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Known for these resultsRole67%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 67% 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.Bio89%Bio coverage: 89% 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.School11%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 11% of these rows have at least one match.
- Davis Foster@davistfosterFounder · Agency Tool CompanyS26Industrials · Denver
- Jack Morrison@jackmorrisonFounder/CEO · Agency Tool CompanyS26Industrials · Denver
- Ain McKendrickFounder · FactionW21Industrials · San Francisco
- Andrew Ashur@andrew__ashurFounder · Lucid BotsS19Industrials · Charlotte
- George TallFounder/CTO · lvl5W17Industrials · San Francisco
- Tin Hang Liu@tinhangliuFounder/CEO · Open MotorsW16Industrials · San Francisco
- Yuki LiuFounder/COO · Open MotorsW16Industrials · San Francisco
- Daniel KanFounder/COO · CruiseW14Industrials · San Francisco
- Kyle VogtFounder/CEO · CruiseW14Industrials · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Davis FosterAgency Tool CompanyFounderSummer 2026IndustrialsDenver, United States3https://x.com/davistfosterJack MorrisonAgency Tool CompanyFounder/CEOSummer 2026IndustrialsDenver, United States3https://x.com/jackmorrisonAin McKendrickFactionFounderWinter 2021IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States25—Andrew AshurLucid BotsFounderSummer 2019IndustrialsCharlotte, United States26https://x.com/andrew__ashurGeorge Talllvl5Founder/CTOWinter 2017IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States6—Tin Hang LiuOpen MotorsFounder/CEOWinter 2016IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States11https://x.com/tinhangliuYuki LiuOpen MotorsFounder/COOWinter 2016IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States11—Daniel KanCruise3× YCFounder/COOWinter 2014IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States3000—Kyle VogtCruise2× YCFounder/CEOWinter 2014IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States3000—
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Ain McKendrick
Founder·Faction
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size25
BatchWinter 2021
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusInactive
StageEarly
BIO
Previously CEO at Faction Technology. Prior to founding Faction, Ain has focused on autonomous systems on everything from light electric vehicles to the first successful driverless semi trucks to run on public highways. Before getting in to the vehicle space, Ain spent a number of years in consumer electronics at Netflix, Dell, TiVo, and various startups. He began his career as one of the founders of Palm Computing developing the original PalmPilot handheld digital assistants.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
Disciplinenot detectedKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
FactionDriverless electric vehicles at a fraction of the cost of a car.
