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 · 2
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
Education
- Y Combinator
- The University of British ColumbiaBachelor's degree, Cognitive Systems2021 — 2025
- West Point Grey AcademyBC Dogwood Diploma
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.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3
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The University of British Columbia mafia63
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Weiting LiuBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.)Founded Everyday.me +2Moody AbdulBachelor of Commerce - BComFounded Klarify +1Ali KashaniPhDFounded Serve RoboticsHelge SeetzenPhDFounded TandemlaunchSuneel GokhaleJDFounded VenturesouqAjay AgrawalDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Founded Creative Destruction Lab
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Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures
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Also attended The University of British Columbia229
Joan MirallesHead of Administration & Valuation at Inveready Technology Investment GroupRares CrisanInvestor at Notable CapitalMarianne WuVenture Partner at Congruent VenturesBrendan BakerPartner at Rackhouse Venture Management LpAli KashaniVenture Partner at Think+ Ventures Management, LlcNick FitzInvestor at Juniper Ventures Management, Llc
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Shared employers
Also worked at Arga Labs (YC P26)2
Also worked at Amazon597
Dave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAlessandro De BenedettiAssociate at NorthzoneScott JacobsonManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupBill RichterCEO of Qumulo and venture partner at MadronaEduardo BlasiAnalyst at Inveready Technology Investment Group
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Also worked at League of Innovators Accelerator8
Michelle KwokPrincipal at Draper AssociatesDaniel DuboisInvestor at Side Door VenturesDana RamnarineHead of Talent at BKR CapitalAmanda HawthorneAdministrative Coordinator at Innovation Cluster - Peterborough and the KawarthasJoanna Buczkowska-McCumberStrategy and Impact Advisor at Alacrity CanadaMelissa AllenVenture Partner at LOI Venture
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