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Known for these resultsRole22%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 22% 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.Bio80%Bio coverage: 80% 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-company16%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 16% of these rows have at least one match.School24%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 24% of these rows have at least one match.
- Alex Southmayd@alexsouthmaydFounder/CEO · BloomyS26Education · San Francisco
- Shraman Kar@ShramanKarFounder/CTO · GolpoS25B2B · San Francisco
- Shreyas Kar@KarShreyasFounder/CEO · GolpoS25B2B · San Francisco
- Guang CuiFounder/CEO · Miyagi LabsW25Education · New York
- Tyrone Davis III@tyronedavisiiiFounder/CTO · Miyagi LabsW25Education · New York
- Anton KoenigFounder/CEO · VideoGenS24B2B · San Francisco
- David GrossmanFounder/CTO · VideoGenS24B2B · San Francisco
- Maggie Zhang@maggieqzhangFounder · Read BeanS23Consumer · New York
- Savannah LiuFounder · Read BeanS23Consumer · New York
- Chris Mansfield@ChrisM_GCFounder · GoodCourseW23B2B · London
- Omar MughalFounder · GoodCourseW23B2B · London
- Parth DetrojaFounder · Pair AIW23Consumer · New York
- Paul Kuruvilla@rohitpaulkFounder · CodeCraftersS22Consumer · San Francisco
- Sarup Banskota@sarupbanskotaFounder · CodeCraftersS22Consumer · San Francisco
- Joybroto GangulyFounder · AntWalkW22Education · Bengaluru
- Abdulhamid HaidarFounder · DarselW22Education · Amman
- Ambareesh BalajiFounder · HyperbeamW22B2B · Waterloo
- Philip ScottFounder · HyperbeamW22B2B · Waterloo
- Akshay SanghaiFounder/CEO · MySiviW22Education · Bengaluru
- Anoop Jaiswal@anoopjais1Founder · MySiviW22Education · Bengaluru
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Alex SouthmaydBloomyFounder/CEOSummer 2026EducationSan Francisco, United States1https://x.com/alexsouthmaydShraman KarGolpoFounder/CTOSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States7https://x.com/ShramanKarShreyas KarGolpoFounder/CEOSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States7https://x.com/KarShreyasGuang CuiMiyagi LabsFounder/CEOWinter 2025EducationNew York, United States2—Tyrone Davis IIIMiyagi LabsFounder/CTOWinter 2025EducationNew York, United States2https://x.com/tyronedavisiiiAnton KoenigVideoGenFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States6—David GrossmanVideoGenFounder/CTOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States6—Maggie ZhangRead BeanFounderSummer 2023ConsumerNew York, United States3https://x.com/maggieqzhangSavannah LiuRead BeanFounderSummer 2023ConsumerNew York, United States3—Chris MansfieldGoodCourseFounderWinter 2023B2BLondon, United Kingdom8https://x.com/ChrisM_GCOmar MughalGoodCourseFounderWinter 2023B2BLondon, United Kingdom8—Parth DetrojaPair AIFounderWinter 2023ConsumerNew York, United States2—Paul KuruvillaCodeCraftersFounderSummer 2022ConsumerSan Francisco, United States10https://x.com/rohitpaulkSarup BanskotaCodeCraftersFounderSummer 2022ConsumerSan Francisco, United States10https://x.com/sarupbanskotaJoybroto GangulyAntWalkFounderWinter 2022EducationBengaluru, India50—Abdulhamid HaidarDarselFounderWinter 2022EducationAmman, Jordan5—Ambareesh BalajiHyperbeamFounderWinter 2022B2BWaterloo, Canada3—Philip ScottHyperbeamFounderWinter 2022B2BWaterloo, Canada3—Akshay SanghaiMySiviFounder/CEOWinter 2022EducationBengaluru, India10—Anoop JaiswalMySiviFounderWinter 2022EducationBengaluru, India10https://x.com/anoopjais1
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Ambareesh Balaji
Founder·Hyperbeam
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size3
BatchWinter 2022
LocationWaterloo, Canada
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Ambareesh is the co-founder & CTO of Hyperbeam, an API for embedding multiplayer web browsers. He met his co-founders Philip and Declan at the University of Waterloo, where Hyperbeam started off as their engineering capstone project Tutturu.tv, a watch party site with 150K monthly active users. He has interned as a Software Engineer at startups and big tech companies alike, such as Globality and Facebook.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineEngineerKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
HyperbeamAPI for shared embeddable web browsers
Co-foundersPhilip Scott
