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Known for these resultsRole33%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 33% 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.School67%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 67% of these rows have at least one match.
- Angelo PolicicchioFounder/CEO · Luca IQS26B2B · Boston
- Christian Mischler@Chris_MischlerFounder · DeskimoS21B2B · Singapore
- David Akinin@davidakininFounder · JABUS21Fintech · Cape Town
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Angelo PolicicchioLuca IQFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BBoston, United States5—Christian MischlerDeskimoFounderSummer 2021B2BSingapore, Singapore12https://x.com/Chris_MischlerDavid AkininJABUFounderSummer 2021FintechCape Town, South Africa40https://x.com/davidakinin
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Akash Sadashivapeth
Founder/CTO·Luca IQ
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size5
BatchSummer 2026
LocationBoston, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Founder at Luca IQ. Previously Head of Data Science at Welligence Energy Analytics. Studied Data Science at Penn and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsMBA
DisciplineBusinessKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
