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Justine Li

Justine Li is the co-founder and CTO of Turbopuffer, an AI infrastructure and compute company based in Ottawa. Justine Li co-founded Turbopuffer with Simon Eskildsen. Turbopuffer raised a venture round in December 2025 from Thrive Capital and Lachy Groom. The Canadian AI Newsletter last covered Turbopuffer in November 2026.

Co-founder/CTO of Turbopuffer.

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Turbopuffer

Search infrastructure (vector and full-text) for AI applications.

Role
Co-founder/CTO
HQ
Ottawa, ON
Founded
2023
Status
Active
Latest round
Venture round, Dec 19, 2025
Website
turbopuffer.com

Co-founders: Simon Eskildsen

Investors: Thrive Capital, Lachy Groom

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