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Known for these resultsRole80%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 80% 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.School80%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 80% of these rows have at least one match.
- James Chen@James_R_ChenFounder/CEO · FernstoneF25Fintech · New York
- Pulkit Sharma@PulkitSh5Founder · KhabriS19Consumer · New Delhi
- Gordon Wintrob@gwintrobFounder/CTO · NewfrontW18Fintech · San Francisco
- Mike McIntyreFounder/CEO · FamS17Consumer · New York
- Gordon Wintrob@gwintrobFounder/CEO · StackLeadW14B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
James ChenFernstoneFounder/CEOFall 2025FintechNew York, United States2https://x.com/James_R_ChenPulkit SharmaKhabriFounderSummer 2019ConsumerNew Delhi, India11https://x.com/PulkitSh5Gordon WintrobNewfront2× YCFounder/CTOWinter 2018FintechSan Francisco, United States800https://x.com/gwintrobMike McIntyreFamFounder/CEOSummer 2017ConsumerNew York, United States11—Gordon WintrobStackLead2× YCFounder/CEOWinter 2014B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/gwintrob
Showing 1–5 of 5 founders
James Chen
Founder/CEO·Fernstone
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size2
BatchFall 2025
LocationNew York, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Building Fernstone. Previously Head of Enterprise at Traba (Series A, Founders Fund), BCG, UChicago. Former debate champion ranked #1 in the USA out of 10,000 teams.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
Disciplinenot detectedKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
