Find your path to Kevin
350 people in our graph share verified history with Kevin — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Pat GradyunlockedKevin: together at OpenAI (2025)
Kevin: together at Stony Brook University
×4Kevin: together at OpenAI
×3Kevin: together at Meta
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 ThirdlayerYC 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 Thirdlayer's investors below.
Thirdlayer's investors · 5
Co-founders at Thirdlayer
RL
Regina LinFounder/CEO
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 Thirdlayer.
- What companies did Kevin Gu found?
- Kevin Gu founded Thirdlayer.
- 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 mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
OpenAI mafia103
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
+ 96 more
Deerfield Academy mafia22
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Chase ColemanFounded Tiger GlobalMichael TolentinoHigh SchoolFounded Aviceda Therapeutics +2Oliver HillFounded Clearspace +1John LingFounded Meridian +1Dominic KwokHigh SchoolFounded HeronDan MeyerFounded CellChorus
+ 15 more
Same school
Also attended Harvard University2,000
Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkDanny RimerPartner at Index VenturesLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalG
+ 1,994 more
Also attended Deerfield Academy80
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 VenturesBen CmejlaInvestments at General PartnershipElizabeth EarleVice President at BFG Partners
+ 74 more
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
+ 1,994 more
Shared employers
Also worked at ThirdLayer (YC W25)3
Also worked at OpenAI190
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
+ 184 more
Also worked at Jump Trading Group22
Erin BrownChief Operating Officer at Galaxy VenturesDr. 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 Crypto
+ 16 more
