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Known for these resultsRole80%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 80% 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.School60%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 60% of these rows have at least one match.
- Kratik Agrawal@Kratik_agFounder/CEO · KinectX26B2B · San Francisco
- Cameron Fiore@cam_fioreFounder/CTO · Surtr Defense SystemsX26Industrials · San Francisco
- Daniel BessonovFounder · AvoraF24Healthcare · San Francisco
- Yash KadadiFounder/CEO · Forerunner AIF24Industrials · San Francisco
- Raghav Pillai@rag_pilFounder/CTO · SpeckW24B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Kratik AgrawalKinectFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/Kratik_agCameron FioreSurtr Defense SystemsFounder/CTOSpring 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/cam_fioreDaniel BessonovAvoraFounderFall 2024HealthcareSan Francisco, United States4—Yash KadadiForerunner AIFounder/CEOFall 2024IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2—Raghav PillaiSpeckFounder/CTOWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/rag_pil
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Daniel Bessonov
Founder·Avora
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size4
BatchFall 2024
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Danny graduated from Penn M&T with a master’s degree in computer science. Danny most recently lead product intelligence at Wispr.ai, and was previously at Ramp, Anduril, and Lumos. Daniel has architected core payment features for Ramp’s $xmm Bill Pay product, built encryption features for Anduril UAVs, & was a Top 25 App Store developer at 14 years old.
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
First YC company on record
