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Known for these resultsRole33%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 33% 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.School38%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 38% of these rows have at least one match.
- Alex IansitiFounder/CPO · /dev/fastW26B2B · San Francisco
- Ian Shi@ianshi3Founder/CTO · Blank BioS25Healthcare · San Francisco
- Jason MadeanoFounder/CEO · Tweeks.ioW25B2B · San Francisco
- Neha Mittal@neha01mittalFounder/CEO · JustAIW24B2B · San Francisco
- Kathryn Wu@Kathrynwu088Founder · OpenmartW24B2B · San Francisco
- Nikki Shah@NikkiAShahFounder · PatchworkW24B2B · San Francisco
- Andrew LiuFounder · 1stCollabW23B2B · San Francisco
- Leon LinFounder/CEO · 1stCollabW23B2B · San Francisco
- Varun BansalFounder · 1stCollabW23B2B · San Francisco
- Brent Traut@btrautFounder · RainmakerW23Fintech
- Ian Tracey@ian_dot_soFounder · TurntableW23B2B · New York
- Rahul Pandey@rpandey1234Founder · TaroS22B2B · San Francisco
- Kedan Li@kedan_liFounder · Revery AIS21Consumer · Emeryville
- Dan HillFounder/CTO · Promoted.aiW21B2B · Seattle
- Kathy Zhou-Patel@kaffyzooFounder · QueenlyW21Consumer · San Francisco
- Peter Gao@pgaoooFounder · Aquarium LearningS20B2B · San Francisco
- Sahana Rajasekar@sahanarajasekarFounder · BlokW20Consumer · San Francisco
- Daniel Nordh@danielnordhFounder · Peg (formerly Paymobil)W20Fintech · San Francisco
- Neil RainaFounder · AssemblyW18B2B · New York
- Devin Finzer@dfinzerFounder/CEO · OpenSeaW18Consumer · New York
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Alex Iansiti/dev/fastFounder/CPOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States4—Ian ShiBlank BioFounder/CTOSummer 2025HealthcareSan Francisco, United States6https://x.com/ianshi3Jason MadeanoTweeks.ioFounder/CEOWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Neha MittalJustAIFounder/CEOWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/neha01mittalKathryn WuOpenmartFounderWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States6https://x.com/Kathrynwu088Nikki ShahPatchworkFounderWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/NikkiAShahAndrew Liu1stCollabFounderWinter 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States11—Leon Lin1stCollabFounder/CEOWinter 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States11—Varun Bansal1stCollabFounderWinter 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States11—Brent TrautRainmakerFounderWinter 2023FintechUnknown2https://x.com/btrautIan TraceyTurntableFounderWinter 2023B2BNew York, United States3https://x.com/ian_dot_soRahul PandeyTaroFounderSummer 2022B2BSan Francisco, United States6https://x.com/rpandey1234Kedan LiRevery AIFounderSummer 2021ConsumerEmeryville, United States5https://x.com/kedan_liDan HillPromoted.aiFounder/CTOWinter 2021B2BSeattle, United States12—Kathy Zhou-PatelQueenlyFounderWinter 2021ConsumerSan Francisco, United States13https://x.com/kaffyzooPeter GaoAquarium LearningFounderSummer 2020B2BSan Francisco, United States12https://x.com/pgaoooSahana RajasekarBlokFounderWinter 2020ConsumerSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/sahanarajasekarDaniel NordhPeg (formerly Paymobil)FounderWinter 2020FintechSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/danielnordhNeil RainaAssemblyFounderWinter 2018B2BNew York, United States25—Devin FinzerOpenSeaFounder/CEOWinter 2018ConsumerNew York, United States75https://x.com/dfinzer
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Ian Shi
Founder/CTO·Blank Bio
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size6
BatchSummer 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Building foundational models for RNA therapeutics at Blank Bio. Just defended my PhD in CS at the University of Toronto. Published at ICML, NeurIPS, Nature Comms; used 4 GPUs to pre-train an mRNA foundation model that beat competitors using months of compute on thousands of H100s. Now scaling our models to unlock new possibilities in the RNA therapeutic space. Previously at Amazon building software, interned at Pinterest and Amazon as a research scientist in between.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsPhD
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Blank Bio
RNA intelligence for precision medicine
