Jon Xu
General Partner at Y Combinator

About Jon
Jon Xu
Jon is a General Partner at YC. Previously he was the co-founder and former CTO of FutureAdvisor (YC S10), one of the first robo-advisors to make quality investment management accessible to a broader consumer audience. After the company was acquired by BlackRock in 2015, Jon continued to lead product and engineering, building an enterprise-grade robo-advisor platform for large financial institutions. His background gives him unique expertise both in building high-trust consumer products and B2B platforms for regulated industries. Jon holds a degree in Computer Science from MIT.
YC Stats
Jon has done over 500 hours of office hours so far.
He has advised top YC alumni including: Proof Trading, Soraban, GovDash, Hadrius, Nectar, Powder, Spur, Parahelp, Pulse, Kastle, Oway, Arva AI, Crustdata, and Ember.

