# Wye Yew Ho

> Wye Yew Ho is the co-founder and CEO of Proximitty (YC W26), an AI operating system for commercial loans that deploys regulator-grade AI agents to ingest documents, spread financials, track covenants and automate loan servicing for banks, credit unions and fintechs. Before founding Proximitty he led FinCrime and Growth at Taptap Send as the company scaled from $75M to $200M in ARR, and began his career advising banks and fintechs on risk and lending strategy at McKinsey. A Malaysian who studied at the London School of Economics, he is the highest-ranked Malaysian in the history of the Southeast Asian Maths Competition.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Proximitty
- **Organizations:** Proximitty, Taptap Send, McKinsey & Company
- **Nationality:** Malaysian
- **Education:** London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Proximitty, a YC W26 AI operating system for commercial loans, Helped scale Taptap Send from $75M to $200M in ARR while leading FinCrime and Growth, Highest-ranked Malaysian in the history of the Southeast Asian Maths Competition (SEAMC)

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Advised banks and fintechs on risk and lending strategy as a consultant at McKinsey & Company
- **Pre-2025** — Led FinCrime and Growth at Taptap Send during its scale from $75M to $200M ARR
- **2025** — Co-founded Proximitty (founded November 2025) with Zi Zhang
- **2026** — Proximitty joins Y Combinator's Winter 2026 batch; raises a $130K+ seed round
- **2026** — Presents a Proximitty demo at FinovateSpring on May 6

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Proximitty, a YC W26 AI operating system for commercial loans
- Helped scale Taptap Send from $75M to $200M in ARR while leading FinCrime and Growth
- Highest-ranked Malaysian in the history of the Southeast Asian Maths Competition (SEAMC)
- Built a platform trusted by a $5B publicly traded fintech and a $2B regional bank within its first year
- Backed by Y Combinator, Cohen Circle, CRV and Uphonest Capital

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Proximitty raised a seed round (reported $130K+) as part of the YC Winter 2026 batch
- **2026-05** — Presented a Proximitty product demo at FinovateSpring

## Links

- Website: https://proximitty.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wyeyew/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/WyeYew

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Last updated: 2026-07-31