Founder Directory
Built by Keitoto
Founders5
Known for these resultsRole40%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 40% 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.School60%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 60% of these rows have at least one match.
- Abhishek Ray@abhishekray07Founder/CEO · OpslaneS24B2B · San Francisco
- Sam Plank@SamuelMGPlankFounder/CTO · EggnogW24Consumer · San Francisco
- Viet Long TranFounder · RedbeanS21Consumer · Singapore
- Brendan Weitz@bweitz1Founder · JourneyW21B2B
- Charlie CheeverFounder · ExpoS16B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Abhishek RayOpslaneFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States1https://x.com/abhishekray07Sam PlankEggnogFounder/CTOWinter 2024ConsumerSan Francisco, United States1https://x.com/SamuelMGPlankViet Long TranRedbeanFounderSummer 2021ConsumerSingapore, Singapore6—Brendan WeitzJourneyFounderWinter 2021B2BUnknown10https://x.com/bweitz1Charlie CheeverExpoFounderSummer 2016B2BSan Francisco, United States40—
Showing 1–5 of 5 founders
Viet Long Tran
Founder·Redbean
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size6
BatchSummer 2021
LocationSingapore, Singapore
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Long is the CEO and Co-founder of DanteHQ. Previously, he worked as a machine learning engineer at Bytedance and Quora and as an equity associate at AllianceBernstein. Long is also the co-founder and advisor of Pencil Philosophy, a liberal arts education non-profit program in Vietnam. He earned a Master's degree from Stanford and a Bachelor's degree from Columbia with Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineEngineerKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
RedbeanMake games and stories with AI
