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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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Ian Baldwin
Founder·Booth AI
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size3
BatchWinter 2023
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusAcquired
StageEarly
BIO
Ian is an ML practitioner with experience across industries, ranging from self-driving cars to cameras on Mars. He has a PhD from Oxford, and has fielded technology at Zoox and NASA. He is a co-founder at Booth.ai, bringing generative machine-learning to e-commerce.
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
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Booth AIGenerative AI Photographer for E-Commerce
Co-foundersNick Locascio@Nick_Locascio
