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.
→
In turn, Kevin can intro founders to Dex's investors below.
Dex's investors · 5
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
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kevin Gu?
- 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.
- Where does Kevin Gu work?
- Kevin Gu is Founder of Dex.
- What companies did Kevin Gu found?
- Kevin Gu founded Dex.
- Where did Kevin Gu go to school?
- Kevin Gu studied at Harvard University (BA in Mathematics & MA in Statistics); Deerfield Academy; Y Combinator (W25).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianYC Summer 2005Founded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded Pursuit +1
+ 8,766 more
Y Combinator mafia4,716
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ryan SheaEntrepreneurshipFounded StacksTarek MansourFounded KalshiSuhail DoshiEating beans & riceFounded Playground +1Subomi OluwalanaW22Founded ConvoyDarius "Bubs" MonsefS19Founded Sightbox +3Matthew ScholzFounded Oisin Biotechnologies +3
+ 4,709 more
OpenAI mafia68
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Reid HoffmanBoard MemberFounded LinkedIn +2Sam AltmanCo-founder & CEOFounded Tools for Humanity +2Elon MuskCo-founder & former Co-chair / board memberFounded PayPal +5Ilya SutskeverCo-founder & Chief ScientistFounded Safe SuperintelligenceAravind SrinivasResearch ScientistFounded PerplexityDario AmodeiVP of ResearchFounded Anthropic
+ 61 more
Deerfield Academy mafia8
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Oliver HillFounded Clearspace +1John LingFounded Meridian +1Dominic KwokHigh SchoolFounded Heron DataDan MeyerFounded CellChorusNeil NieHigh School DiplomaFounded Verne RoboticsAditya JhaH.S. DiplomaFounded Verne Robotics
+ 1 more
Same school
Also attended Harvard University1,558
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 CapitalGBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates Foundation
+ 1,552 more
Also attended Deerfield Academy38
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
+ 32 more
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby Capital
+ 1,994 more
Shared employers
Also worked at ThirdLayer (YC W25)2
Also worked at OpenAI133
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockPat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalGreg BrockmanCo-founder & President of OpenAIIlya SutskeverCo-founder of OpenAI; co-founder & CEO of Safe SuperintelligenceAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIDario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic
+ 127 more
Also worked at Jump Trading Group17
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
+ 11 more
