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Known for these resultsRole45%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 45% 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.School47%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 47% of these rows have at least one match.
- Parth Ajmera@prrthh132Founder/CTO · Agnost AIS26B2B · San Francisco
- Jaskaran Singh Walia@karanwxliaaFounder · Aktoria RoboticsS26Industrials · San Francisco
- Warren Shepard@warrren_shepardFounder/CEO · Control SeatS26Industrials · San Francisco
- Rodrigo Terán@rodrigoteranhdzFounder/CTO · DialogusS26B2B · San Francisco
- Rhys Sullivan@RhysSullivanFounder · ExecutorS26B2B · San Francisco
- Luca Hadife@LucaHadifeFounder/CEO · KebraS26B2B · San Francisco
- Daniela Muñoz@dani__munozFounder/CTO · LemonLimeS26B2B · San Francisco
- Ali Eren AytekinFounder · SpaceFlow Technologies, Inc.S26B2B · San Francisco
- Varun WadhwaFounder/CTO · TraceforceS26B2B · San Francisco
- Benedict Chan@bencxrFounder · LightsprintX26B2B · San Francisco
- Avi Arora@c0delemonsFounder · OddpoolX26B2B · San Francisco
- Ethan Byrd@itsjustemailFounder/CEO · primitiveX26B2B · San Francisco
- Ruhan Ponnada@RuhanPonnadaFounder/CEO · SalesgraphX26B2B · San Francisco
- Jennifer Prasetyo@jenandtech_Founder/CTO · Saudara AIX26B2B · San Francisco
- Michael Royzen@michaelroyzenFounder/CEO · Standard SignalX26Fintech · New York
- Ragav Sachdeva@ragavsachdevaFounder/CEO · TakeCareOSX26B2B · San Francisco
- Perbhat Kumar@perbhatkFounder/CEO · AnchorheadW26Industrials · San Francisco
- Ashish Selvaraj@asheeeeeshhFounder · ApproximaW26B2B · Toronto
- Charles DingFounder/CEO · ChamberW26B2B · Seattle
- Ivan Zakazov@ivanzakazovFounder/CEO · CompresrW26B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Parth AjmeraAgnost AIFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/prrthh132Jaskaran Singh WaliaAktoria RoboticsFounderSummer 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States6https://x.com/karanwxliaaWarren ShepardControl SeatFounder/CEOSummer 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/warrren_shepardRodrigo TeránDialogusFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/rodrigoteranhdzRhys SullivanExecutorFounderSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States1https://x.com/RhysSullivanLuca HadifeKebraFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/LucaHadifeDaniela MuñozLemonLimeFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/dani__munozAli Eren AytekinSpaceFlow Technologies, Inc.FounderSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States4—Varun WadhwaTraceforceFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Benedict ChanLightsprintFounderSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/bencxrAvi AroraOddpoolFounderSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/c0delemonsEthan ByrdprimitiveFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/itsjustemailRuhan PonnadaSalesgraphFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/RuhanPonnadaJennifer PrasetyoSaudara AIFounder/CTOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/jenandtech_Michael RoyzenStandard Signal2× YCFounder/CEOSpring 2026FintechNew York, United States1https://x.com/michaelroyzenRagav SachdevaTakeCareOSFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States1https://x.com/ragavsachdevaPerbhat KumarAnchorheadFounder/CEOWinter 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/perbhatkAshish SelvarajApproximaFounderWinter 2026B2BToronto, Canada2https://x.com/asheeeeeshhCharles DingChamberFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BSeattle, United States4—Ivan ZakazovCompresrFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/ivanzakazov
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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
