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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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Navid Aghasadeghi
Founder/CEO·Shiraz AI
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size2
BatchSummer 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Founder at Shiraz AI (YC S26). Previously Senior Staff Robotics Engineer at Boston Dynamics, where he was part of the core team that brought Spot from R&D to commercial deployment and led industrial manipulation. Previously Principal Robotics Engineer at Rethink Robotics, where he developed full-stack controls for Sawyer and led force control development. Also founded GenZArt, an AI consumer app that scaled to 1M users. PhD in ECE from UIUC.
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
Shiraz AIRobots that learn on the job
Co-foundersMojtaba Mozaffar@MozaffarMojtaba
