# Linda Du

> Linda Du is the president, COO and co-founder of Valon, the New York technology company behind ValonOS. A Harvard-trained computer scientist and statistician with experience at Google, Goldman Sachs, Two Sigma and Samlyn Capital, she helped build and operate a mortgage servicer before taking its software to major institutions. In 2026, Carrington acquired Valon Mortgage and selected ValonOS for a combined platform expected to approach two million loans, allowing Du and Valon to focus fully on technology.

- **Role:** President, COO & Co-Founder at Valon
- **Organizations:** Valon, Samlyn Capital, Two Sigma, Goldman Sachs, Google
- **Education:** Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Statistics, Harvard University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and became president and COO of Valon, which built a mortgage servicing operation to prove its software in production., Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Consumer Technology class for 2023., Helped scale Valon Mortgage from early manual operations to approximately 810,000 loans by the time of Carrington's 2026 acquisition.

## Career timeline

- **2014** — Worked as a software engineering intern at Google.
- **2015-2016** — Worked as an investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs.
- **2016-2018** — Worked as a quantitative researcher at Two Sigma.
- **2018-2020** — Worked as an investor and analyst at Samlyn Capital.
- **2020** — Joined Valon in its earliest operating period and became co-founder and operating leader.
- **2022** — Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Consumer Technology class for 2023.
- **2024** — Valon announced a $100 million Series C led by WestCap, bringing announced capital raised at the time to $230 million.
- **2025** — Spoke publicly about using automation and AI to improve mortgage servicing while keeping human agents focused on listening and judgment.
- **2026** — As president and co-founder, helped complete the sale of Valon Mortgage to Carrington; Carrington selected ValonOS for a combined platform expected to approach two million loans.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and became president and COO of Valon, which built a mortgage servicing operation to prove its software in production.
- Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Consumer Technology class for 2023.
- Helped scale Valon Mortgage from early manual operations to approximately 810,000 loans by the time of Carrington's 2026 acquisition.
- Helped Valon raise a $100 million Series C in 2024.
- Led operations through Valon's shift from an integrated servicer and software company to a technology company focused on ValonOS.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Carrington completed its acquisition of Valon Mortgage, adding approximately 810,000 loans and adopting ValonOS as its core servicing platform. Du continued as president and co-founder of Valon, now focused fully on technology.
- **2026-05** — Carrington and Valon announced their strategic partnership, with a combined servicing platform expected to approach two million loans.
- **2025-02** — Du appeared on Freddie Mac's The Way Home podcast to discuss transparency, automation, AI-assisted call work and compliance by default in mortgage servicing.
- **2024-10** — Valon announced a $100 million Series C led by WestCap with participation from Andreessen Horowitz and other investors.

## Links

- Website: https://www.valon.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xlindadu

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Last updated: 2026-09-28