Jonathan Chavez

Jonathan Chavez is an accomplished software engineer and entrepreneur with a strong focus on artificial intelligence, particularly in the realm of Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI agent evaluation. He co-founded ZeroEval (YC S25), a company dedicated to helping enterprises evaluate and optimize AI agents, building a foundational layer for their measurement, learning, and self-correction. His expertise in this area is further demonstrated by his co-founding of llm-stats.com, a successful LLM leaderboard website. forbes+3

His career trajectory showcases a diverse experience spanning frontier research, major tech companies, and high-growth startups. He has held software engineering roles at Datadog (specializing in LLM Observability) and contributed to Video AI at Google as an intern. Furthermore, he was an early engineer at Bemmbo and the first employee at Atrato (YC W21), demonstrating his ability to contribute significantly to rapidly growing ventures. forbes+2

Academically, Jonathan has a solid foundation in Systems Engineering and Computer Science from Tecnológico de Monterrey. During his undergraduate studies, he engaged in research on complex topics such as vision transformers for particle physics and reinforcement learning for robotics, indicating a strong theoretical and practical understanding of advanced computing and AI principles. ycombinator+1