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Known for these resultsRole38%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 38% of these rows — the rest have no title at all, mostly 2019–2023. Those rows stay in the result and are counted as Unknown, never as No.Bio100%Bio coverage: 100% of these founders have a bio on their YC profile. Every bio-derived facet (ex-company, school, credentials, discipline) is Unknown for the rest.Ex-company100%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 100% of these rows have at least one match.School63%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 63% of these rows have at least one match.
- Om AgarwalFounder/CTO · MinervaX25B2B · San Francisco
- Peter ZhuFounder/CEO · MinervaX25B2B · San Francisco
- Anand NanduriFounder/CTO · AftercareW24B2B · New York
- Arman Rafati@gillbates408Founder · GlimmerW24B2B · San Francisco
- Ashi AgrawalFounder · Kobalt LabsS23B2B · New York
- Andrew HoskinsFounder · UpfrontW23Consumer · San Francisco
- Angela DaoFounder · StellarS22B2B · San Francisco
- Quan ZhouFounder · StellarS22B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Om AgarwalMinervaFounder/CTOSpring 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States5—Peter ZhuMinervaFounder/CEOSpring 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States5—Anand NanduriAftercareFounder/CTOWinter 2024B2BNew York, United States3—Arman RafatiGlimmerFounderWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/gillbates408Ashi AgrawalKobalt LabsFounderSummer 2023B2BNew York, United States12—Andrew HoskinsUpfrontFounderWinter 2023ConsumerSan Francisco, United States4—Angela DaoStellarFounderSummer 2022B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Quan ZhouStellarFounderSummer 2022B2BSan Francisco, United States3—
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Arman Rafati
Founder·Glimmer
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size2
BatchWinter 2024
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusInactive
StageEarly
BIO
Arman is the co-founder and CTO of Glimmer. Previously, he worked on corporate cards at Mercury, the first-ever BNPL debit card at Affirm, and helped launch AWS's Heroku competitor, AppRunner. Arman studied Computer Science & Economics at UIUC. He spent most of his free time in college building software for nonprofits, and most of his free time in high school reselling sneakers and building an app that he sold to his high school.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineEngineerKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
Exit mentioned in bio
