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Yue Dai

Founder

cofounder ceo at Strand AI

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedStrand AI · YC

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

YC

Yue went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

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

OFOded Falik
Oded FalikFounder

Experience

  1. Strand AICo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. PathosSoftware Engineer2024 — 2025New York, New York, United States
  3. Enable MedicineSoftware Engineer2022 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
  4. MicrosoftSoftware Engineer - Microsoft Research2021Seattle, Washington, United States
  5. Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software Engineer2020Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  6. Element AISoftware Engineer2020Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  7. MicrosoftSoftware Engineer2019Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  8. Lightspeed HQSoftware Engineer2019Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  9. Nuance CommunicationsSoftware Engineer2018Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Skills & more

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

From Yue's professional profile.

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

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McGill University mafia80

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Enable Medicine mafia2

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Oded FalikSenior Software EngineerFounded Strand AI

Pathos mafia2

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Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports Ventures

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Also attended McGill University425

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Shared employers

Also worked at Strand AI1

Oded FalikFounder at Strand AI

Also worked at Microsoft1,189

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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Also worked at Amazon Web Services (AWS)270

Nancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesJon TurowVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupEric AndersonPartner at Scale Venture PartnersKeerthi NalabotuInvestor at True VenturesKen HowardVice President of Technology Services at Flare Capital PartnersEliya ElonInvestor at Notable Capital

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Also worked at Element AI12

Omar DhallaPartner at N49PKaty YamGeneral Manager at Inovia CapitalPriya SaiprasadInvestment Advisory Council at Neythri Futures FundNeil KenleyPrincipal at Vistara GrowthAlan CohenGeneral Partner at DCVC (Data Collective)Megh GuptaPartner at Wittington Ventures

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