Where does Xavier (Tianhao) Chi work?

Xavier (Tianhao) Chi is Founder of Mbodi AI.

What companies did Xavier (Tianhao) Chi found?

Xavier (Tianhao) Chi founded Mbodi AI.

Where did Xavier (Tianhao) Chi go to school?

Xavier (Tianhao) Chi studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering); Y Combinator (X25); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Master's degree, Computer Engineering).

Xavier (Tianhao) Chi

Founder

Founder at Mbodi AI

New York, New York, United States

FoundedMbodi AI · YC

About

Xavier Chi was a technical lead at Google working on internet infrastructure projects and studied electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Founder at Mbodi AI YC X25

Intro paths

Xavier went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Mbodi AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Xavier can intro founders to Mbodi AI's investors below.

Mbodi AI's investors · 12

ACADEMY INVESTORArlington AIN VenturesNew York · $500K – $1M checks BetaworksNew York · $250K – $750K checks Fuel Venture CapitalMiami · $250K – $10M checks Imagination CapitalNew York · $100K – $150K checks Mozilla Ventures MyAsiaVCSeattle Olive Tree CapitalBoston Tomahawk.VCPfäffikon · $250K – $2M checks TRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)San Francisco · $250K – $2M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025 ZAKA VCSan Francisco

Co-founders at Mbodi AI

Sebastian PeraltaFounder

Experience

Mbodi AICo-Foundercurrent2024 — presentNew York, New York, United States
GoogleSoftware Engineer (TL)2020 — 2024New York, New York, United States
GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2019New York, New York, United States
Decentralized Systems LabGraduate Research Assistant2019Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
The Apache Software FoundationCommitter2017 — 2019
YahooSoftware Engineering Intern2017 — 2019Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
ACM, Association for Computing MachineryChair of SIGNeuro ACM@UIUC2016 — 2017Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

Skills & more

C++PythonSQLLinux1C1Java1MySQL1PHP2UnixGitDockerHTML

+10 more

JavaScriptCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Machine LearningComputer NetworkingNetwork SecurityLinux KernelComputer Securityx86 AssemblyAlgorithmsreStructuredText

Languages Chinese · English · Japanese

Machine Learning Specialization — Stanford Online

From Xavier's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Xavier (Tianhao) Chi?: Xavier Chi was a technical lead at Google working on internet infrastructure projects and studied electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Where does Xavier (Tianhao) Chi work?: Xavier (Tianhao) Chi is Founder of Mbodi AI.
What companies did Xavier (Tianhao) Chi found?: Xavier (Tianhao) Chi founded Mbodi AI.
Where did Xavier (Tianhao) Chi go to school?: Xavier (Tianhao) Chi studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering); Y Combinator (X25); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Master's degree, Computer Engineering).