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Known for these resultsRole64%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 64% 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.School45%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 45% of these rows have at least one match.
- Michael Serrano@m_y_serranoFounder/CEO · RindlerS26B2B · Boston
- Nour Eldifrawy@neldien_Founder · shotwell.aiX26Industrials · San Francisco
- Jimmy WeiFounder/CEO · IncidentFoxW26B2B · San Francisco
- Long YiFounder/CTO · IncidentFoxW26B2B · San Francisco
- Jonathan ZeroFounder/CTO · CareSwiftS25Healthcare · New York
- Chinmay PatelFounder/CTO · CloseraS25B2B · New York
- Vikram JayanthiFounder/CTO · PromptArmorW24B2B · San Francisco
- Ankur RustagiFounder · SaatvyS23Healthcare · San Francisco
- Kevin Lu@kevinlu1248Founder · SweepS23B2B · San Francisco
- William Zeng@wwzeng1Founder · SweepS23B2B · San Francisco
- Liz Wessel@lizwesselFounder/CEO · WayUpW15Consumer · New York
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Michael SerranoRindlerFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BBoston, United States2https://x.com/m_y_serranoNour Eldifrawyshotwell.aiFounderSpring 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/neldien_Jimmy WeiIncidentFoxFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Long YiIncidentFoxFounder/CTOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Jonathan ZeroCareSwiftFounder/CTOSummer 2025HealthcareNew York, United States2—Chinmay PatelCloseraFounder/CTOSummer 2025B2BNew York, United States2—Vikram JayanthiPromptArmorFounder/CTOWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States——Ankur RustagiSaatvyFounderSummer 2023HealthcareSan Francisco, United States1—Kevin LuSweepFounderSummer 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/kevinlu1248William ZengSweepFounderSummer 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/wwzeng1Liz WesselWayUpFounder/CEOWinter 2015ConsumerNew York, United States50https://x.com/lizwessel
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Chinmay Patel
Founder/CTO·Closera
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size2
BatchSummer 2025
LocationNew York, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Chinmay is the Co-Founder of Closera. He holds a BS/MS in CS from Stanford and pursued a joint master’s program at Harvard & MIT. Previously, he advised F500 companies on AI automation at BCG, built AI to analyze drone footage for investment insights at Point72, and shipped creator products to millions at Roblox. He also worked with John Hennessy (Chairman of Alphabet, fmr Stanford President) on ReadRite, a platform to curb online misinformation.
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
CloseraAI Shopping Agent for Your Ecommerce Store
Co-foundersAnmol Tukrel@anmoltukrel
