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Known for these resultsRole70%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 70% 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.School50%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 50% of these rows have at least one match.
- Samuel LiFounder/CTO · IronLedger.aiS25Real Estate and Construction · New York
- Shubham Choudhary@techie_ShubhamFounder/CTO · FirstWorkS24B2B · San Francisco
- Vardhan KapoorFounder/CEO · FirstWorkS24B2B · San Francisco
- Ayantika DeyFounder/CTO · Merlin AIS24B2B · Los Angeles
- Prashant Upadhyay@prashantupdFounder · PrimeVaultS22Fintech · San Francisco
- Vivek Kumar@vivek_kumar_15Founder · PrimeVaultS22Fintech · San Francisco
- Prasanna S@myprasannaFounder/CTO · RipplingW17B2B · San Francisco
- Neel MurthyFounder/CEO · SwapboxW13Consumer · San Francisco
- Laks Srini@laks_sriniFounder/CTO · ZenefitsW13B2B · San Francisco
- Aswinkumar RajendiranFounder · CoupleW12Consumer · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Samuel LiIronLedger.aiFounder/CTOSummer 2025Real Estate and ConstructionNew York, United States——Shubham ChoudharyFirstWorkFounder/CTOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States9https://x.com/techie_ShubhamVardhan KapoorFirstWorkFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States9—Ayantika DeyMerlin AIFounder/CTOSummer 2024B2BLos Angeles, United States19—Prashant UpadhyayPrimeVaultFounderSummer 2022FintechSan Francisco, United States11https://x.com/prashantupdVivek KumarPrimeVaultFounderSummer 2022FintechSan Francisco, United States11https://x.com/vivek_kumar_15Prasanna SRipplingFounder/CTOWinter 2017B2BSan Francisco, United States2500https://x.com/myprasannaNeel MurthySwapboxFounder/CEOWinter 2013ConsumerSan Francisco, United States2—Laks SriniZenefitsFounder/CTOWinter 2013B2BSan Francisco, United States500https://x.com/laks_sriniAswinkumar RajendiranCoupleFounderWinter 2012ConsumerSan Francisco, United States2—
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Oleg Kostour
Founder/CEO·AtlasGrid
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size6
BatchFall 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Oleg Kostour is a 2nd time YC founder and Waterloo alum. He founded Pair (YC W12), a messaging app that received 10M installs and reached the top charts in the iOS social networking category. He closed 2 acquisitions - with Dropbox, then Life360 - and ran the Growth team at Life360 from ~3M rMAU through to their IPO (~90M MAU).
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
2× YC founder
- W12CoupleInactive
- F25AtlasGridActive · this entry
COMPANY CONTEXT
AtlasGrid
Accelerate Product Iteration
