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Known for these resultsRole19%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 19% 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.Bio67%Bio coverage: 67% 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-company22%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 22% of these rows have at least one match.School15%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 15% of these rows have at least one match.
- Sahil Sinha@Sahils2ndFounder/CEO · Solari AIW24B2B · New York
- Ben Shumaker@BenShumaker_Founder · RepaintS23B2B · San Francisco
- Izak FritzFounder · RepaintS23B2B · San Francisco
- Wesley Yue@WesleyYueFounder · Double – Coding CopilotW23B2B · San Francisco
- Jonathan Aeschlimann@jonaeschlimannFounder · FindlyS22B2B · London
- Lourenço Maciel@_loumacielFounder · FindlyS22B2B · London
- Pedro Nascimento@pedromnascFounder · FindlyS22B2B · London
- Kai Feng@kf_buildsFounder · BlinkW22B2B · San Francisco
- Omar ThanawallaFounder · SocoS21Consumer · New York
- Bruno CecattoFounder · cloud humansW21B2B · New York
- Felipe Serra de OliveiraFounder · cloud humansW21B2B · New York
- Ian Kraskoff@IanKraskoffFounder · cloud humansW21B2B · New York
- James Evans@dazzeloidFounder · Command AIS20B2B · San Francisco
- Richard Freling@richardfrelingFounder · Command AIS20B2B · San Francisco
- Vinay AyyalaFounder · Command AIS20B2B · San Francisco
- Huan Li@huan2024Founder · JuziBotW19B2B · Beijing
- Jiarui LiFounder · JuziBotW19B2B · Beijing
- Yuan GaoFounder · JuziBotW19B2B · Beijing
- Adit JainFounder · Leena AIS18B2B · New York
- Anand Kumar PrajapatiFounder · Leena AIS18B2B · New York
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Sahil SinhaSolari AIFounder/CEOWinter 2024B2BNew York, United States1https://x.com/Sahils2ndBen ShumakerRepaintFounderSummer 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/BenShumaker_Izak FritzRepaintFounderSummer 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Wesley YueDouble – Coding CopilotFounderWinter 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/WesleyYueJonathan AeschlimannFindlyFounderSummer 2022B2BLondon, United Kingdom11https://x.com/jonaeschlimannLourenço MacielFindlyFounderSummer 2022B2BLondon, United Kingdom11https://x.com/_loumacielPedro NascimentoFindlyFounderSummer 2022B2BLondon, United Kingdom11https://x.com/pedromnascKai FengBlinkFounderWinter 2022B2BSan Francisco, United States1https://x.com/kf_buildsOmar ThanawallaSocoFounderSummer 2021ConsumerNew York, United States——Bruno Cecattocloud humansFounderWinter 2021B2BNew York, United States30—Felipe Serra de Oliveiracloud humansFounderWinter 2021B2BNew York, United States30—Ian Kraskoffcloud humansFounderWinter 2021B2BNew York, United States30https://x.com/IanKraskoffJames EvansCommand AIFounderSummer 2020B2BSan Francisco, United States35https://x.com/dazzeloidRichard FrelingCommand AIFounderSummer 2020B2BSan Francisco, United States35https://x.com/richardfrelingVinay AyyalaCommand AIFounderSummer 2020B2BSan Francisco, United States35—Huan LiJuziBotFounderWinter 2019B2BBeijing, China34https://x.com/huan2024Jiarui LiJuziBotFounderWinter 2019B2BBeijing, China34—Yuan GaoJuziBotFounderWinter 2019B2BBeijing, China34—Adit JainLeena AIFounderSummer 2018B2BNew York, United States500—Anand Kumar PrajapatiLeena AIFounderSummer 2018B2BNew York, United States500—
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Omar Thanawalla
Founder·Soco
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size—
BatchSummer 2021
LocationNew York, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Omar is a former Meta, Google Software Engineer with 12 years of professional software engineering experience. He helped build Facebook Stories which is used by 500 million people everyday and has shipped 10 iOS Apps to the App Store. He gets stuff done.
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
SocoVisual AI shopping
