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Quentin ClarkunlockedYi Zhong: together at Dropbox (2019)
×3Yi Zhong: together at Dropbox
Yi Zhong: together at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
×7Yi Zhong: together at Y Combinator
About
Yi Zhong held product leadership roles at Meta, Microsoft, and Dropbox, working on large-scale AI systems deployment.
Founder at Besimple AIYC X25
Intro paths
YC
Yi 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 Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Besimple AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Yi can intro founders to Besimple AI's investors below.
Besimple AI's investors · 4
Co-founders at Besimple AI
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Bill WangFounder
Experience
- Besimple AICo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- MetaProduct Manager2020 — 2025Menlo Park, California, United States
- DropboxProduct Manager2019 — 2020Seattle, Washington
- MicrosoftProduct Manager2016 — 2019Greater Seattle Area
- MicrosoftProgram Manager Intern - Windows Devices Group2015Redmond, WA
- SiemensMechanical Engineering Intern2014Mülheim, Germany
- MITResearch Assistant2013
Skills & more
Matlab7R1Stata1Microsoft PowerPoint2PythonTeamwork5Writing2Artificial Intelligence (AI)1Statistics12Research11Rapid Prototyping3Program Management2
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Product Design3D ModelingPaintingUser-centered DesignMachine LearningProduct DevelopmentData MiningApache SparkLanguages Cantonese · English · Mandarin
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Yi Zhong?
- Yi Zhong held product leadership roles at Meta, Microsoft, and Dropbox, working on large-scale AI systems deployment.
- Where does Yi Zhong work?
- Yi Zhong is Founder of Besimple AI.
- What companies did Yi Zhong found?
- Yi Zhong founded Besimple AI.
- Where did Yi Zhong go to school?
- Yi Zhong studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia1,221
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Elad GilPhDFounded Brain Co. +1Hemant TanejaMinorFounded Hippocratic AINat FriedmanBachelor of ScienceFounded XamarinBrad FeldS.B.Founded TechstarsMatt HuangB.S.Founded Paradigm +1Delian AsparouhovDropoutFounded Nightingale +1
+ 1,214 more
Dropbox mafia107
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Drew HoustonCo-Founder and Co-CEOFounded AccoladeKanjun QiuBusiness OperationsFounded Kanjun +2Gautam JayaramanEngineerFounded Onsite Pro +2Anatoly YakovenkoSoftware EngineerFounded Solana +2Adam GrossSVP, Marketing and SalesFounded Personify +1Ivan KiriginProduct ManagerFounded YesGraph +1
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Same school
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology2,000
Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of VardaDrew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of Dropbox
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Shared employers
Also worked at Besimple AI1
Also worked at Meta460
Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceDrew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of DropboxGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyTinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructure
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Also worked at Dropbox190
Drew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of DropboxArash FerdowsiCo-founder of DropboxQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystAna AndreescuInvestor at Index VenturesMark GoldbergInvestor at Index VenturesRachel HansenInvestor at Index Ventures
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Also worked at Microsoft2,000
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic
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