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Kevin Xie

Founder

Founder at Soren · Founder at Soren Ai

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedSoren · YCSoren Ai

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12,030 people in our graph share verified history with Kevin — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

About

Kevin Xie studied AI and mathematics at MIT and conducted research at MIT, Harvard, and Johns Hopkins focusing on neural reasoning, AI reliability, and MRI imaging, with published work in Nature Biomedical Engineering. He has worked at several venture-backed startups prior to founding Soren.

Founder at SorenYC F25

Intro paths

YC

Kevin went through Y Combinator (Fall 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 Soren's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Kevin can intro founders to Soren's investors below.

Soren's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Founder at Soren Ai

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In turn, Kevin can intro founders to Soren Ai's investors below.

Soren Ai's investors · 1

Abstraction CapitalKansas City · $50K – $400K checks

Experience

  1. Soren (YC F25)Founder, CEOcurrent2025 — present
  2. NeoNeo Scholar Finalist2025
  3. Harvard UniversityResearcher2024 — 2025
  4. Politecnico di MilanoResearcher2025Milan, Italy
  5. MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)Researcher2024 — 2025
  6. MIT AI AlignmentFellow2025
  7. Department of Computer and Information Sciences at Towson UniversityResearcher2023 — 2024
  8. CERNVisiting Researcher2024
  9. The Johns Hopkins UniversityResearcher2023

Frequently asked questions

Who is Kevin Xie?
Kevin Xie studied AI and mathematics at MIT and conducted research at MIT, Harvard, and Johns Hopkins focusing on neural reasoning, AI reliability, and MRI imaging, with published work in Nature Biomedical Engineering. He has worked at several venture-backed startups prior to founding Soren.
Where does Kevin Xie work?
Kevin Xie is Founder of Soren.
What companies did Kevin Xie found?
Kevin Xie founded Soren, Soren Ai.
Where did Kevin Xie go to school?
Kevin Xie studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S. Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics); Y Combinator (F25).

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Y Combinator mafia10,218

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia1,211

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Neo mafia13

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Jerry ZhangScholar FinalistFounded Clinicode +1Sneha SivakumarNeo ScholarFounded SpurArmel TallaScholarFounded MiruWilliam HuNeo ScholarFounded RiskAngleAnirudh RamprasadNeo ScholarFounded ZeroframeAidan PrattScholarFounded Autostep

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Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology2,000

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystPhilippe LaffontFounder & CIO of Coatue ManagementNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG

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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

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Shared employers

Also worked at Neo17

Claire YoonAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersJan CrisostomoOperating Partner at Rackhouse Venture Management LpPrachi GuptaEngineering Advisor at Modern TechnicalAnna Marie WagnerBoard Member at MassChallenge MexicoTehseen DahyaAssociate at Duke Capital PartnersAli PartoviCEO at Neo

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Also worked at Harvard University420

Nathan BlecharczykCo-founder & CSO of AirbnbRyan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Rachel HansenInvestor at Index VenturesDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Nicole GaudelliEntrepreneur in Residence at GV (Google Ventures)Logan HilleLife Sciences Analyst at CincyTech

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Also worked at Politecnico di Milano27

Daniela CoutoGeneral Partner at BioGeneration VenturesGiacomo PiccininiAssociate at Panakes PartnersMarta G. ZanchiManaging Partner at Nina CapitalSalvatore CappadonaSenior Associate at Criteria Bio VenturesPietro Mello RellaInvestor at Creator FundGiusy CannoneVenture Partner at TLF Ventures

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Also worked at CERN70

Elizabeth YinCo-founder and General Partner at Hustle Fund, a pre-seed fund for software entrepreneursRuben PauwelsInvestor at AngelwiseFilip SirokyGeneral Partner at MitonCHarald NiederGeneral Partner at redalpineMike MillerPartner at Liquid VenturesMagnus HambletonInvestor at byFounders

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