Where does Yue Dai work?

Yue Dai is cofounder ceo of 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).

Yue Dai

Founder

cofounder ceo at Strand AI

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedStrand AI · YC

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72 people in our graph share verified history with Yue — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Joe HayesunlockedYue: together at Pathos (2024–2025)

×6Yue: together at Nuance Communications

Yue: together at Element AI

×4Yue: together at Enable Medicine

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 AI YC 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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In turn, Yue can intro founders to Strand AI's investors below.

Strand AI's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Strand AI

Oded FalikFounder

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

Skills & more

CookingEngineeringCloud InfrastructureCloud ComputingJavaC#Python (Programming Language)Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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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).

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

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Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3 Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1 Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y Combinator Alexis OhanianPartnerFounded Reddit Fred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1 Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1

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McGill University mafia207

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Noubar AfeyanBSFounded ProFound Therapeutics +13 Avak KahvejianB.Sc.Founded ProFound Therapeutics +5 Jeffrey KarpBENGFounded Tissium +3 Serge MesserlianMaster of Science - MScFounded Creyon +1 Natalia BakaevaArtsFounded cashew +1 Lauren GropperBachelor's degreeFounded Repurpose +1

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Pathos mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Matthew De SilvaChief Operating OfficerFounded Notable Labs Katie-Rose SkellyVP, Platform Data & EngineeringFounded Known Medicine

Enable Medicine mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Oded FalikSenior Software EngineerFounded Strand AI

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of Kalshi Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of Particle Subomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of Convoy Arhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear Ventures Collin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby Capital Victor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Also attended McGill University769

Harley FinkelsteinInvestor at Felicis Ventures Mattias LjungmanInvestor at Moonfire Ventures Noubar AfeyanInvestor at Flagship Pioneering David NaultGeneral Partner at Luge Capital Laviva MazharPrincipal at Luge Capital Lisa PurcellInvestor at Third Rock Ventures

+ 763 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Strand AI1

Oded FalikFounder at Strand AI

Also worked at Microsoft2,000

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y Combinator Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Bill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates Foundation Mike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic

+ 1,994 more

Also worked at Amazon Web Services (AWS)443

Nancy WangInvestor at Felicis Ventures Jon TurowVenture Partner at Madrona Venture Group Keerthi NalabotuInvestor at True Ventures Adam NaorInvestor at CapitalG Ken HowardVice President of Technology Services at Flare Capital Partners Eliya ElonInvestor at Notable Capital

+ 437 more

Also worked at Element AI14

Omar DhallaPartner at N49P Priya SaiprasadInvestment Advisory Council at Neythri Futures Fund Neil KenleyPrincipal at Vistara Growth Alan CohenGeneral Partner at DCVC (Data Collective)Megh GuptaPartner at Wittington Ventures Louis-Martin RousseauMentor at Amiral Ventures

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About

cofounder ceo at Strand AIYC W26

Intro paths

Strand AI's investors · 1

Co-founders at Strand AI

Experience

Skills & more

Frequently asked questions

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

McGill University mafia207

Pathos mafia3

Enable Medicine mafia2

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Also attended McGill University769

Shared employers

Also worked at Strand AI1

Also worked at Microsoft2,000

Also worked at Amazon Web Services (AWS)443

Also worked at Element AI14

cofounder ceo at Strand AI YC W26