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Known for these resultsRole50%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 50% 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.
- Muvaffak Onuş@muvaffakonusFounder/CEO · LimrunX26B2B · San Francisco
- Stefan SchaffFounder/CEO · CodycoF25B2B
- Imogen LowFounder/CTO · Fuse AIW25B2B · San Francisco
- Till WagnerFounder · Lio (formerly askLio)S23B2B
- Filip Rakowski@filrakowskiFounder · AlokaiW21B2B · Warsaw
- Jake Diamond-ReivichFounder · MitoS20B2B · New York
- Oluwatomi AyorindeFounder · CrowdForceW20Fintech · Abuja
- Michael Heinrich@mheinrichFounder/CEO · gartenS16B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Muvaffak OnuşLimrunFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States1https://x.com/muvaffakonusStefan SchaffCodycoFounder/CEOFall 2025B2BUnknown4—Imogen LowFuse AIFounder/CTOWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States12—Till WagnerLio (formerly askLio)FounderSummer 2023B2BUnknown80—Filip RakowskiAlokaiFounderWinter 2021B2BWarsaw, Poland100https://x.com/filrakowskiJake Diamond-ReivichMitoFounderSummer 2020B2BNew York, United States3—Oluwatomi AyorindeCrowdForceFounderWinter 2020FintechAbuja, Nigeria41—Michael HeinrichgartenFounder/CEOSummer 2016B2BSan Francisco, United States201https://x.com/mheinrich
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Michael Heinrich
Founder/CEO·garten
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size201
BatchSummer 2016
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusAcquired
StageGrowth
BIO
Michael is building the largest AI Layer 1 to make AI a public good. Prev. founder & CEO of garten, a Ycombinator Top (S16, YCG F19) and Stanford StartX company. Michael started in technical product management and software engineering at SAP and Microsoft, then worked at Bain and Bridgwater Associates before becoming an entrepreneur. Educated at Stanford (Threshold Venture Fellow, OnTrack Innovation Scholar), Harvard, UC Berkeley (summa cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Americorps Bonner Leader).
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
gartenCreating workplace wellbeing.
