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Known for these resultsRole25%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 25% 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.
- Srijan Kumar@srijankediaFounder/CEO · Lighthouz AIS24B2B · Atlanta
- Akshay MegharajFounder · WuriW24Consumer
- Manish Singh@_manish_sFounder · Castled.ioW22B2B · Bengaluru
- Sandilya Miduthuri@sandymiduthuriFounder · SiftlyW22B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Srijan KumarLighthouz AIFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BAtlanta, United States8https://x.com/srijankediaAkshay MegharajWuriFounderWinter 2024ConsumerUnknown7—Manish SinghCastled.ioFounderWinter 2022B2BBengaluru, India8https://x.com/_manish_sSandilya MiduthuriSiftlyFounderWinter 2022B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/sandymiduthuri
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Pratik Gangwal
Founder·Wuri
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size7
BatchWinter 2024
Location
Company statusInactive
StageEarly
BIO
Pratik is an engineer from BITS Pilani, India (‘11-’15) and an MBA from IIM Calcutta (‘15-’17). 5 years of consulting with his last stint with Bain & Company. Led projects for tech & consumer clients. After that, he & Akshay built a consumer ed-tech platform to $12k MRR before starting Wuri.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsMBA
DisciplineEngineerKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
WuriApp to read fiction stories as visual novels with images, videos,…
Co-foundersAkshay Megharaj
