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Known for these resultsRole60%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 60% 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.School40%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 40% of these rows have at least one match.
- Andrew MelloFounder/CTO · DispatchX26Industrials · San Francisco
- Alisa Wu@_alisawuFounder/CEO · BlumaF25B2B · San Francisco
- Sabeek Pradhan@sabeekpradhanFounder/CTO · Roundabout TechnologiesF24Government · San Francisco
- Ian BaldwinFounder · Booth AIW23B2B · San Francisco
- Nitesh Shroff, PhDFounder · ArintraW22Healthcare · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Andrew MelloDispatchFounder/CTOSpring 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2—Alisa WuBlumaFounder/CEOFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/_alisawuSabeek PradhanRoundabout TechnologiesFounder/CTOFall 2024GovernmentSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/sabeekpradhanIan BaldwinBooth AIFounderWinter 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Nitesh Shroff, PhDArintraFounderWinter 2022HealthcareSan Francisco, United States50—
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Alisa Wu
Founder/CEO·Bluma
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size2
BatchFall 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Co-founder of Bluma. Featured on NYT and San Francisco Chronicle. Prev UWaterloo Engineering & self-driving SWE at Zoox (Amazon).
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
BlumaCanva for short-form video ads
Co-foundersStephen Ni@stephen_turtles
