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Known for these resultsRole67%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 67% 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.School33%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 33% of these rows have at least one match.
- Jason OngFounder/CPO · ChamberW26B2B · Seattle
- Jerry Liu@liuzjerryFounder/CEO · DayflowS24Consumer · San Francisco
- Gabriel Vincent Kho@gakhoFounder/CTO · FinosuS24Fintech · New York
- Aditya NadkarniFounder/CTO · LoreS24B2B · San Francisco
- Penny ChenFounder/CEO · PaxS24B2B · San Francisco
- Q Carlson@qcintheairFounder/CPO · The New Money CompanyW24Fintech · San Francisco
- Yotam HamielFounder · Magicflow 𐂂W23B2B · Tel Aviv
- Andrew Coyle@CoyleAndrewFounder · Hey HealthcareS19B2B · San Francisco
- Hong HuFounder · 500FriendsW10B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Jason OngChamberFounder/CPOWinter 2026B2BSeattle, United States4—Jerry LiuDayflowFounder/CEOSummer 2024ConsumerSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/liuzjerryGabriel Vincent KhoFinosuFounder/CTOSummer 2024FintechNew York, United States7https://x.com/gakhoAditya NadkarniLoreFounder/CTOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Penny ChenPaxFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States10—Q CarlsonThe New Money CompanyFounder/CPOWinter 2024FintechSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/qcintheairYotam HamielMagicflow 𐂂FounderWinter 2023B2BTel Aviv, Israel2—Andrew CoyleHey HealthcareFounderSummer 2019B2BSan Francisco, United States1https://x.com/CoyleAndrewHong Hu500FriendsFounderWinter 2010B2BSan Francisco, United States51—
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Penny Chen
Founder/CEO·Pax
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size10
BatchSummer 2024
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Penny is the Co-Founder and CEO of Pax AI. She has designed and built algorithms for pricing, forecasting, fulfillment, and capacity planning to optimize workflows, costs, and quality across logistics and supply chain. She has extensive experience driving projects at MIT, Flexport, and Amazon, addressing real-world problems through a mixture of AI/ML, statistics, and optimization.
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
