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Yujian Yao

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CEO at Floot

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedFloot · YC

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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.

CEO at FlootYC S25

Intro paths

YC

Yujian went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — 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 — the partner who ran Floot's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Yujian can intro founders to Floot's investors below.

Floot's investors · 13

468 CapitalBerlinAlexandriaPasadenaAmino CapitalPalo Alto · $100K – $10M checksAndreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksBatch VenturesBlast.Club$5.5M checksEight CapitalNorwalkLombardstreet VenturesWoodside · $500K checksOurCrowdJerusalemPioneerToronto, OntarioTeam IgniteFolsom · $15M checksTekedia CapitalLagos · $1K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Floot

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Investments

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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 CEO of Floot.
What companies did Yujian Yao found?
Yujian Yao founded Floot.
What companies has Yujian Yao invested in?
Investments tracked here include Avoice, Congruent, Proximitty, Shor.

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