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Known for these resultsRole53%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 53% 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-company39%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 39% 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.
- Navid Aghasadeghi@realnavidaFounder/CEO · Shiraz AIS26Industrials · San Francisco
- Kaan Yigit@kaan_yigit0Founder/CTO · StoaS26Fintech · San Francisco
- Manav Modi@manav2modiFounder/CEO · AgentPhoneX26B2B · San Francisco
- Vikram Vadrevu@vikramvadrevuFounder/CTO · Avea RoboticsX26Industrials · San Francisco
- Aditya SabharwalFounder · GovGuardX26Government · San Francisco
- Gleb HultingFounder · GovGuardX26Government · San Francisco
- Maanav AgrawalFounder/CEO · MemoirX26B2B · San Francisco
- Yaman ZiadehFounder/CTO · PanaceaX26Healthcare · San Francisco
- Liam McBrideFounder/CTO · ParrotX26B2B · San Francisco
- Rishi PankhaniyaFounder/CEO · RudusX26Real Estate and Construction · San Francisco
- Deepit Shah@deepitshah5Founder/CEO · StableBrowseX26Industrials · San Francisco
- Ray XuFounder/CTO · AemonW26B2B · San Francisco
- Thomas Dowling@thetomdowlingFounder/CEO · FullSeamW26B2B
- Pranav UppiliappanFounder/CTO · MochaCareW26B2B · San Francisco
- Malhar Bhide@malhar317Founder/CTO · OriginW26Healthcare · San Francisco
- Yash Rathod@YashRathod_75Founder/CEO · OriginW26Healthcare · San Francisco
- Frank Wang@lifetime0xFounder/CTO · PantaW26Fintech · San Francisco
- Kevin Le@xkevin_leFounder/CTO · Clad LabsF25Consumer · San Francisco
- Evan MeyerFounder/CEO · ClerkedF25B2B · San Francisco
- Sunjeet ChughFounder/CTO · ClerkedF25B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Navid AghasadeghiShiraz AIFounder/CEOSummer 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/realnavidaKaan YigitStoaFounder/CTOSummer 2026FintechSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/kaan_yigit0Manav ModiAgentPhoneFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/manav2modiVikram VadrevuAvea RoboticsFounder/CTOSpring 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/vikramvadrevuAditya SabharwalGovGuardFounderSpring 2026GovernmentSan Francisco, United States0—Gleb HultingGovGuardFounderSpring 2026GovernmentSan Francisco, United States0—Maanav AgrawalMemoirFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Yaman ZiadehPanaceaFounder/CTOSpring 2026HealthcareSan Francisco, United States2—Liam McBrideParrotFounder/CTOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Rishi PankhaniyaRudusFounder/CEOSpring 2026Real Estate and ConstructionSan Francisco, United States2—Deepit ShahStableBrowseFounder/CEOSpring 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/deepitshah5Ray XuAemonFounder/CTOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Thomas DowlingFullSeam2× YCFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BUnknown3https://x.com/thetomdowlingPranav UppiliappanMochaCareFounder/CTOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Malhar BhideOriginFounder/CTOWinter 2026HealthcareSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/malhar317Yash RathodOriginFounder/CEOWinter 2026HealthcareSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/YashRathod_75Frank WangPantaFounder/CTOWinter 2026FintechSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/lifetime0xKevin LeClad LabsFounder/CTOFall 2025ConsumerSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/xkevin_leEvan MeyerClerkedFounder/CEOFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Sunjeet ChughClerkedFounder/CTOFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States3—
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Frank Wang
Founder/CTO·Panta
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size3
BatchWinter 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Founder at Panta (W26), building a commercial insurance brokerage powered by AI agents. Previously, he worked as a full-stack engineering contractor supporting Apple, where he built generative-AI and real-time systems. He contributes to the Gleam programming language and Rust's cargo-semver-checks, and earned an M.S. in Financial Engineering from UIUC with a 3.94 GPA and the Dr. Z. Ju Scholarship.
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
PantaAI Native Commercial Insurance Brokerage
IndustryFintech
Websitepantainsure.com
Team size3
X—
LocationSan Francisco, United States
BatchWinter 2026
Co-foundersVincent Chen@dsdvincent
