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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.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-company33%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 33% of these rows have at least one match.School100%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 100% of these rows have at least one match.
- Aleksander MekhanikFounder · Vulcan TechnologiesS25B2B · Austin
- Chris MingeFounder/CTO · Vulcan TechnologiesS25B2B · Austin
- Tanner Jones@Tanner_H_JonesFounder/CEO · Vulcan TechnologiesS25B2B · Austin
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Aleksander MekhanikVulcan TechnologiesFounderSummer 2025B2BAustin, United States17—Chris MingeVulcan TechnologiesFounder/CTOSummer 2025B2BAustin, United States17—Tanner JonesVulcan TechnologiesFounder/CEOSummer 2025B2BAustin, United States17https://x.com/Tanner_H_Jones
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Chris Minge
Founder/CTO·Vulcan Technologies
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size17
BatchSummer 2025
LocationAustin, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Chris studied computer science and philosophy at Princeton University, graduating in 2022. After graduating, he was a software engineer at Google, where he worked on ML infrastructure, supporting Gemini, Waymo, Vertex AI, and other services.
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
Vulcan Technologies
Secure frontier AI for government & adjacent knowledge work
