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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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Bigi Lui
Founder/CTO·CoinTent
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size2
BatchSummer 2016
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusInactive
StageEarly
BIO
Architect, founding engineer on Mafia Wars @Zynga; Cofounder/CTO @CoinTent; Principal Engineer @Massdrop; Staff Engineer @Knock; currently Technical Strategic Director @Captain.TV
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
