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Known for these resultsRole47%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 47% 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.
- Andrew TranFounder/CTO · Alkera AIS26B2B · San Francisco
- Rick GaoFounder/CEO · Alkera AIS26B2B · San Francisco
- Tony LiFounder/COO · Alkera AIS26B2B · San Francisco
- Shaan Yadav@TheShaanShaanFounder · AtliaS26Real Estate and Construction · San Francisco
- Sanat Mishra@sanatmishra7Founder/CEO · BioStack PlatformsX26Healthcare · San Francisco
- Tony Gao@togao0Founder/CEO · FuchsiaX26B2B · San Francisco
- Hang Huang@hanghuang_Founder/CEO · InsForgeX26B2B · San Francisco
- Anthony KimFounder/CEO · SavantX26B2B · San Francisco
- Ian WangFounder · AxisW26Fintech · San Francisco
- David van Dijk@david_van_dijkFounder/CEO · CellTypeW26Healthcare · New York
- Ivan VrkicFounder/CTO · CellTypeW26Healthcare · New York
- Madhav Lavakare@madlavakFounder/CEO · AirCapsF25Consumer · San Francisco
- Anna Zhang@anna_y_zhangFounder/CEO · NessieF25Consumer · San Francisco
- Tiger Wang@tigerjwangFounder/CTO · NessieF25Consumer · San Francisco
- Braden WongFounder · EpicenterS25Consumer · San Francisco
- Kevin TreehanFounder/CEO · CapacitiveX25B2B · San Francisco
- Rohan RadhakeesoonFounder/CFO · CapacitiveX25B2B · San Francisco
- Tyler Chen@tyzchenFounder/CTO · CaucusX25Government
- Chad Rigetti@ChadRigettiFounder/CEO · Sygaldry TechnologiesX25Industrials · Ann Arbor
- Tahir D'Mello@TahirMelloFounder/CTO · Zeon SystemsX25Industrials · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Andrew TranAlkera AIFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Rick GaoAlkera AIFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Tony LiAlkera AIFounder/COOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Shaan YadavAtliaFounderSummer 2026Real Estate and ConstructionSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/TheShaanShaanSanat MishraBioStack PlatformsFounder/CEOSpring 2026HealthcareSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/sanatmishra7Tony GaoFuchsiaFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/togao0Hang HuangInsForgeFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States6https://x.com/hanghuang_Anthony KimSavantFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Ian WangAxisFounderWinter 2026FintechSan Francisco, United States2—David van DijkCellTypeFounder/CEOWinter 2026HealthcareNew York, United States2https://x.com/david_van_dijkIvan VrkicCellTypeFounder/CTOWinter 2026HealthcareNew York, United States2—Madhav LavakareAirCapsFounder/CEOFall 2025ConsumerSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/madlavakAnna ZhangNessieFounder/CEOFall 2025ConsumerSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/anna_y_zhangTiger WangNessieFounder/CTOFall 2025ConsumerSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/tigerjwangBraden WongEpicenterFounderSummer 2025ConsumerSan Francisco, United States1—Kevin TreehanCapacitiveFounder/CEOSpring 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Rohan RadhakeesoonCapacitiveFounder/CFOSpring 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Tyler ChenCaucusFounder/CTOSpring 2025GovernmentUnknown3https://x.com/tyzchenChad RigettiSygaldry Technologies2× YCFounder/CEOSpring 2025IndustrialsAnn Arbor, United States—https://x.com/ChadRigettiTahir D'MelloZeon SystemsFounder/CTOSpring 2025IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/TahirMello
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Andrew Tran
Founder/CTO·Alkera AI
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size3
BatchSummer 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Founder at Alkera AI, Inc. Prev SWE intern at Ramp and HRT working closely with data teams. CS B.S/M.S from Yale. Prev ML research at Yale's Gerstein Lab developing biology reasoning models.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Alkera AIReliable and safe data engineering and data science agents
