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Known for these resultsRole38%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 38% 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-company31%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 31% 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.
- Ananth Sankaralingam@_ananthhhFounder/CEO · ChromieS26B2B · San Francisco
- Jason GuoFounder · ErinysS26B2B · San Francisco
- Matthew PallanFounder/CTO · ErinysS26B2B · San Francisco
- Sasha ZyuzinFounder/CEO · ErinysS26B2B · San Francisco
- Jason SteinbergFounder · AutosanaS25B2B · San Francisco
- Srijan Kumar@srijankediaFounder/CEO · Lighthouz AIS24B2B · Atlanta
- Brendan AgliardoFounder/CTO · QuetzalS24B2B · San Francisco
- John Goertz@BioGoertzFounder · Signatur BiosciencesS22Healthcare · London
- Nitesh Shroff, PhDFounder · ArintraW22Healthcare · San Francisco
- Preeti Bhargava, PhDFounder · ArintraW22Healthcare · San Francisco
- Ben MartinezFounder · VendooW22Consumer · Washington
- Thomas RivasFounder · VendooW22Consumer · Washington
- Vinay Shet@vinay_shetFounder · TeleoW20Industrials · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Ananth SankaralingamChromieFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/_ananthhhJason GuoErinysFounderSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Matthew PallanErinysFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Sasha ZyuzinErinysFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Jason SteinbergAutosanaFounderSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States5—Srijan KumarLighthouz AIFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BAtlanta, United States8https://x.com/srijankediaBrendan AgliardoQuetzalFounder/CTOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States2—John GoertzSignatur BiosciencesFounderSummer 2022HealthcareLondon, United Kingdom5https://x.com/BioGoertzNitesh Shroff, PhDArintraFounderWinter 2022HealthcareSan Francisco, United States50—Preeti Bhargava, PhDArintraFounderWinter 2022HealthcareSan Francisco, United States50—Ben MartinezVendooFounderWinter 2022ConsumerWashington, United States55—Thomas RivasVendooFounderWinter 2022ConsumerWashington, United States55—Vinay ShetTeleoFounderWinter 2020IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States30https://x.com/vinay_shet
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John Thompson
Founder/CEO·Quetzal
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size2
BatchSummer 2024
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Former SWE at Slack, working to make software internationalization as easy and painless as possible
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
QuetzalSimple, LLM-first translation and internationalization for software
Co-foundersBrendan Agliardo
