Jerry Liu
About Jerry Liu
Jerry Liu is the co-founder and CEO of LlamaIndex, an open-source framework and enterprise platform for building AI agents over documents and private data. Crunchbase lists him as CEO since March 2023 and based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He started the project in November 2022 as a way to connect personal data sources to GPT-3, and it grew into a company after strong interest from the open-source community.
Before LlamaIndex he led the ML monitoring team at Robust Intelligence, did self-driving AI research at Uber ATG, and worked on recommendation systems at Quora. Other bios also list Two Sigma and Apple. He graduated from Princeton in 2017 with a computer science degree and a certificate in finance.
LlamaIndex was founded with Simon Suo. Tracxn lists Greylock Partners and Norwest among its institutional investors.
Public data on his angel activity is thin. Crunchbase shows one personal investment, in GitHits. He has not published a list of angel investments, a fund or a syndicate, and none of the sources I found describe a formal angel program.
GitHits is his only publicly confirmed AI investment. GitHits builds a version-aware index of public open-source code so that AI coding agents can find working examples and reduce hallucinations. In June 2026 the company announced a €1.5M pre-seed round led by Vendep Capital, with Trind VC and angels including Peter Sarlin, Zach Shelby and Jerry Liu. Press coverage names him as the LlamaIndex co-founder. Finnish and Estonian VCs led the round, so he joined as an angel in a European round.
The one public data point is a pre-seed round in AI developer infrastructure, specifically code search for coding agents. This fits his operating background in retrieval, agents and developer tooling. I found no public statement from him on check size, preferred stage, geography or what he looks for in a pitch, so none is given here. Founders should treat his focus as inferred from his work and from this one investment.
- GitHits: Helsinki-based startup that gives AI coding agents access to open-source code. He took part in its €1.5M pre-seed in June 2026.
- crunchbase.com/person/jerry-liu-acfb
- crunchbase.com/organization/githits/financial_details
- eu-startups.com/2026/06/open-source-startup-githits-closes-e1-5-millio
- arcticstartup.com/githits-raises-e1-5m-pre-seed
- ai.engineer/speakers/jerry-liu
- databricks.com/dataaisummit/speaker/jerry-liu
- app.dealroom.co/news/note/interview-with-jerry-liu-of-llamaindex
- tracxn.com/d/companies/llamaindex/__U3EoO86v47zgZGnpR8N_TwMcdPI5GXVFL6
Investing activity
Jerry Liu appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Pre-seed, with a median round size of $2M. The most recent is GitHits (Pre-seed, €1.5M, Jun 2026).
Jerry Liu most often invests alongside Vendep Capital, Trind, Peter Sarlin and Zach Shelby, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Jerry Liu
Is Jerry Liu an angel investor?
Yes, in a limited public sense. He is listed as an angel in the GitHits €1.5M pre-seed announced in June 2026. Crunchbase shows this as his only personal investment.
Who is Jerry Liu?
He is the co-founder and CEO of LlamaIndex. He previously worked at Robust Intelligence, Uber ATG and Quora, and graduated from Princeton in 2017.
What check size does Jerry Liu write?
It is not public. Neither the GitHits announcement nor other sources I found state his check size.
What stage and sectors does Jerry Liu invest in?
His only known investment is a pre-seed round in AI developer tools. He has not published a stated thesis, so nothing broader can be confirmed.
Has Jerry Liu invested in GitHits?
Yes. Press coverage of the June 2026 €1.5M pre-seed names him among the angels, alongside Peter Sarlin and Zach Shelby. Vendep Capital led the round and Trind VC took part.
How should founders approach Jerry Liu for a pitch?
He has no public pitch process. His LinkedIn is the most direct public channel. He runs LlamaIndex full time, so a pitch is most relevant if it touches AI agents, document workflows or developer infrastructure.
What AI companies has Jerry Liu invested in?
Jerry Liu's AI investments include GitHits. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Jerry Liu invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Jerry Liu has invested at Pre-seed, with a median round of $2M.
Who does Jerry Liu co-invest with?
Jerry Liu's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Vendep Capital (1 deal), Trind (1 deal), Peter Sarlin (1 deal) and Zach Shelby (1 deal).
How can founders reach Jerry Liu?
Founders on Lounge can see Jerry Liu'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 Jerry Liu to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.