexYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Kevin went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Kevin can intro founders to Dex's investors below.
Dex's investors · 4
Co-founders at Dex
RL
Regina LinFounder
Experience
- ThirdLayer (YC W25)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- OpenAIMember of Technical Staff2025San Francisco, CA
- Jump Trading GroupQuantitative Researcher2024Chicago, IL
- MIT-IBM Watson AI LabML Researcher2023Cambridge, MA
- QuantCoML Researcher2023Boston, MA
- MetaSoftware Engineer2022Seattle, Washington, United States
- Stony Brook UniversityResearch2020 — 2021New York, United States
Education
- Harvard UniversityBA in Mathematics & MA in Statistics
- Deerfield Academy
- Y CombinatorW25
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3
+ 8,661 more
Harvard University mafia283
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Spencer RascoffBAFounded House Whisper +1Jonathan LimMPHFounded Boundless Bio +1Merrill LutskyBachelor of Arts (B.A.)Founded Graphite +1Altay GuvenchBAFounded Audiobeta +1Charles FormanDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Founded Storyboarder +1Rafael GarciaABFounded Kernel +1
+ 276 more
OpenAI mafia50
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sean GroveMember of Technical StaffFounded Linzumi +2Matt KrisiloffFounding Team MemberFounded Preventive +1Tanooj LuthraMember of Technical StaffFounded Elph +1Brian BrunnerMember of Technical StaffFounded DataShare +1Michael DAngeloMember of Technical StaffFounded PromptFoo +1Abhijeet DwivediStrategic Deployment / AI TransformationFounded Central +1
+ 43 more
Deerfield Academy mafia7
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Harvard University1,470
Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkDanny RimerPartner at Index VenturesLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGRyan IsonoDeal Partner at Felicis Ventures
+ 1,464 more
Also attended Deerfield Academy37
Chase ColemanFounder & Partner of Tiger Global ManagementDan BartusPartner, Head of Research at Felicis VenturesSteve HarrickInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Emerson GarnettPrincipal at Balerion Space VenturesAlan GlassPartner — Co-Head of Endurance at Energize VenturesBen CmejlaInvestments at General Partnership
+ 31 more
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
+ 1,994 more
Shared employers
Also worked at ThirdLayer (YC W25)2
Also worked at OpenAI117
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockPat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalFraser KeltonInvestor at Spark CapitalArpan ShahInvestor at Spark CapitalVeit MoellerVP, Brand & Design at ParadigmTarek WakedCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Type One Ventures
+ 111 more
Also worked at Jump Trading Group15
Dr. Cody ColemanInvestor at NZVCRavi SrivastavaPartner at Leo Capital VenturesKanjun QiuCo-Founder and General Partner at Outset CapitalKanav KariyaPresident at Jump CryptoSaurabh SharmaPartner - Head of Venture Investments at Jump CryptoMark ClerkinVenture Partner at High Alpha
+ 9 more
