About
Yujian Yao was a staff engineer at Retool responsible for rebuilding the runtime infrastructure, and previously served as an early engineer at Asana. He is a gold medalist in the National Olympiad Informatics in Singapore.
Founder at FlootYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Yujian went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future β the partner who ran Floot's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Yujian can intro founders to Floot's investors below.
Floot's investors Β· 3
Co-founders at Floot
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Edward LookFounder
Experience
- FlootCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 β presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- South Park CommonsMember2024 β 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- RetoolStaff Software Engineer2021 β 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- AsanaProgram Lead (Technical Lead) - Content Experience2019 β 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- AsanaSoftware Engineer2018 β 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- AsanaSoftware Engineer2016 β 2018Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
- AsanaSoftware Engineer Intern2015San Francisco
- DropboxSoftware Engineer Wintern2015San Francisco
- DropboxSoftware Engineering Intern2014San Francisco Bay Area
- NonStop GamesSoftware Engineer Intern2012 β 2013Singapore
- A*STARAttachment under a H3 research program2010
Skills & more
Languages Chinese Β· English Β· Japanese
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Yujian Yao?
- Yujian Yao was a staff engineer at Retool responsible for rebuilding the runtime infrastructure, and previously served as an early engineer at Asana. He is a gold medalist in the National Olympiad Informatics in Singapore.
- Where does Yujian Yao work?
- Yujian Yao is Founder of Floot.
- What companies did Yujian Yao found?
- Yujian Yao founded Floot.
- Where did Yujian Yao go to school?
- Yujian Yao studied at National University of Singapore (Bachelor of Computing, Computer Science); Hwa Chong Institution ('A' Level, General Paper).
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South Park Commons mafia37
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Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Floot1
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