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Yicong Li

Investor

Venture Fellow at FoundersX Ventures

Greater Boston

About

Yicong Li is a computer science PhD candidate at Harvard advised by Hanspeter Pfister, conducting research in vision language model post-training, agentic systems, computer vision, and generative models with applications in neuroscience and healthcare. He is currently a research intern at Netflix and maintains an investment focus on full-stack AI including compute infrastructure, physical AI, and agentic solutions. Li has led a student organization of over 70 members at Harvard serving thousands of students and scholars.

Experience

  1. NetflixResearch Interncurrent2026 — presentLos Gatos, CA
  2. FoundersX VenturesVenture Fellowcurrent2026 — presentCambridge, MA
  3. GenentechResearch Intern2025South San Francisco, CA
  4. Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteVisiting Student2024 — 2025Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  5. Simons FoundationGuest Researcher2023 — 2024New York, NY
  6. Simons FoundationSummer Research Associate2023New York, NY
  7. Harvard GSAS Business ClubMini-MBA2024Boston, MA
  8. MicrosoftResearch Intern2024Cambridge, MA
  9. Linear CapitalVenture Fellow2022 — 2023Shanghai, China
  10. MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)Research Intern2020 — 2022Cambridge, MA
  11. Harvard Medical SchoolResearch Intern2021Boston, MA
  12. HuaweiResearch Intern2021Shenzhen
  13. Humanitarian Affairs AsiaDelegate2018Bangkok City, Thailand
  14. Montessori Model UNDelegate2011New York, NY

Education

  1. Harvard UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science2022 — 2026
  2. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCross-registration, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science2022 — 2026
  3. Harvard UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Bioengineering2022 — 2026
  4. Tsinghua UniversityMaster of Engineering - MEng, Data Science and Information Technology2019 — 2022
  5. Sichuan UniversityBachelor of Engineering - BE, Opto-Electronics Information Science and Engineering2015 — 2019
  6. Zhengzhou Foreign Language SchoolHigh School Diploma, Science2012 — 2015

Skills & more

Languages Chinese · English

  • Social and Behavioral Research Investigators — CITI Program
  • Engineering Responsible Conduct of Research — CITI Program
  • Data Parallelism: How to Train Deep Learning Models on Multiple GPUs — NVIDIA
  • Fundamentals of Deep Learning — NVIDIA

From Yicong's professional profile.

Colleagues at FoundersX Ventures

Devin Lai
Investment Associate at FoundersX Ventures
Helen Liang
Founder & General Partner at FoundersX Ventures
Irene Tsen
Investment Associate at FoundersX Ventures
Leo Cui
General Partner at FoundersX Ventures
Sizi Chen
General Partner at FoundersX Ventures
Tom Kosnik
Partner at FoundersX Ventures
Tor Parawell
Partner at FoundersX Ventures
Tristan Staschik
Partner at FoundersX Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Where does Yicong Li work?
Yicong Li is Venture Fellow at FoundersX Ventures.

Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,281

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars

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Also attended Tsinghua University145

Zhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalVinnie LauriaFounding Partner at Golden Gate VenturesTed BreyerPartner at Breyer CapitalAlexander KremerPartner at Keen Venture PartnersJefferson ChenManaging Director at Informed Ventures Advisors, LlcDr. Kewei YangInvestor at G Vision Capital

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Also attended Sichuan University7

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Shared employers

Also worked at Netflix52

Isabelle StyslingerSenior Associate, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionKishen PatelInvestor at GreycroftAriel TseitlinPartner at Scale Venture PartnersHal TilyVenture Partner at Rackhouse Venture Management LpKelly BennettExecutive Advisor at TCVJessica NealOperating Partner at TCV

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Also worked at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute33

Sam BlackmanEntrepreneur in Residence at GV (Google Ventures)Dave BarrettSenior Advisory Partner at Polaris PartnersMargaux FosterAnalyst at redalpineWeihan LiuAssociate at Cure VenturesShereef ElnahalObvious Champion at Obvious VenturesRosie BellDirector of Marketing at LRVHealth

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Also worked at Simons Foundation1

Nicole MaCo-Founder & CEO at Topological

Also worked at Microsoft1,062

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesWesley ChanInvestor at Felicis Ventures

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