About
Phillip Li is co-founder and CEO at Arga Labs. He previously built automation tools at Amazon for engineering workflows and studied cognitive systems at the University of British Columbia.
Founder at Arga LabsYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Phillip went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Arga Labs's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Phillip can intro founders to Arga Labs's investors below.
Arga Labs's investors · 3
Co-founders at Arga Labs
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Akira TongFounder
Experience
- Arga Labs (YC P26)Co-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- AmazonSoftware Engineer Intern2025
- League of Innovators AcceleratorBatch 142025
- Fennec AIFounding Engineer2024 — 2025
- Canadian Fencing Federation - Fédération canadienne d'escrimeTeam Canada Athlete2022 — 2023
- AMS of UBC VancouverHarm reduction and counselling support2021 — 2022
Skills & more
Team LeadershipLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingEnglishRelational DatabasesMySQLSQLCascading Style Sheets (CSS)C++JavaWordPress
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HTMLJavaScriptJSONPython (Programming Language)C (Programming Language)GitGitHubMachine LearningData AnalysisWeb DevelopmentObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)DebuggingFrom Phillip's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Phillip Li?
- Phillip Li is co-founder and CEO at Arga Labs. He previously built automation tools at Amazon for engineering workflows and studied cognitive systems at the University of British Columbia.
- Where does Phillip Li work?
- Phillip Li is Founder of Arga Labs.
- What companies did Phillip Li found?
- Phillip Li founded Arga Labs.
- Where did Phillip Li go to school?
- Phillip Li studied at Y Combinator; The University of British Columbia (Bachelor's degree, Cognitive Systems); West Point Grey Academy (BC Dogwood Diploma).
Founder mafias
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University of British Columbia mafia80
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Shared employers
Also worked at Arga Labs (YC P26)2
Also worked at Amazon645
Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsBinny BansalCo-founder of Flipkart; co-founder of PhonePe and OppDoorBrad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative RoboticsJane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative RoboticsNick FrosstCo-founder of CohereDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)
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