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Known for these resultsRole62%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 62% 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-company37%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 37% 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.
- Alex Hyungwoo NohFounder/COO · 6thSenseS26Industrials · San Francisco
- Rodrigo MosqueiraFounder/CEO · BizmarkS26B2B · San Francisco
- Nikhil ReddyFounder/CEO · DatoricS26B2B · San Francisco
- Jonah KayeFounder/CTO · FloraceneS26Healthcare · New York
- George RoseFounder/CEO · Rise ReformingS26Industrials · Chicago
- Jona van OordFounder/COO · Rise ReformingS26Industrials · Chicago
- Lucas ZubillagaFounder/CTO · Rise ReformingS26Industrials · Chicago
- Douglas Solberg@douglassolberg1Founder · ZaplarS26B2B · Stockholm
- Luke Rosa@lukerosa_Founder · HedgeX26Fintech · San Francisco
- Eric ZhuFounder · AxisW26Fintech · San Francisco
- Matthew Asir@assiirrrrrrFounder/CEO · LegalOSW26B2B · San Francisco
- Rachel AsirFounder/COO · LegalOSW26B2B · San Francisco
- Jade CheclairFounder/CEO · Terranox AIW26Industrials · San Francisco
- Saatvik Suryajit KorisepatiFounder/CTO · VelaW26B2B · San Francisco
- Saad Jamal@sadjamz_Founder/CTO · AntigenF25B2B · San Francisco
- James Chen@James_R_ChenFounder/CEO · FernstoneF25Fintech · New York
- Tarun VallabhaneniFounder/CTO · Rovi HealthF25Healthcare · New York
- Lucas Mantovani@lrmantovani_Founder/CEO · VelvetF25B2B · San Francisco
- Lucas TuckerFounder/COO · VelvetF25B2B · San Francisco
- Dante VaisbortFounder/CEO · Albacore Inc.S25Industrials · Philadelphia
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Alex Hyungwoo Noh6thSenseFounder/COOSummer 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States4—Rodrigo MosqueiraBizmarkFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Nikhil ReddyDatoricFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Jonah KayeFloraceneFounder/CTOSummer 2026HealthcareNew York, United States2—George RoseRise ReformingFounder/CEOSummer 2026IndustrialsChicago, United States4—Jona van OordRise ReformingFounder/COOSummer 2026IndustrialsChicago, United States4—Lucas ZubillagaRise ReformingFounder/CTOSummer 2026IndustrialsChicago, United States4—Douglas SolbergZaplarFounderSummer 2026B2BStockholm, Sweden8https://x.com/douglassolberg1Luke RosaHedgeFounderSpring 2026FintechSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/lukerosa_Eric ZhuAxisFounderWinter 2026FintechSan Francisco, United States2—Matthew AsirLegalOSFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/assiirrrrrrRachel AsirLegalOSFounder/COOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Jade CheclairTerranox AIFounder/CEOWinter 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2—Saatvik Suryajit KorisepatiVelaFounder/CTOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Saad JamalAntigenFounder/CTOFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/sadjamz_James ChenFernstoneFounder/CEOFall 2025FintechNew York, United States2https://x.com/James_R_ChenTarun VallabhaneniRovi HealthFounder/CTOFall 2025HealthcareNew York, United States3—Lucas MantovaniVelvetFounder/CEOFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/lrmantovani_Lucas TuckerVelvetFounder/COOFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States4—Dante VaisbortAlbacore Inc.Founder/CEOSummer 2025IndustrialsPhiladelphia, United States18—
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Saad Jamal
Founder/CTO·Antigen
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size5
BatchFall 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
co-founder @ antigen. prev. ml infra at tesla autopilot. law school dropout. Before Zag, Saad trained reasoning models with Ashish Vaswani, author of the famous Attention Is All You Need paper. At Nuro, he developed an ML Compiler framework that enabled running the perception layer across multiple GPU's. And at Tesla he built infrastructure that halved the time it took to train Planning & Controls models. He also served at the Supreme Court of Pakistan and dropped out of UChicago Law.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsDropout / Thiel
DisciplineEngineerKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Antigen
Continuous offensive security for the enterprise.
Co-foundersAbdullah Nauman@_AbdullahNauman
