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Known for these resultsRole18%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 18% 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-company0%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 0% of these rows have at least one match.School36%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 36% of these rows have at least one match.
- Jai PadmakumarFounder/CEO · 1849 bioS24Industrials · San Francisco
- Yongjin ParkFounder · 1849 bioS24Industrials · San Francisco
- Jason GillhamFounder · Impossible MetalsW22Industrials · Los Angeles
- Oliver Gunasekara@OlyGFounder/CEO · Impossible MetalsW22Industrials · Los Angeles
- Renee GroganFounder · Impossible MetalsW22Industrials · Los Angeles
- Rahul AnandFounder · KorrAIW22Industrials · Toronto
- Rob McEwanFounder · KorrAIW22Industrials · Toronto
- Daniel MogilnyFounder · StratumAIW20Industrials · Toronto
- Farzi YusufaliFounder · StratumAIW20Industrials · Toronto
- Roman Teslyuk@romanteslyukFounder · EARTH AIS19Industrials · San Francisco
- Arjun Mohan@ArjunMoFounder · TENDERDS18B2B · Dubai
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Jai Padmakumar1849 bioFounder/CEOSummer 2024IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States3—Yongjin Park1849 bioFounderSummer 2024IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States3—Jason GillhamImpossible MetalsFounderWinter 2022IndustrialsLos Angeles, United States20—Oliver GunasekaraImpossible MetalsFounder/CEOWinter 2022IndustrialsLos Angeles, United States20https://x.com/OlyGRenee GroganImpossible MetalsFounderWinter 2022IndustrialsLos Angeles, United States20—Rahul AnandKorrAIFounderWinter 2022IndustrialsToronto, Canada24—Rob McEwanKorrAIFounderWinter 2022IndustrialsToronto, Canada24—Daniel MogilnyStratumAIFounderWinter 2020IndustrialsToronto, Canada5—Farzi YusufaliStratumAIFounderWinter 2020IndustrialsToronto, Canada5—Roman TeslyukEARTH AIFounderSummer 2019IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States12https://x.com/romanteslyukArjun MohanTENDERDFounderSummer 2018B2BDubai, United Arab Emirates60https://x.com/ArjunMo
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Jai Padmakumar
Founder/CEO·1849 bio
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size3
BatchSummer 2024
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Co-founder and CEO of 1849 bio. I get excited working on difficult problems with outsized impacts if you can solve them. I studied Microbiology and Applied Math at the University of Washington before doing my PhD at MIT in a synthetic biology lab. I've spent my time pushing the limits of what’s possible in bioengineering. 1849 is my second startup, the first of which I co-founded during grad school and led the early science at.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsPhD
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
1849 bioEngineering microbes for miners to unlock billions in trapped metal
Co-foundersYongjin Park
