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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.School17%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 17% of these rows have at least one match.
- Sam Alba@sam_albaFounder · MendralW26B2B · San Francisco
- Arnaud Porterie@arnaudporterieFounder · Echoes HQS21B2B · Amsterdam
- J.P. ZivalichFounder/CTO · PipekitS21B2B
- Jules Testard@julestestardFounder · Jam.gg (formerly Piepacker)S20Consumer · San Francisco
- Ben Firshman@bfirshFounder · ReplicateW20B2B · San Francisco
- Pablo Chico de Guzman@pchico83Founder/CTO · OktetoW19B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Sam AlbaMendralFounderWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/sam_albaArnaud PorterieEchoes HQFounderSummer 2021B2BAmsterdam, Netherlands3https://x.com/arnaudporterieJ.P. ZivalichPipekitFounder/CTOSummer 2021B2BUnknown9—Jules TestardJam.gg (formerly Piepacker)FounderSummer 2020ConsumerSan Francisco, United States0https://x.com/julestestardBen FirshmanReplicateFounderWinter 2020B2BSan Francisco, United States36https://x.com/bfirshPablo Chico de GuzmanOktetoFounder/CTOWinter 2019B2BSan Francisco, United States30https://x.com/pchico83
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Jules Testard
Founder·Jam.gg (formerly Piepacker)
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size0
BatchSummer 2020
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusInactive
StageEarly
BIO
Former academic researcher at UCSD. Worked as a software engineer at AWS, Docker and Madhive. Loves distributed systems, hacking things together quickly, surfing and gaming.
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
Jam.gg (formerly Piepacker)Jam.gg, play couch games online with friends
Co-foundersBenjamin Devienne@benjaryu
