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Known for these resultsRole44%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 44% 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.Bio70%Bio coverage: 70% 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-company14%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 14% of these rows have at least one match.School21%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 21% of these rows have at least one match.
- Peter Tribelhorn@tribelhorn23Founder/CEO · HeraS25B2B · Berlin
- Abhinav SwaminathanFounder/CEO · MatchaF24Healthcare · New York
- Thomas BlakeFounder/CTO · MatchaF24Healthcare · New York
- Victor Cheng@victorxhengFounder/CEO · vly.aiF24B2B · San Francisco
- Daniel FrancisFounder/CEO · Abel PoliceS24Government · San Francisco
- Barbora HowellFounder/CEO · TrueClaimW24Healthcare · San Francisco
- Bobby BayerFounder/CTO · TrueClaimW24Healthcare · San Francisco
- Kilian VogeleFounder · InvitrisW23Healthcare · Munich
- Patrick GrossmannFounder · InvitrisW23Healthcare · Munich
- Cyriel NotteboomFounder · RadicalW23Industrials · Seattle
- James ThomasFounder · RadicalW23Industrials · Seattle
- Alexandre Roubaud@alexroubaudFounder · BitstackS22Fintech · Paris
- Kabir Sethi@setkabirFounder · BitstackS22Fintech · Paris
- Nicolas RamsayFounder · CircularW22Consumer · Singapore
- Pantha Roy@PanthaRoyFounder · CircularW22Consumer · Singapore
- Daniel CaveroFounder · NoyaW21Industrials · San Francisco
- Josh Santos@joshsandtoesFounder · NoyaW21Industrials · San Francisco
- Andy LapsaFounder · Stoke SpaceW21Industrials · Seattle
- Tom FeldmanFounder · Stoke SpaceW21Industrials · Seattle
- Divish GuptaFounder · Swadesi WayW21Consumer · Delhi
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Peter TribelhornHeraFounder/CEOSummer 2025B2BBerlin, Germany5https://x.com/tribelhorn23Abhinav SwaminathanMatchaFounder/CEOFall 2024HealthcareNew York, United States2—Thomas BlakeMatchaFounder/CTOFall 2024HealthcareNew York, United States2—Victor Chengvly.aiFounder/CEOFall 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/victorxhengDaniel FrancisAbel PoliceFounder/CEOSummer 2024GovernmentSan Francisco, United States5—Barbora HowellTrueClaimFounder/CEOWinter 2024HealthcareSan Francisco, United States10—Bobby BayerTrueClaimFounder/CTOWinter 2024HealthcareSan Francisco, United States10—Kilian VogeleInvitrisFounderWinter 2023HealthcareMunich, Germany6—Patrick GrossmannInvitrisFounderWinter 2023HealthcareMunich, Germany6—Cyriel NotteboomRadicalFounderWinter 2023IndustrialsSeattle, United States6—James ThomasRadicalFounderWinter 2023IndustrialsSeattle, United States6—Alexandre RoubaudBitstackFounderSummer 2022FintechParis, France16https://x.com/alexroubaudKabir SethiBitstackFounderSummer 2022FintechParis, France16https://x.com/setkabirNicolas RamsayCircularFounderWinter 2022ConsumerSingapore, Singapore25—Pantha RoyCircularFounderWinter 2022ConsumerSingapore, Singapore25https://x.com/PanthaRoyDaniel CaveroNoyaFounderWinter 2021IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States7—Josh SantosNoyaFounderWinter 2021IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States7https://x.com/joshsandtoesAndy LapsaStoke SpaceFounderWinter 2021IndustrialsSeattle, United States305—Tom FeldmanStoke SpaceFounderWinter 2021IndustrialsSeattle, United States305—Divish GuptaSwadesi WayFounderWinter 2021ConsumerDelhi, India9—
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Chia-Lun Wu
Founder/CTO·Hera
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size5
BatchSummer 2025
LocationBerlin, Germany
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Building Hera, an AI motion designer. I was the first engineer/employee at Flagright (YC W22), where I built and led core infrastructure from the ground up and scaled it. I was also an early engineer at Vyond, where I built Vyond Studio, an online video editor used by 20,000 businesses today. I hold an MS in Computer Science from National Taiwan University (NTU) and have been working in software engineering since 2016.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineDesignerKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
