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Known for these resultsRole67%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 67% 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-company33%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 33% 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.
- Chris Liu@drxcliuFounder/CTO · DeepReach Inc.S26B2B · San Francisco
- Rachel WangFounder/CEO · HeartByteW24Consumer · San Francisco
- Benedict AltierFounder · CatamaranS23Fintech · London
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Chris LiuDeepReach Inc.Founder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States6https://x.com/drxcliuRachel WangHeartByteFounder/CEOWinter 2024ConsumerSan Francisco, United States2—Benedict AltierCatamaranFounderSummer 2023FintechLondon, United Kingdom5—
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Chris Liu
Founder/CTO·DeepReach Inc.
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size6
BatchSummer 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Co-founder at DeepReach Inc. Founding MLE & tech lead of Aven scaling to #1 in DM volume in the US. Research Scientist at Meta working on core ML systems. PhD in computer vision from USC. B.S. from Peking University.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsPhD
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
DeepReach Inc.Real-world data network for robots & world models
