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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.School73%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 73% of these rows have at least one match.
- Sahil Seth@sahil_seth9Founder/CEO · PlutoS26B2B · New York
- Joseph Schwarzmann@JoeSchwarzmannFounder/COO · RobbyW26B2B · New York
- Devin Cintron@devin_bcFounder/CTO · Scott AIF25B2B · New York
- Shahryar AbbasiFounder/CEO · Risely AIS25Education · San Francisco
- Max HoferFounder/CEO · ParsewiseX25B2B · London
- Stefan ZhengFounder/CPO · MercuraW25B2B
- Lander DegreveFounder/CEO · SpottW25B2B · Leuven
- Philip BrewerFounder · MelderF24B2B · New York
- Badr El Idrissi MokdadFounder/CEO · Sandra AIF24B2B · Miami
- Scott Cara@scara29Founder/CEO · ElevateS24B2B · New York
- Vedant Nair@vedantnair__Founder · MiruS24B2B · San Francisco
- Robi LinFounder · Sepal AIS24B2B · San Francisco
- Carl Peterson@carl_peteyFounder/CEO · Thunder ComputeS24B2B · San Francisco
- Tej SeelamsettyFounder/CEO · TivaraS24Healthcare · New York
- Atharva Padhye@almostpaddyFounder · GetCruxW24B2B · San Francisco
- Tyler LehmanFounder/CEO · OpenFoundryW24B2B · San Francisco
- Xavier de GraciaFounder · ProsperS23B2B · New York
- Clark JacobsFounder · FlexDeskW23B2B · New York
- Jesse Buckingham@jessebucksFounder · VoomaW23B2B · San Francisco
- Aaron KahaneFounder · ChariotS22Fintech · New York
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Sahil SethPlutoFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BNew York, United States5https://x.com/sahil_seth9Joseph SchwarzmannRobbyFounder/COOWinter 2026B2BNew York, United States3https://x.com/JoeSchwarzmannDevin CintronScott AIFounder/CTOFall 2025B2BNew York, United States3https://x.com/devin_bcShahryar AbbasiRisely AIFounder/CEOSummer 2025EducationSan Francisco, United States8—Max HoferParsewiseFounder/CEOSpring 2025B2BLondon, United Kingdom6—Stefan ZhengMercuraFounder/CPOWinter 2025B2BUnknown20—Lander DegreveSpottFounder/CEOWinter 2025B2BLeuven, Belgium15—Philip BrewerMelderFounderFall 2024B2BNew York, United States2—Badr El Idrissi MokdadSandra AIFounder/CEOFall 2024B2BMiami, United States3—Scott CaraElevateFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BNew York, United States3https://x.com/scara29Vedant NairMiruFounderSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/vedantnair__Robi LinSepal AIFounderSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States15—Carl PetersonThunder ComputeFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States9https://x.com/carl_peteyTej SeelamsettyTivaraFounder/CEOSummer 2024HealthcareNew York, United States2—Atharva PadhyeGetCruxFounderWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States9https://x.com/almostpaddyTyler LehmanOpenFoundryFounder/CEOWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Xavier de GraciaProsperFounderSummer 2023B2BNew York, United States9—Clark JacobsFlexDeskFounderWinter 2023B2BNew York, United States8—Jesse BuckinghamVoomaFounderWinter 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States40https://x.com/jessebucksAaron KahaneChariotFounderSummer 2022FintechNew York, United States24—
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Sadia Saifuddin
Founder/CPO·Risely AI
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CPO
Team size8
BatchSummer 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
CPO & Co-founder of Risely AI. Previously, I spent 7 years leading product development for Salesforce's Education Cloud, where I built from scratch the Student Information System that campuses everywhere rely on as their system-of-record. I also served as a voting Regent on the University of California Board of Regents, working shoulder-to-shoulder with Chancellors, Presidents, CIOs, and CFOs - giving me deep, firsthand insight into how universities operate and make decisions.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
No notable employer or school mentioned in the bio.
Credentialsnone mentioned
Disciplinenot detectedKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Risely AIAI agents that automate administrative work across college campuses.
Co-foundersShahryar Abbasi
