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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.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-company33%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 33% of these rows have at least one match.School33%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 33% of these rows have at least one match.
- Aaron ZhangFounder/CEO · PeerS26B2B · San Francisco
- Felix PengFounder/CTO · PeerS26B2B · San Francisco
- Ivan CardenasFounder · BeGoW20B2B · San Francisco
- Jasiel CardenasFounder · BeGoW20B2B · San Francisco
- Kingsley OtiFounder · SENDW20B2B · Lagos
- Larry Oti@larryhomieFounder · SENDW20B2B · Lagos
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Aaron ZhangPeerFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Felix PengPeerFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Ivan CardenasBeGoFounderWinter 2020B2BSan Francisco, United States65—Jasiel CardenasBeGoFounderWinter 2020B2BSan Francisco, United States65—Kingsley OtiSENDFounderWinter 2020B2BLagos, Nigeria9—Larry OtiSENDFounderWinter 2020B2BLagos, Nigeria9https://x.com/larryhomie
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Aaron Zhang
Founder/CEO·Peer
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size2
BatchSummer 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Co-founder and CEO of Peer. Majored in Computer Science at Harvey Mudd College and dropped out for YC S26. Built AI voice agents for trucking fleets at Waylens (a trucking telematics company) and researched AI agents and computer vision at the MIT Media Lab (City Science Lab, Taipei). Led the Claremont Accelerator, which raised $124K to back student startups. 1st @ Google DeepMind Hackathon at UCLA with Felix.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsDropout / Thiel
DisciplineEngineerKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
