Janet Liu is Co-Founder and CEO at Oxus, an AI-powered platform automating internal audits for pre-IPO and public companies. Oxus is part of Y Combinator's Winter 2026 batch and helps audit teams save millions in outsourcing fees while delivering audits 10x faster.

Janet earned a B.S. from MIT in Computer Science, Economics, Data Science, and Finance. She previously conducted digital payments research at the Federal Reserve and worked in investment strategy at D.E. Shaw.

Janet co-founded Oxus with fellow MIT graduates Christine Watts and Melinda Liu, bringing deep expertise in finance, technology, and AI. The founding team combines technical prowess with domain knowledge in financial compliance and audit workflows.

Oxus transforms manual audit processes that take weeks into review-ready outputs generated within minutes using AI. The platform automates scoping, documentation, and control testing for SOX compliance and financial regulations.

Oxus is onboarding early customers at pre-IPO and public companies, targeting a market where internal audit teams spend thousands of hours annually on repetitive compliance checks. The company was founded in 2025 and is based in San Francisco.