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Known for these resultsRole42%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 42% 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.School25%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 25% of these rows have at least one match.
- Nimit Maru@nimitFounder/CEO · SavaF25Fintech · New York
- Eric Rowell@ericdrowellFounder/CTO · WaylineS25Real Estate and Construction · San Francisco
- Abhilash Chowdhary@thechowdharyFounder/CEO · CrustdataF24B2B
- Chenyu LiFounder · AbelW24B2B · San Francisco
- Kunal PuneraFounder · BluebirdsW23B2B · San Francisco
- Eric Rowell@ericdrowellFounder · SecondW23B2B
- Jacques ArnouxFounder · DioptraW22B2B · New York
- Sreehari Pulikkal Sivadasan@sreeharipsFounder · StrideQS21B2B · San Francisco
- Aditya Kajla@akajla09Founder · WarrantS21B2B · Los Angeles
- Harikrishna NarayananFounder · Expent IncW21B2B · San Francisco
- Marcus Foster@schlunziFounder/CEO · KlarismoS15Healthcare · San Francisco
- Nimit Maru@nimitFounder/CEO · Fullstack AcademyS12Education · New York
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Nimit MaruSava2× YCFounder/CEOFall 2025FintechNew York, United States3https://x.com/nimitEric RowellWayline2× YCFounder/CTOSummer 2025Real Estate and ConstructionSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/ericdrowellAbhilash ChowdharyCrustdataFounder/CEOFall 2024B2BUnknown30https://x.com/thechowdharyChenyu LiAbelFounderWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Kunal PuneraBluebirdsFounderWinter 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States6—Eric RowellSecond2× YCFounderWinter 2023B2BUnknown3https://x.com/ericdrowellJacques ArnouxDioptraFounderWinter 2022B2BNew York, United States4—Sreehari Pulikkal SivadasanStrideQFounderSummer 2021B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/sreeharipsAditya KajlaWarrantFounderSummer 2021B2BLos Angeles, United States3https://x.com/akajla09Harikrishna NarayananExpent IncFounderWinter 2021B2BSan Francisco, United States10—Marcus FosterKlarismoFounder/CEOSummer 2015HealthcareSan Francisco, United States10https://x.com/schlunziNimit MaruFullstack Academy2× YCFounder/CEOSummer 2012EducationNew York, United States220https://x.com/nimit
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Kunal Punera
Founder·Bluebirds
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size6
BatchWinter 2023
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusAcquired
StageEarly
BIO
Kunal has held leadership positions at LinkedIn and Google; most recently he was a Director of AI at LinkedIn where he ran AI teams for the Recruiter, Premium, and Learning products, accounting for many billions in revenue. In 2014, Kunal co-founded Bento Labs, and prior to that he was a founding engineer at RelateIQ (sold to Salesforce for ~$400M) where he built their entire ML stack. Kunal has a PhD in ML from Univ of Texas at Austin, and worked at Yahoo! Research on NLP and Generative Models.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsPhD
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
Exit mentioned in bio
