12 Founders Backed by Jim Mao (2026)

Jim Mao founders (12)

Jim Mao founders covers 12 founders on Akool, Honeycomb Credit and KamiwazaAI and 6 other companies. The most common sectors are AI Infrastructure (5), Fintech (2) and SaaS (2). Members are based in 7 cities, led by New York, NY (2), Palo Alto, CA (2) and Pittsburgh, PA (2). The remaining members span Biotech (1) and Healthtech (1). Companies represented include Avoca, CoPilot AI, Ex-human, Medsien, Otis AI and SetPoint Medical. Every founder below links to a profile with their company, backers, and the filings behind each round.

• Founders listed: 12
• Companies represented: 9
• Top sector: AI Infrastructure (5 founders)
• Top location: New York, NY (2 founders)
• Sectors represented: 5
• Locations represented: 7

• Apurva Shrivastava — Avoca
• Artem Rodichev — Ex-human
• Christian Bilger — Honeycomb Credit
• George Cook — Honeycomb Credit
• Hamed Ahmadi — Medsien
• Jeff Lu — Akool
• Jesse Chen — CoPilot AI
• Jiajun Lu — Akool
• Luke Norris — KamiwazaAI
• Matthew Wallace — KamiwazaAI
• Miguel Guerrero — Otis AI
• Murthy Simhambhatla — SetPoint Medical

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