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Known for these resultsRole38%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 38% 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.School31%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 31% of these rows have at least one match.
- Michael Royzen@michaelroyzenFounder/CEO · Standard SignalX26Fintech · New York
- Peggy Wang@peggy_wangFounder/CEO · DigipalsF25Consumer · San Francisco
- Christopher Lambert@theriley106Founder/CEO · BitPatrolX25B2B · New York
- Zihao Lin@ZihaoLin685013Founder/CTO · Klavis AIX25B2B
- Alex Chantavy@alexchantavyFounder/CEO · SubImageW25B2B · San Francisco
- Kunaal Sikka@kunaalsikkaFounder/President · SubImageW25B2B · San Francisco
- Stephanie YoungFounder/CEO · Pearson LabsF24B2B · San Francisco
- Aahel Iyer@IyerAahelFounder/CPO · MidshipS24B2B · San Francisco
- Yurii Rebryk@yrebrykFounder · FluentlyW24Consumer · San Francisco
- Gabriel WilsonFounder/CTO · TerrakottaW24B2B · Seattle
- Miguel ToledoFounder · FlexS23Fintech
- Joel Alexander@joel_a_wildeFounder · PareaS23B2B · New York
- Shuchang ZhengFounder · SkyvernS23B2B · San Francisco
- Micah Wylde@mwyldeFounder · ArroyoW23B2B · San Francisco
- Lindsey Redd@reddyourmindFounder · LoulaW23Healthcare · New York
- Arnold VillatoroFounder · SpecCheckW23B2B · Los Angeles
- Michael Royzen@michaelroyzenFounder · PhindS22Consumer · San Francisco
- Perry ZhengFounder · Cash Flow PortalW22Real Estate and Construction · Seattle
- Forrest Briggs@LifecastIFounder · LifecastW22Consumer · San Francisco
- Craig Weiss@craigzLisztFounder · RomeW22B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Michael RoyzenStandard Signal2× YCFounder/CEOSpring 2026FintechNew York, United States1https://x.com/michaelroyzenPeggy WangDigipalsFounder/CEOFall 2025ConsumerSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/peggy_wangChristopher LambertBitPatrolFounder/CEOSpring 2025B2BNew York, United States1https://x.com/theriley106Zihao LinKlavis AIFounder/CTOSpring 2025B2BUnknown3https://x.com/ZihaoLin685013Alex ChantavySubImageFounder/CEOWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/alexchantavyKunaal SikkaSubImageFounder/PresidentWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/kunaalsikkaStephanie YoungPearson LabsFounder/CEOFall 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Aahel IyerMidshipFounder/CPOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/IyerAahelYurii RebrykFluentlyFounderWinter 2024ConsumerSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/yrebrykGabriel WilsonTerrakottaFounder/CTOWinter 2024B2BSeattle, United States5—Miguel ToledoFlexFounderSummer 2023FintechUnknown8—Joel AlexanderPareaFounderSummer 2023B2BNew York, United States2https://x.com/joel_a_wildeShuchang ZhengSkyvernFounderSummer 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States10—Micah WyldeArroyoFounderWinter 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/mwyldeLindsey ReddLoulaFounderWinter 2023HealthcareNew York, United States7https://x.com/reddyourmindArnold VillatoroSpecCheckFounderWinter 2023B2BLos Angeles, United States5—Michael RoyzenPhind2× YCFounderSummer 2022ConsumerSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/michaelroyzenPerry ZhengCash Flow PortalFounderWinter 2022Real Estate and ConstructionSeattle, United States19—Forrest BriggsLifecastFounderWinter 2022ConsumerSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/LifecastICraig WeissRomeFounderWinter 2022B2BSan Francisco, United States1https://x.com/craigzLiszt
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Michael Royzen
Founder/CEO·Standard Signal
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size1
BatchSpring 2026
LocationNew York, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Founder & CEO at Standard Signal (YC P26), building the first hedge fund where AI runs everything from research to the actual trade execution end-to-end. Previously co-founder & CEO at Phind (YC S22), where I built the first AI search engine and trained LLMs that beat GPT-4 on HumanEval (2024) and had the #1-ranked open-source coding model on Hugging Face for 6 months in 2023. UT Austin Turing Scholar '22 Previously an undergrad NLP researcher, as well as ML at Lyft, Cloudflare, and Microsoft.
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
2× YC founder
- S22PhindInactive
- X26Standard SignalActive · this entry
COMPANY CONTEXT
Standard SignalHedge fund where AI researches and executes every trade end-to-end
Also founded · 1 more YC company
PhindInactiveSummer 2022AI search engine
ConsumerSan Francisco, United States4Open this entry
