Where does Levi Lian work?

Levi Lian is Founder of Raycaster.

Where did Levi Lian go to school?

Levi Lian studied at Stanford University (Bachelor's degree, Symbolic Systems); Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Y Combinator.

Levi Lian

Founder

Founder at Raycaster

New York, New York, United States

FoundedRaycaster · YC

About

Levi Lian studied computer science at Stanford, where he conducted AI research. He previously built AI products at Solvvy (acquired by Zoom), Intuit, and Uber, and now works on drug-development acceleration through AI at Raycaster.

Founder at Raycaster YC F24

Intro paths

Levi went through Y Combinator (Fall 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Raycaster's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Levi can intro founders to Raycaster's investors below.

Raycaster's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Experience

RaycasterCEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Miscellaneous CompaniesAngel Investorcurrent2020 — present
Yona.aiFounder2023 — 2025
UberProduct Manager2021 — 2024New York City Metropolitan Area
AccelAccel Fellow2021
IntuitProduct Manager2020 — 2021Mountain View, California
8VC8VC Fellow2020
Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL)Software Engineer2019 — 2020
Buzz LocalCo-Founder2019 — 2020
True VenturesTrue Ventures Fellow2019San Francisco Bay Area
Solvvy from ZoomForward Deployed Engineer2019
Xcalar, Inc.Software Engineer2018San Jose

Skills & more

Public Speaking21Product Management17JavaScript12Machine Learning7Research3Big Data2Data Visualization1C++10Java4Python3Philosophy5Ethics of AI5

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Deep LearningAlgorithmic fairnessLeadershipDesign ResearchCrypto

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Levi Lian?: Levi Lian studied computer science at Stanford, where he conducted AI research. He previously built AI products at Solvvy (acquired by Zoom), Intuit, and Uber, and now works on drug-development acceleration through AI at Raycaster.
Where does Levi Lian work?: Levi Lian is Founder of Raycaster.
What companies did Levi Lian found?: Levi Lian founded Raycaster.
Where did Levi Lian go to school?: Levi Lian studied at Stanford University (Bachelor's degree, Symbolic Systems); Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Y Combinator.

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About

Founder at RaycasterYC F24

Intro paths

Raycaster's investors · 1

Experience

Skills & more

Frequently asked questions

Founder mafias

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Stanford University mafia903

Harvard Business School mafia323

Uber mafia170

Same school

Also attended Stanford University2,000

Also attended Harvard Business School2,000

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Also attended North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics15

Shared employers

Also worked at Uber437

Also worked at Accel119

Also worked at Intuit105

Also worked at 8VC85

Founder at Raycaster YC F24