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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-company47%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 47% 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.
- Aaron ZhangFounder/CEO · PeerS26B2B · San Francisco
- Felix PengFounder/CTO · PeerS26B2B · San Francisco
- Erik MeikeFounder/CTO · MadroneX26Industrials · San Francisco
- Kazuma ChojiFounder/CTO · SaffronX26B2B · San Francisco
- Georgia Witchel@GWitchelFounder/CEO · MantisW26B2B · New York
- Lucas EwingFounder/CEO · LilacS25B2B · San Francisco
- Max FriefeldFounder · UltraS24Industrials · New York
- Oliver OrtliebFounder/CTO · UltraS24Industrials · New York
- Aman Raghuvanshi@araghuvanshi2Founder · MulliganW23B2B · San Francisco
- Emily DorseyFounder · MulliganW23B2B · San Francisco
- Mark CyffkaFounder · AirMyneW22Industrials · San Francisco
- Max FriefeldFounder/CEO · Voodoo ManufacturingW17Industrials · New York
- Oliver OrtliebFounder · Voodoo ManufacturingW17Industrials · New York
- Max FriefeldFounder · Layer By LayerS13Consumer · San Francisco
- Oliver OrtliebFounder/CTO · Layer By LayerS13Consumer · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Aaron ZhangPeerFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Felix PengPeerFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Erik MeikeMadroneFounder/CTOSpring 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2—Kazuma ChojiSaffronFounder/CTOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Georgia WitchelMantisFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BNew York, United States3https://x.com/GWitchelLucas EwingLilacFounder/CEOSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States4—Max FriefeldUltra3× YCFounderSummer 2024IndustrialsNew York, United States4—Oliver OrtliebUltra3× YCFounder/CTOSummer 2024IndustrialsNew York, United States4—Aman RaghuvanshiMulliganFounderWinter 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/araghuvanshi2Emily DorseyMulliganFounderWinter 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States5—Mark CyffkaAirMyneFounderWinter 2022IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States11—Max FriefeldVoodoo Manufacturing3× YCFounder/CEOWinter 2017IndustrialsNew York, United States19—Oliver OrtliebVoodoo Manufacturing3× YCFounderWinter 2017IndustrialsNew York, United States19—Max FriefeldLayer By Layer3× YCFounderSummer 2013ConsumerSan Francisco, United States2—Oliver OrtliebLayer By Layer3× YCFounder/CTOSummer 2013ConsumerSan Francisco, United States2—
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Jerry Yao
Founder/CPO·Saffron
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CPO
Team size3
BatchSpring 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Building AI-native technical assessments Prev. CS + math @ Stanford
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
Disciplinenot detectedKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
SaffronHelping your company find 10x engineers.
