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Known for these resultsRole75%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 75% 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.School50%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 50% of these rows have at least one match.
- Thomas Liao@distributionatFounder/CEO · neoncoralX25Consumer · San Francisco
- Hugo FryFounder · Mecha HealthW25Healthcare · San Francisco
- Kunaal Sikka@kunaalsikkaFounder/President · SubImageW25B2B · San Francisco
- Rob DysonFounder/CTO · WillingS15Consumer · Miami
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Thomas LiaoneoncoralFounder/CEOSpring 2025ConsumerSan Francisco, United States1https://x.com/distributionatHugo FryMecha HealthFounderWinter 2025HealthcareSan Francisco, United States4—Kunaal SikkaSubImageFounder/PresidentWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/kunaalsikkaRob DysonWillingFounder/CTOSummer 2015ConsumerMiami, United States10—Showing 1–4 of 4 founders
Hugo Fry
Founder·Mecha Health
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size4
BatchWinter 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Mathematics (BA) and Physics (MSc) graduate from the University of Cambridge, ranking top 30 in the university. British Physics Olympiad participant, ranking in the top 11 in the UK. Former ML interpretability research scholar (MATS), where I was the first in the world to use Sparse Autoencoders on vision models. My research has been cited by Anthropic and Google DeepMind. Currently working on building state of the art radiology report generation AI in a way that is interpretable and safe.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Foundation models to automate x-ray analysis for radiologists
IndustryHealthcare
Websitemecha-health.ai/
Team size4
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LocationSan Francisco, United States
BatchWinter 2025