YC S25 Cohort
Kevin entered the YC orbit through Dedalus and a Princeton Startup School group while still a student.
private page is an active YC S25 startup building agent infrastructure from Princeton, NJ. Source: private page Kevin joined as founding engineer during the gap semester that Bet on Yourself frames as a deliberate early-career wager. Source: Bet on Yourself
The social entry predates the job. In 2025 Kevin joined a group of Princeton students heading to YC Startup School in San Francisco. private page
By Fall 2025 Kevin was representing Dedalus as a HackPrinceton sponsor, and in January 2026 he joined Dedalus full time. Source: HackPrinceton; Kevin Liu
The cohort story is not "Kevin got into YC." It is "Kevin attached to a YC company while still a Princeton student and learned forward-deployed engineering inside that gravity well." Source: Forward Deployed
Timeline
- 2025-05 | Joined a Princeton group heading to YC Startup School. private page
- 2025-10 | Dedalus first sponsors HackPrinceton. Source: HackPrinceton
- 2026-01 | Kevin full time at Dedalus on gap semester. Source: Kevin Liu
- 2026-05-31 | Story page compiled. Source: compiled from wiki graph