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Xiangkai Zeng

Founder

Founder at Klavis AI

United States

FoundedKlavis AI · YC

About

Xiangkai Zeng is co-founder of Klavis AI. He previously served as a senior software engineer on Google's Gemini project at Google DeepMind and contributed to the Gemini research publication. He holds a master's degree in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University and a bachelor's degree in computer science and technology from Beihang University.

Founder at Klavis AIYC X25

Intro paths

YC

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

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

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In turn, Xiangkai can intro founders to Klavis AI's investors below.

Klavis AI's investors · 2

468 CapitalBerlinY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Klavis AI

ZLZihao Lin
Zihao LinFounder

Experience

  1. Klavis AICo-Foundercurrent2025 — present
  2. Google DeepMindSenior Software Engineer2023 — 2025Mountain View, California, United States
  3. Google DeepMindSoftware Engineer2020 — 2023Mountain View, California, United States
  4. AppleMachine Learning Intern2019Cupertino, California, United States
  5. Carnegie Mellon University - School of Computer Science - Language Technologies InstituteResearch Assistant2018 — 2019Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
  6. MicrosoftSoftware Engineering Intern2017 — 2018Beijing, China
  7. Tsinghua UniversityResearch Assistant2016 — 2017Beijing, China

Skills & more

Artificial Intelligence (AI)1MCP

From Xiangkai's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Xiangkai Zeng?
Xiangkai Zeng is co-founder of Klavis AI. He previously served as a senior software engineer on Google's Gemini project at Google DeepMind and contributed to the Gemini research publication. He holds a master's degree in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University and a bachelor's degree in computer science and technology from Beihang University.
Where does Xiangkai Zeng work?
Xiangkai Zeng is Founder of Klavis AI.
What companies did Xiangkai Zeng found?
Xiangkai Zeng founded Klavis AI.
Where did Xiangkai Zeng go to school?
Xiangkai Zeng studied at Y Combinator (X25); Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science (Master of Science - MS, Intelligent Information Systems); Beihang University (Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science and Technology).

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Zihao LinFounder at Klavis AI

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