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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.Bio77%Bio coverage: 77% 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-company13%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 13% of these rows have at least one match.School26%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 26% of these rows have at least one match.
- Elias ReinfeldtFounder · QokedasF26B2B · San Francisco
- Jesper JohanssonFounder · QokedasF26B2B · San Francisco
- Wilhelm Hedenskog@wilhelmmlemFounder/CEO · QokedasF26B2B · San Francisco
- Subham KunduFounder/CEO · Akon LabsS26B2B · San Francisco
- Hursh Shah@hursheybar2Founder/CEO · EdviroS26B2B · San Francisco
- Tanuj Siripurapu@kstanujFounder · EdviroS26B2B · San Francisco
- David LiFounder · Induction LabsS26B2B · San Francisco
- Jonathan LiFounder/CEO · Induction LabsS26B2B · San Francisco
- Ansh TiwariFounder/CEO · RasynS26Healthcare · San Francisco
- Ayush ChauhanFounder/CTO · RasynS26Healthcare · San Francisco
- Daood HashmiFounder · RasynS26Healthcare · San Francisco
- Dan Kondratyuk@hyperparticleFounder · rekursiv.aiS26B2B · San Francisco
- Joshua DillonFounder · rekursiv.aiS26B2B · San Francisco
- Adith SundramFounder/CTO · TensrS26Industrials · San Francisco
- C.K. Wolfe@ckwolfeofficialFounder · TensrS26Industrials · San Francisco
- Eric Berndt@ekberndtFounder/CEO · TensrS26Industrials · San Francisco
- Eren Mendi@erenzmendi03Founder · ExpanseX26B2B · San Francisco
- Ismaeel Bashir@ismaeel_bashir_Founder/CEO · ExpanseX26B2B · San Francisco
- Nikodem Bieniek@nkdem_bFounder · ExpanseX26B2B · San Francisco
- Yafet Melake@yafet_melakeFounder · ExpanseX26B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Elias ReinfeldtQokedasFounderFall 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Jesper JohanssonQokedasFounderFall 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Wilhelm HedenskogQokedasFounder/CEOFall 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/wilhelmmlemSubham KunduAkon LabsFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Hursh ShahEdviroFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/hursheybar2Tanuj SiripurapuEdviroFounderSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/kstanujDavid LiInduction LabsFounderSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Jonathan LiInduction LabsFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Ansh TiwariRasynFounder/CEOSummer 2026HealthcareSan Francisco, United States0—Ayush ChauhanRasynFounder/CTOSummer 2026HealthcareSan Francisco, United States0—Daood HashmiRasynFounderSummer 2026HealthcareSan Francisco, United States0—Dan Kondratyukrekursiv.aiFounderSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/hyperparticleJoshua Dillonrekursiv.aiFounderSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Adith SundramTensrFounder/CTOSummer 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States3—C.K. WolfeTensrFounderSummer 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/ckwolfeofficialEric BerndtTensrFounder/CEOSummer 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/ekberndtEren MendiExpanseFounderSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/erenzmendi03Ismaeel BashirExpanseFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/ismaeel_bashir_Nikodem BieniekExpanseFounderSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/nkdem_bYafet MelakeExpanseFounderSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/yafet_melake
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Ismaeel Bashir
Founder/CEO·Expanse
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size4
BatchSpring 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Ismaeel is co-founder and CEO of Expanse. Built the first multimodal HPC resource predictor at EPCC (Edinburgh’s Parallel Computing Centre), beating every published baseline. Previously: ran large scale ML models at one of the world’s largest quantitative funds (QRT). Studied Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh.
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
ExpanseUnlock wasted GPU capacity.
