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Known for these resultsRole50%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 50% 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-company17%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 17% 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.
- Sanjeev ChauhanFounder/CEO · Synapse SemiconductorS26Industrials · Durham
- Tania RoyFounder · Synapse SemiconductorS26Industrials · Durham
- Divam Gupta@divamguptaFounder/CTO · Stellon LabsS25B2B · San Francisco
- Rohan Joshi@ron_joshiFounder/CEO · Stellon LabsS25B2B · San Francisco
- Abhinav Reddy@abhireddy2004Founder · deepsiliconS24Industrials · San Francisco
- Tom AlcornFounder · TensilS19Industrials · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Sanjeev ChauhanSynapse SemiconductorFounder/CEOSummer 2026IndustrialsDurham, United States2—Tania RoySynapse SemiconductorFounderSummer 2026IndustrialsDurham, United States2—Divam GuptaStellon LabsFounder/CTOSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/divamguptaRohan JoshiStellon LabsFounder/CEOSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/ron_joshiAbhinav ReddydeepsiliconFounderSummer 2024IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/abhireddy2004Tom AlcornTensilFounderSummer 2019IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2—
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Sanjeev Chauhan
Founder/CEO·Synapse Semiconductor
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size2
BatchSummer 2026
LocationDurham, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
I like to break things and build things 2 IEDM publications, 3 years Seed Stage VC, scaled deaplearning.com to 300k users, Stanford Linear Accelerator National Lab ML Researcher, IPAC 1st Author
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
Synapse SemiconductorNew semiconductors that merge compute and vision
Co-foundersTania Roy
