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Known for these resultsRole48%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 48% 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-company43%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 43% of these rows have at least one match.School100%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 100% of these rows have at least one match.
- Joohyun (CJ) ChaFounder/CEO · Dawn IndustriesS26Industrials · San Francisco
- Chang LuFounder/CEO · InsurfS26Healthcare · San Francisco
- Peyton MarcotteFounder/CTO · Perceptron MLS26B2B · San Francisco
- John HuddlestonFounder · Albacore Inc.S25Industrials · Philadelphia
- Peter ZhuFounder/CEO · MinervaX25B2B · San Francisco
- Benjamin KilimnikFounder · PAX MarketsW25Fintech · San Francisco
- Charlene Wang@hsinleiwangFounder/CEO · EmberF24Healthcare · San Francisco
- Charlie Holtz@charlieholtzFounder/CEO · ConductorS24B2B · San Francisco
- David GrossmanFounder/CTO · VideoGenS24B2B · San Francisco
- Aaron WangFounder/CEO · AlexW24B2B · San Francisco
- Julia Wu@thejuliawuFounder/CEO · SparkW24B2B
- Reetam Ganguli@ReetamGanguliFounder · ElytheaS23Healthcare · San Diego
- David Winer@davidjwinerFounder · CiroS22B2B · San Francisco
- Richard LeeFounder · CiroS22B2B · San Francisco
- Ross GeigerFounder · CiroS22B2B · San Francisco
- Maxwell Sherman@m_a_shermanFounder/CTO · Serinus BiosciencesS22Healthcare · New York
- Apoorve Singhal@sapoorveFounder · Slidely AIS22B2B · Bengaluru
- Will Collier@wdcollier_Founder · DecentW22B2B · New York
- Andy ChenFounder · Nira EnergyW22Industrials
- Abdelrahman Hosny@_ahosnyFounder · ShipBluS21B2B · Cairo
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Joohyun (CJ) ChaDawn IndustriesFounder/CEOSummer 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2—Chang LuInsurfFounder/CEOSummer 2026HealthcareSan Francisco, United States2—Peyton MarcottePerceptron MLFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—John HuddlestonAlbacore Inc.FounderSummer 2025IndustrialsPhiladelphia, United States18—Peter ZhuMinervaFounder/CEOSpring 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States5—Benjamin KilimnikPAX MarketsFounderWinter 2025FintechSan Francisco, United States6—Charlene WangEmberFounder/CEOFall 2024HealthcareSan Francisco, United States25https://x.com/hsinleiwangCharlie HoltzConductorFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States8https://x.com/charlieholtzDavid GrossmanVideoGenFounder/CTOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States6—Aaron WangAlexFounder/CEOWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States30—Julia WuSparkFounder/CEOWinter 2024B2BUnknown5https://x.com/thejuliawuReetam GanguliElytheaFounderSummer 2023HealthcareSan Diego, United States2https://x.com/ReetamGanguliDavid WinerCiroFounderSummer 2022B2BSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/davidjwinerRichard LeeCiroFounderSummer 2022B2BSan Francisco, United States5—Ross GeigerCiroFounderSummer 2022B2BSan Francisco, United States5—Maxwell ShermanSerinus BiosciencesFounder/CTOSummer 2022HealthcareNew York, United States6https://x.com/m_a_shermanApoorve SinghalSlidely AIFounderSummer 2022B2BBengaluru, India5https://x.com/sapoorveWill CollierDecentFounderWinter 2022B2BNew York, United States6https://x.com/wdcollier_Andy ChenNira EnergyFounderWinter 2022IndustrialsUnknown20—Abdelrahman HosnyShipBluFounderSummer 2021B2BCairo, Egypt300https://x.com/_ahosny
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Chris Ariante
Founder·Nira Energy
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size20
BatchWinter 2022
LocationRemote
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
I'm Nira's CEO and lead business development. Prior to Nira, I worked with Andrew at another grid startup and built a $150M pipeline of projects in <2 years. In that role, we worked as consultants for most of the major utilities and renewable developers in the US. We are leveraging our industry expertise / network to build Nira and I couldn't be more excited about the impact we are having on accelerating renewable growth!
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
No notable employer or school mentioned in the bio.
Credentialsnone mentioned
Disciplinenot detectedKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Nira Energy
Software to find the best sites for renewables on the electrical grid
