# Jessica Wu

> Jessica Wu is the New York-based co-founder and CEO of Sola, an enterprise process-automation company founded with Neil Deshmukh in 2023. She studied mathematics and computer science at MIT and worked across quantitative finance, venture, engineering, and design before building software that turns recorded browser and desktop workflows into automated agents. Sola participated in Y Combinator Summer 2023 and announced $21 million in total funding in August 2025.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Sola
- **Organizations:** Sola, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Y Combinator, Citadel Securities, GoldenTree Asset Management, Thrive Capital
- **Education:** Studied mathematics and computer science; left to found Sola, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Sola, a Y Combinator Summer 2023 company., Sola announced $21 million in total funding in August 2025., a16z reported fivefold revenue growth since the beginning of 2025 at the August 2025 investment announcement.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2023** — Studied mathematics and computer science at MIT; worked across finance, engineering, design, and early-stage startups, including Citadel Securities, GoldenTree, and Thrive Capital.
- **2023** — Co-founded Sola with MIT friend Neil Deshmukh; participated in Y Combinator Summer 2023.
- **2025** — Announced $21 million total funding, comprising a $3.5 million Conviction-led seed and $17.5 million a16z-led Series A.
- **2025** — Publicly described Sola’s early design partnership with Amazon’s AGI team and integration of Nova Act.
- **2026** — Shared WSI’s brokerage automation account; Sola continued hiring across engineering, product, and enterprise sales.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Sola, a Y Combinator Summer 2023 company.
- Sola announced $21 million in total funding in August 2025.
- a16z reported fivefold revenue growth since the beginning of 2025 at the August 2025 investment announcement.
- Built Sola with a focus on enabling business users to automate recorded workflows across existing applications.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Sola’s official jobs feed listed a Founding Solutions Engineer opening published October 19 and a Forward Deployed Engineer opening published October 23. The solutions-engineering listing describes developing an enterprise sales organization beyond a largely founder-led motion.
- **2026-05** — Sola published its WSI brokerage case study on May 13; Wu shared the customer’s experience automating workflows across existing logistics systems.
- **2025-12** — Amazon publicly featured Sola’s Nova Act integration on December 2; Wu described enterprise processes running hundreds of thousands of times per month.
- **2025-08** — Sola announced $21 million total funding, including its $17.5 million Series A.

## Links

- Website: https://www.sola.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-wu-9824431ab/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/jess123555

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Last updated: 2026-10-26