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Known for these resultsRole38%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 38% 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.Bio87%Bio coverage: 87% 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-company28%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 28% of these rows have at least one match.School23%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 23% of these rows have at least one match.
- Aditya BommakantiFounder/CTO · GodHandsF26B2B · Bengaluru
- Sai Vamshi BatchuFounder/CEO · GodHandsF26B2B · Bengaluru
- Can Celik@cancelikFounder/CEO · herdrF26B2B · Ankara
- Ahnaf Shahriar@enough_ahnafFounder/CTO · SimanticF26B2B · Waterloo
- Seungmin Hong@shong0504Founder/CEO · SimanticF26B2B · Waterloo
- Davis Foster@davistfosterFounder · Agency Tool CompanyS26Industrials · Denver
- Jack Morrison@jackmorrisonFounder/CEO · Agency Tool CompanyS26Industrials · Denver
- Aniket Deshpande@anideshpFounder/CEO · Agent FMS26B2B · San Francisco
- Mugdhaa PatankarFounder/CTO · Agent FMS26B2B · San Francisco
- Parth Ajmera@prrthh132Founder/CTO · Agnost AIS26B2B · San Francisco
- Shubham Palriwala@ShubhamInTechFounder/CEO · Agnost AIS26B2B · San Francisco
- Andrew TranFounder/CTO · Alkera AIS26B2B · San Francisco
- Rick GaoFounder/CEO · Alkera AIS26B2B · San Francisco
- Tony LiFounder/COO · Alkera AIS26B2B · San Francisco
- Nithik Bala@nithikbalaFounder · AmuletS26B2B · San Francisco
- Varun Puru@varunpuruFounder · AmuletS26B2B · San Francisco
- Aidan Tiruvan@AidanTiruvanFounder/CEO · ArchalS26B2B · San Francisco
- Michael Zhou@michaelzixizhouFounder/CEO · CodagS26B2B · San Francisco
- Charles Muehlberger@charles_v11Founder/CTO · ConiferS26B2B · San Francisco
- Michael Jeffords@michaelbjeffFounder/CEO · ConiferS26B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Aditya BommakantiGodHandsFounder/CTOFall 2026B2BBengaluru, India2—Sai Vamshi BatchuGodHandsFounder/CEOFall 2026B2BBengaluru, India2—Can CelikherdrFounder/CEOFall 2026B2BAnkara, Turkey1https://x.com/cancelikAhnaf ShahriarSimanticFounder/CTOFall 2026B2BWaterloo, Canada4https://x.com/enough_ahnafSeungmin HongSimanticFounder/CEOFall 2026B2BWaterloo, Canada4https://x.com/shong0504Davis FosterAgency Tool CompanyFounderSummer 2026IndustrialsDenver, United States3https://x.com/davistfosterJack MorrisonAgency Tool CompanyFounder/CEOSummer 2026IndustrialsDenver, United States3https://x.com/jackmorrisonAniket DeshpandeAgent FMFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/anideshpMugdhaa PatankarAgent FMFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Parth AjmeraAgnost AIFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/prrthh132Shubham PalriwalaAgnost AIFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/ShubhamInTechAndrew TranAlkera AIFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Rick GaoAlkera AIFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Tony LiAlkera AIFounder/COOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Nithik BalaAmuletFounderSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/nithikbalaVarun PuruAmuletFounderSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/varunpuruAidan TiruvanArchalFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/AidanTiruvanMichael ZhouCodagFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States1https://x.com/michaelzixizhouCharles MuehlbergerConiferFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/charles_v11Michael JeffordsConiferFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/michaelbjeff
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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
