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Known for these resultsRole33%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 33% 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-company67%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 67% 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.
- Brian HuppiFounder · Applied Electrodynamics, Inc.S26Industrials · San Francisco
- Anton KoenigFounder/CEO · VideoGenS24B2B · San Francisco
- Maxwell PerhamFounder · MezliW21Consumer · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Brian HuppiApplied Electrodynamics, Inc.FounderSummer 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States5—Anton KoenigVideoGenFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States6—Maxwell PerhamMezliFounderWinter 2021ConsumerSan Francisco, United States8—
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Anton Koenig
Founder/CEO·VideoGen
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size6
BatchSummer 2024
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Co-founder and CEO of VideoGen. I previously interned at AWS and dropped out of UMass Amherst Computer Science to focus on VideoGen full-time.
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
VideoGen
Create professional videos in minutes with AI, online or via API
Co-foundersDavid Grossman
