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Yue Dai
Foundercofounder ceo at Strand AI
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedStrand AI · YC
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About
Yue Dai previously worked at Pathos AI, Enable Medicine, Microsoft Research, and Element AI. At Strand AI, where she is cofounder and CEO, she has focused on developing foundation models for biology.
cofounder ceo at Strand AIYC W26
Intro paths
Yue went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Jon Xu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Strand AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Experience
- Strand AICo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- PathosSoftware Engineer2024 — 2025New York, New York, United States
- Enable MedicineSoftware Engineer2022 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer - Microsoft Research2021Seattle, Washington, United States
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software Engineer2020Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Element AISoftware Engineer2020Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer2019Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Lightspeed HQSoftware Engineer2019Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Nuance CommunicationsSoftware Engineer2018Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Yue Dai?
- Yue Dai previously worked at Pathos AI, Enable Medicine, Microsoft Research, and Element AI. At Strand AI, where she is cofounder and CEO, she has focused on developing foundation models for biology.
- Where does Yue Dai work?
- Yue Dai is cofounder ceo of Strand AI.
- What companies did Yue Dai found?
- Yue Dai founded Strand AI.
- Where did Yue Dai go to school?
- Yue Dai studied at Y Combinator (W26); McGill University (Bachelor of Science - BSc, Joint-Major in Computer Science and Biology).
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