# David Kang

> David Kang is the San Francisco-based co-founder and CEO of Keeper, a tax-filing company combining AI with human tax experts. A University of Chicago mathematics and economics graduate and former equity options trader, he previously served as Keeper’s COO and worked on its operations and AI.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Keeper
- **Organizations:** Keeper, PEAK6 Investments, Y Combinator
- **Education:** Undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Economics, University of Chicago
- **Known for:** Co-founded Keeper, a Y Combinator Winter 2019 company., Helped build Keeper through its $13 million Series A in 2021., Became Keeper CEO after serving as COO.

## Career timeline

- **Before Keeper** — Worked as an equity options trader and later led analytics and execution at PEAK6 Investments.
- **2018** — Began building Keeper with Paul Koullick; Koullick later recalled working in Kang’s one-bedroom apartment.
- **2019** — Keeper participated in Y Combinator’s Winter 2019 batch; Kang served as co-founder and COO.
- **2021** — Keeper announced a $13 million Series A on April 29.
- **2024** — Shared AI implementation lessons at Foundation Capital’s Fintech x AI PortCo Summit; the discussion was published February 12.
- **2025** — Succeeded Paul Koullick as CEO; Keeper publicly celebrated the handover in May.
- **2026** — Featured in a Blinkcode episode announced for March 10 about seasonal staffing and AI tax filing.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Keeper, a Y Combinator Winter 2019 company.
- Helped build Keeper through its $13 million Series A in 2021.
- Became Keeper CEO after serving as COO.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — A Blinkcode episode announced for March 10 featured Kang discussing seasonal staffing, engineering and ML hiring, and a vision for more automated tax filing.
- **2025-08** — Appeared on episode 157 of What Are You Working Towards?, discussing tax preparation for high earners and small business owners.
- **2025-05** — Keeper publicly congratulated Kang on succeeding Paul Koullick as CEO.
- **2025-04** — His technical article on automatic write-off detection was updated April 9.

## Links

- Website: https://www.keepertax.com/author/david-kang
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-kang-001b177b

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Last updated: 2026-10-23