Anna Wang
FounderAnna leads Product & Partnerships at KERNEL (S25). Previously Co-Founder / CTO at Searchlight (W19), backed by Accel (seed) and Founders Fund (Series A), acquired in 2024.
Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
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HR & recruiting
Searchlight
Overview
Talent AI improving quality of hire
Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
Founders & team
Previously AllyIQ, Searchlight, searchlight
Company history As recorded 2026-11-08
Kerry Wang
Founder (acquired)Exited founder/ceo of Searchlight (W19, AI SaaS for recruiting, acquired by Multiverse). Built v1 as an engineer, then became the #1 salesperson. Love chatting about 0 to 1 for both product and sales, and the intersection between the two. SF-based, LA-original (the 626). Moved to the Bay for Stanford (MS Computer Science).
Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
20team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15
Founded 2018 · Source
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Winter 2019Winter 2019
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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
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- Dated milestonesDated source activity: 2019 Q1 (quarter only)
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