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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.School20%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 20% of these rows have at least one match.
- Patrick FayFounder/CTO · MagneticS25B2B · San Francisco
- Thomas Shelley@tsh3llFounder/CEO · MagneticS25B2B · San Francisco
- Peter GokhshteynFounder · TempoS23B2B · Toronto
- Agni BhattacharyaFounder · AlmaS22Fintech · Seattle
- Bigi LuiFounder/CTO · CoinTentS16B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Patrick FayMagneticFounder/CTOSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States10—Thomas ShelleyMagneticFounder/CEOSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States10https://x.com/tsh3llPeter GokhshteynTempoFounderSummer 2023B2BToronto, Canada8—Agni BhattacharyaAlmaFounderSummer 2022FintechSeattle, United States——Bigi LuiCoinTentFounder/CTOSummer 2016B2BSan Francisco, United States2—
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Thomas Shelley
Founder/CEO·Magnetic
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size10
BatchSummer 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Thomas is the co-founder and CEO of Magnetic. He was most recently Head of Product at Keeper (YC W19), where he designed tax engine automation and OCR tax doc scanning systems for the world's first consumer AI tax filing product. Previously, Thomas ran product teams at Niantic and Zynga, and before that dropped out of Carnegie Mellon to build a digital item marketplace.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsDropout / Thiel
Disciplinenot detectedKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Magnetic
AI Tax Preparer for CPA firms
Co-foundersPatrick Fay
