jay drain jr. is a level 14 player based in brooklyn, new york.
- currently
- founder & managing partner at relay
we back founders building at the frontier of compute and markets - past
- partner at a16z (2022–2026)
investor at maven ventures (2020–2022)
equities & equity derivatives at goldman sachs (2018–2020) - school
- law & political science at amherst college
- homes
- new york. chicago. london. san francisco.
- passions
- basketball. music. food. fashion. running.
racing. piano. scuba diving. writing. - quests
- building relay, training for a sub-2:35 nyc marathon in 2026.
follow along on strava - belief
- winning is everything
- writing
- the blueprint — i write a lot, publish rarely
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