About
Tony (Shi) Li serves as VP of Partnerships for Global Consulting and Services Partners at Cursor. He previously worked at Starburst Data as VP of SIs, and held partner and customer roles as an early employee at ThoughtSpot and Medallia (NYSE: MDLA). Earlier, he co-founded MunchOnMe (YC S11), which later became Caviar and was acquired by Square/DoorDash.
Founder at CaviarYC S11
Intro paths
YC
Tony went through Y Combinator (Summer 2011) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Tony can intro founders to Caviar's investors below.
Caviar's investors · 5
Co-founders at Caviar
Experience
- CursorVP, Partnerships, Global Consulting and Services Partnerscurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- LandingAIVP of Sales & Partnerships2025 — 2026Mountain View, California, United States
- LandingAIVP of Partnerships & Business Development2024 — 2025Palo Alto, California, United States
- Starburst DataVP Americas Partners & Alliances and Global SI2021 — 2024
- ThoughtSpotGlobal Head of Alliances2019 — 2021
- ThoughtSpotHead of Alliances, Americas2019
- MedalliaDirector, Partner Success2014 — 2019
- MedalliaClient Solutions2012 — 2014
- Munch On MeCo-founder2010 — 2012
Skills & more
Start-ups21Project Management3SaaS4E-commerce1Account Management8Partner Development1Partner Management3Customer Experience Management2Solution Implementation1Analytics15Product Management6Market Research4
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Salesforce.comCompetitive AnalysisEntrepreneurshipSoftware as a Service (SaaS)From Tony's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tony (Shi) Li?
- Tony (Shi) Li serves as VP of Partnerships for Global Consulting and Services Partners at Cursor. He previously worked at Starburst Data as VP of SIs, and held partner and customer roles as an early employee at ThoughtSpot and Medallia (NYSE: MDLA). Earlier, he co-founded MunchOnMe (YC S11), which later became Caviar and was acquired by Square/DoorDash.
- Where does Tony (Shi) Li work?
- Tony (Shi) Li is Founder of Caviar.
- What companies did Tony (Shi) Li found?
- Tony (Shi) Li founded Caviar.
- Where did Tony (Shi) Li go to school?
- Tony (Shi) Li studied at Y Combinator (S2011); CFA Institute; University of California, Berkeley (Bachelors of Science, Economics).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia9,496
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianYC Summer 2005Founded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Hotspots
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Y Combinator mafia5,145
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ryan SheaEntrepreneurshipFounded StacksTarek MansourFounded KalshiSuhail DoshiEating beans & riceFounded Playground +1Subomi OluwalanaW22Founded ConvoyGleb ChuvpiloAlumFounded Pager +4IanFounded Apex Technology +3
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University of California, Berkeley mafia789
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Steve WozniakBSFounded AppleTony XuB.S.Founded DoorDashAravind SrinivasDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded PerplexityAli GhodsiPost-docFounded DatabricksRyan PetersenBAFounded FlexportAbraham BachrachBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Skydio
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Cursor mafia8
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ryan PerryHead of Technical Enablement (GTM)Founded PyroscopeJoel AlexanderField EngineerFounded PareaJonas NelleHead of EngineeringFounded AutotabRay MorganBuilderFounded VibeKatia BazziEngineeringFounded VibeAnish AthalyeResearch ScientistFounded Cleanlab
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ThoughtSpot mafia7
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Robert RossSoftware EngineerFounded LumeKaushik SrinivasanMember Of Technical StaffFounded compliant-llmShivam SinghalSoftware Engineering InternFounded Structured LabsAkshay MegharajStaff EngineerFounded WuriRobert HouSoftware EngineerFounded AlchemizeVijay GanesanCo-Founder, PrincipalFounded NetSpring
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorChris GoldaGeneral Partner at Y Combinator
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Also attended University of California, Berkeley1,804
Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersSteve WozniakCo-founder of AppleTony XuCo-founder & CEO of DoorDashAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIAli GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of DatabricksRyan PetersenFounder & CEO of Flexport
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Shared employers
Also worked at Cursor16
Michael TruellCo-founder & CEO of CursorZach CarloAnalyst at Miami University Redhawk VenturesBen LangBuilder, former founder, and community guyBrie WolfsonInvestor at Positive Sum CapitalMari LuukkainenPrincipal at Identity.vcAlex BangashManaging Director and General Partner at Transpose Platform Management
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Also worked at LandingAI6
Also worked at Starburst Data10
Bryan OffuttInvestor at Index VenturesMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesShardul ShahInvestor at Index VenturesBrian ZhanInvestor at Striker Venture PartnersCaryn MarooneyInvestor at Coatue ManagementDavid CahnGeneral Partner and COO of Venture at Sequoia Capital
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Also worked at ThoughtSpot18
Quentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystJamie MontgomeryCo-Founder & Managing Partner at March Capital PartnersJai DasPartner, President at Sapphire VenturesLak AnanthGlobal Managing Partner at Next47Ravi MhatrePartner and Co-Founder at Lightspeed Venture PartnersJames EphratiPartner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
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