Summary
Jimmy Chan is a product-minded AI engineer and founder based in San Francisco, currently serving as a Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic after leading product and agent architecture at Vapi. He co-founded Dropbase (YC W20), raised $1.75M with Gradient Ventures and Y Combinator backing, and has repeatedly launched early AI startups focused on tooling for deployment, monitoring, and automation. With a background spanning consulting at EY and product engineering at National Instruments, he blends strategic analytics and privacy experience with hands-on AI product development. Jimmy’s work centers on making developer-facing AI systems and natural-language driven app builders practical at scale, and he often operates at the intersection of product, design, and infrastructure rather than pure research.
2 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
W20, W20 at Y Combinator
Master of Business Administration, Master of Business Administration at University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
B. Eng. Computer Engineering, B. Eng. Computer Engineering at McGill University
English, Spanish