Where does Zihao Lin work?

Zihao Lin is Founder of Klavis AI.

What companies has Zihao Lin invested in?

Investments tracked here include Duckie.

Where did Zihao Lin go to school?

Zihao Lin studied at Y Combinator (X25); Beihang University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Northeastern University (Master's degree, Computer Engineering).

Zihao Lin

InvestorFounder

Founder at Klavis AI

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedKlavis AI · YC

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10,391 people in our graph share verified history with Zihao — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

David WeirunlockedZihao: together at Cambia Health Solutions (2019)

Zihao: together at Baidu, Inc.

Zihao: together at YC X25

×9Zihao: together at Lyft

About

Zihao Lin is a software engineer with five years at Lyft, where he led teams on recommendation systems and data infrastructure. He holds an MS in Computer Science from Northeastern University and a BS from Beihang University, with prior research and internship experience in NLP and at Baidu.

Founder at Klavis AI YC X25

Intro paths

Zihao went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Klavis AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Zihao can intro founders to Klavis AI's investors below.

Klavis AI's investors · 5

468 CapitalBerlin HongShan Capital GroupHong Kong · $100K – $50M checks Llama ventures SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Palo Alto Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Klavis AI

Xiangkai ZengFounder

Experience

Klavis AICo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
LyftSenior Software Engineer2024 — 2025Seattle, Washington, United States
LyftSoftware Engineer2022 — 2024Seattle, Washington, United States
NordstromSoftware Engineer2020 — 2022Seattle, Washington, United States
Cambia Health SolutionsSoftware Engineer Intern2019Seattle
Baidu, Inc.Software Engineer Intern2017Beijing, China

Skills & more

Open-Source SoftwareGitHubMicrosoft Azure1Java7C3Python (Programming Language)4LeadershipMCPArtificial Intelligence (AI)Machine Learning7Natural Language Processing (NLP)6Deep Learning2

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Zihao Lin?: Zihao Lin is a software engineer with five years at Lyft, where he led teams on recommendation systems and data infrastructure. He holds an MS in Computer Science from Northeastern University and a BS from Beihang University, with prior research and internship experience in NLP and at Baidu.
Where does Zihao Lin work?: Zihao Lin is Founder of Klavis AI.
What companies did Zihao Lin found?: Zihao Lin founded Klavis AI.
What companies has Zihao Lin invested in?: Investments tracked here include Duckie.
Where did Zihao Lin go to school?: Zihao Lin studied at Y Combinator (X25); Beihang University (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Northeastern University (Master's degree, Computer Engineering).