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Guodong Jin

Guodong Jin is a former co-founder of Kuzu, a developer tools and AI agents company based in Kitchener-Waterloo. Guodong Jin co-founded Kuzu with Semih Salihoğlu, Ziyi Chen, Xiyang Feng and Chang Liu. Kuzu was covered in the Canadian AI Newsletter in February 2026. Kuzu was acquired by Apple in October 2025.

Formerly Co-founder of Kuzu.

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Former role
Co-founder
HQ
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
Founded
2023
Status
Acquired by Apple
Website
appleinsider.com/articles/26/02/11/faster-more-flexible-databases-could-be-coming-to-filemaker-or-iwork

Co-founders: Semih Salihoğlu, Ziyi Chen, Xiyang Feng, Chang Liu

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