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Known for these resultsRole17%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 17% 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-company17%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 17% 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.
- Rohan SinghFounder/CTO · OctaPulseW26Industrials
- Dhiren BhatiaFounder · Inventive AIS23B2B · San Francisco
- Matthew IommiFounder · FetiiS22Consumer · Austin
- David LawrenceFounder · QuindarS22B2B · Denver
- Manish Maryada@maryadamanishiFounder · FelloW22Fintech · Bengaluru
- Alex SmithFounder · TYBR HealthW22Healthcare · Houston
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Rohan SinghOctaPulseFounder/CTOWinter 2026IndustrialsUnknown2—Dhiren BhatiaInventive AIFounderSummer 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States15—Matthew IommiFetiiFounderSummer 2022ConsumerAustin, United States50—David LawrenceQuindarFounderSummer 2022B2BDenver, United States57—Manish MaryadaFelloFounderWinter 2022FintechBengaluru, India24https://x.com/maryadamanishiAlex SmithTYBR HealthFounderWinter 2022HealthcareHouston, United States3—
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Paul Grech
Founder/CEO·OctaPulse
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size2
BatchWinter 2026
Location
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Co-founder and CEO of OctaPulse, deploying computer vision, edge computing, and robotics to make fish farms autonomous. CMU Robotics Institute Pathways Fellow, and prior to CMU sold enterprise portfolio risk and attribution products to Tier 1 asset managers while at Bloomberg LP. Named as a Future Leader in two national aquaculture organizations.
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
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