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- Adhit SankaranFounder/CEO · Janet AIS25B2B · San Francisco
- William BarthellFounder/CTO · Janet AIS25B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Adhit SankaranJanet AIFounder/CEOSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States5—William BarthellJanet AIFounder/CTOSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States5—
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William Barthell
Founder/CTO·Janet AI
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size5
BatchSummer 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Co-Founder & CTO at Janet AI (S25). Prev. Founding Engineer and Employee #1 @ crypto startup where I designed a novel algorithmic AMM for Solana SPL-20 token trading and launch abstraction. Met 1:1 with investors to help raise $3M+ seed. Bachelor's in Computer Science @ UW-Madison.
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
