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Known for these resultsRole56%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 56% 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.
- Anson Yu@ansonyuuFounder/CEO · NormalS25Industrials · San Francisco
- Isabelle Ilyia@isabelleilyiaFounder/CTO · CedarW25B2B · San Francisco
- Roman Zubenko@romanzubenkoFounder/CEO · Afternoon.coF24B2B · New York
- Matt DuVall@mduvall_Founder · NumeralW23B2B · San Francisco
- Raphael Schaad@raphaelschaadFounder/CEO · CronW20B2B · San Francisco
- Omar SkalliFounder · FlowdashW20B2B · San Francisco
- James Zhang@jamesfzhangFounder · PollyS17Consumer · San Francisco
- Jamie Quint@jamiequintFounder · Interstate AnalyticsW16B2B · San Francisco
- Liz Wessel@lizwesselFounder/CEO · WayUpW15Consumer · New York
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Anson YuNormalFounder/CEOSummer 2025IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/ansonyuuIsabelle IlyiaCedarFounder/CTOWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/isabelleilyiaRoman ZubenkoAfternoon.coFounder/CEOFall 2024B2BNew York, United States4https://x.com/romanzubenkoMatt DuVallNumeralFounderWinter 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States110https://x.com/mduvall_Raphael SchaadCronFounder/CEOWinter 2020B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/raphaelschaadOmar SkalliFlowdashFounderWinter 2020B2BSan Francisco, United States5—James ZhangPollyFounderSummer 2017ConsumerSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/jamesfzhangJamie QuintInterstate AnalyticsFounderWinter 2016B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/jamiequintLiz WesselWayUpFounder/CEOWinter 2015ConsumerNew York, United States50https://x.com/lizwesselShowing 1–9 of 9 founders
Benjamin Paik
Founder/CPO·Afternoon.co
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CPO
Team size4
BatchFall 2024
LocationNew York, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Ben is a co-founder of Afternoon.co. Previously, he was at Brex, where he launched an FP&A product line. Prior to that, he spent eight years at Gusto, where he introduced an embedded payroll product, launched international payroll capabilities, and led the payments team managing billions of dollars.
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
COMPANY CONTEXT
Bookkeeping, compliance and tax for founders
TagsSaaS
Co-foundersRoman Zubenko@romanzubenko