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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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Patrick Fay
Founder/CTO·Magnetic
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size10
BatchSummer 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Patrick is the co-founder and CTO of Magnetic. He was the first engineer at FunCraft, where he shipped 14 new games in four years, including two multi-million dollar hits. Patrick led multiple engineering teams at Zynga, and was ranked #1 in the world for DotA Underlords Duos.
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
Magnetic
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Co-foundersThomas Shelley@tsh3ll
