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Known for these resultsRole43%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 43% 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.School43%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 43% of these rows have at least one match.
- Satyam Singh@klauscodesFounder/CTO · SimulithicF26B2B · San Francisco
- Andrew TranFounder/CTO · Alkera AIS26B2B · San Francisco
- Nathan H. Leung@nathanhleungFounder/CTO · HarborX26Healthcare · San Francisco
- Daniel BessonovFounder · AvoraF24Healthcare · San Francisco
- Jack MastrangeloFounder · CobblestoneW23Real Estate and Construction · New York
- Jason ScharffFounder · CobblestoneW23Real Estate and Construction · New York
- Karim AtiyehFounder · ParibusS15Fintech · New York
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Satyam SinghSimulithicFounder/CTOFall 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/klauscodesAndrew TranAlkera AIFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Nathan H. LeungHarborFounder/CTOSpring 2026HealthcareSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/nathanhleungDaniel BessonovAvoraFounderFall 2024HealthcareSan Francisco, United States4—Jack MastrangeloCobblestoneFounderWinter 2023Real Estate and ConstructionNew York, United States3—Jason ScharffCobblestoneFounderWinter 2023Real Estate and ConstructionNew York, United States3—Karim AtiyehParibusFounderSummer 2015FintechNew York, United States——
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Rick Gao
Founder/CEO·Alkera AI
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size3
BatchSummer 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Founder at Alkera AI, Inc. Previously at Verition Fund Management where he built financial models and optimizations for treasury financing. Previous computational biology research at Yale's Gerstein Laboratory.
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
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Alkera AIReliable and safe data engineering and data science agents
