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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-company33%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 33% 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.
- Alexander HalpernFounder · DreamS26B2B · San Francisco
- Ryland Birchmeier@rylandbirchFounder · DreamS26B2B · San Francisco
- Anushka Idamekorala@anushkaidameFounder/CTO · LogicalF25B2B · San Francisco
- Ali SareiniFounder/CTO · NautilusS25B2B · San Francisco
- Sean OBrienFounder/CEO · CollectWiseF24Fintech · New York
- Quinn McKenna@queueconsultingFounder · Byte KitchenS21Consumer · San Francisco
- Drew Barrett@jdrewbarrettFounder · GoBuild (fka Brick)W21Fintech · San Francisco
- Sunit ShahFounder · SoterisS19Fintech · San Francisco
- Jack RossFounder · BeanstalkW18Industrials · Washington
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Alexander HalpernDreamFounderSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Ryland BirchmeierDreamFounderSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/rylandbirchAnushka IdamekoralaLogicalFounder/CTOFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/anushkaidameAli SareiniNautilusFounder/CTOSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States4—Sean OBrienCollectWiseFounder/CEOFall 2024FintechNew York, United States12—Quinn McKennaByte KitchenFounderSummer 2021ConsumerSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/queueconsultingDrew BarrettGoBuild (fka Brick)FounderWinter 2021FintechSan Francisco, United States18https://x.com/jdrewbarrettSunit ShahSoterisFounderSummer 2019FintechSan Francisco, United States4—Jack RossBeanstalkFounderWinter 2018IndustrialsWashington, United States15—
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Sam Karu
Founder/CEO·Logical
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size2
BatchFall 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Sam is a co-founder and CEO of Logical. He was a PhD dropout from UCLA before joining NVIDIA. At UCLA, Sam conducted research on AI applications in wireless and cellular domains, across both discriminative and generative models. At NVIDIA, he worked on AI inference and model optimizations for specific hardware. Sam is the best performing Sri Lankan in the history of both the International Physics Olympiad and Asian Physics Olympiad.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsPhDDropout / Thiel
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
LogicalA proactive desktop copilot. Clippy, but actually good.
Co-foundersAnushka Idamekorala@anushkaidame
