Summary
Jason Wang is a versatile software founder and engineer based in San Francisco with eight years of experience spanning startups and early-stage ventures. As Co-Founder and Advisor at Cohere, now acquired by Ramp, he led a $3.1M seed round with top-tier investors including Initialized Capital, Y Combinator S20, Naval Ravikant, Elad Gil, and founders of Superhuman and Ramp. He previously co-founded mPower, a modular cold logistics solution for decentralized farms in rural India, and served as a KPCB Engineering Fellow at Farmers Business Network. His background includes a formative internship at Facebook and an engineering stint at Census, alongside a fellowship at Kleiner Perkins and roles at Abby Care, underscoring a track record of shipping impact across healthcare, logistics, and AI-enabled products. He is Duke-educated (BS in Computer Science and Philosophy, Politics & Economics), blending technical depth with an interest in political, social, and environmental issues, and in his spare time he enjoys playing piano. Based in the Bay Area, he combines hands-on coding with strategic leadership and a penchant for turning ambitious ideas into real-world solutions.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
S20, S20 at Y Combinator
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science; Philosophy, Politics & Economics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science; Philosophy, Politics & Economics at Duke University
English, Chinese, Latin, German