Abe Gong
About Abe Gong
Abe Gong is the co-founder and CEO of Superconductive, the company behind the open-source data quality project Great Expectations. Crunchbase lists him as a co-founder of the company since June 2017 and places him in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Before Superconductive he was Chief Data Officer at Aspire Health, a founding member of the Jawbone data science team, and lead data scientist at Massive Health. He holds a PhD from the University of Michigan in public policy, political science and complex systems. His own bio says he has spent more than a decade leading teams that apply data and technology to health care, consumer wellness and public policy.
Superconductive began as a healthcare data consultancy. The founders turned an internal data quality tool into Great Expectations, and TechCrunch reported in February 2022 that the company raised $40M to launch a commercial version. Crunchbase now lists a different person as CEO of the Great Expectations organization and Gong as a co-founder.
Little about Gong's angel investing is public. Crunchbase's person profile shows an advisor role at Stack Lighting dating from 2015, but no list of personal investments. We did not find a public statement from him on check size, ownership targets or investment criteria, so none are given here.
The Lounge deals desk lists Gong in the $14M seed round of Upriver, announced in June 2026. Upriver describes itself as an AI-native data engineering platform. The press release says Valley Capital Partners and Hetz Ventures led the round. A third-party write-up of the round lists the founders of Great Expectations among the backers. The Upriver release itself, as indexed, does not name Gong.
Gong's one confirmed AI round, Upriver, is a seed-stage company building data infrastructure for AI. That fits his operating background in data quality and data engineering. His stage, sector and geography preferences are not published, and neither is his check size.
- Upriver: AI-native data engineering platform that connects to data stacks and automates pipeline work. Gong is listed in its $14M seed round, announced June 2026.
- crunchbase.com/person/abe-gong
- datacouncil.ai/speakers/abe-gong
- techcrunch.com/2022/02/10/superconductive-creators-of-great-expectatio
- newswire.com/news/upriver-raises-14m-to-automate-the-enterprise-data-f
- yespress.io/upriver
- crunchbase.com/organization/great-expectations-c89a
- linkedin.com/in/abe-gong-8a77034
Investing activity
Abe Gong appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $14M. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $14M. The most recent is Upriver (Seed, $14M, Jun 2026).
Abe Gong most often invests alongside Valley Capital Partners, Hetz Ventures, Tamar Bar-Ilan and Yotam Segev, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Abe Gong
Who is Abe Gong?
Abe Gong is the CEO and co-founder of Superconductive, which created the open-source Great Expectations data quality project. He was previously Chief Data Officer at Aspire Health and worked on data science at Jawbone and Massive Health.
Has Abe Gong invested in AI startups?
Yes. The Lounge deals desk lists him in Upriver's $14M seed round from June 2026. Upriver builds an AI-native data engineering platform. No other AI investments by him are publicly confirmed.
What is Abe Gong's angel check size?
It is not public. We found no statement from him on check size, so we do not give a figure.
What kind of founders might suit a pitch to Abe Gong?
His background is in data quality, data engineering and open-source tooling, and his confirmed AI investment is in data infrastructure. Founders in that area have the clearest overlap with his experience. He has not published an investment thesis.
Where can I find Abe Gong online?
His LinkedIn profile is linkedin.com/in/abe-gong-8a77034. We did not find a verified X account or personal website.
Is Abe Gong an angel investor?
Yes. Abe Gong invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Abe Gong invested in?
Abe Gong's AI investments include Upriver. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Abe Gong invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Abe Gong has invested at Seed, with a median round of $14M.
Who does Abe Gong co-invest with?
Abe Gong's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Valley Capital Partners (1 deal), Hetz Ventures (1 deal), Tamar Bar-Ilan (1 deal), Yotam Segev (1 deal) and Lew Cirne (1 deal).
How can founders reach Abe Gong?
Founders on Lounge can see Abe Gong's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with them under Warm Paths, and add Abe Gong to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.