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Known for these resultsRole75%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 75% 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.Bio83%Bio coverage: 83% 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-company25%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 25% of these rows have at least one match.School50%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 50% of these rows have at least one match.
- Cem TokerFounder/COO · NeuromorphicS26Industrials · San Francisco
- Ege Doganay@_doganay_egeFounder/CEO · NeuromorphicS26Industrials · San Francisco
- Vatan Aksoy TezerFounder · NeuromorphicS26Industrials · San Francisco
- Gary Gao@GaryGao891219Founder/CEO · ChertX26B2B · San Francisco
- Lucas Amlicke@lukeamlickeFounder/CTO · SynphonyX26Industrials · San Francisco
- Sean Wu@im_sean_wuFounder/CEO · SynphonyX26Industrials · San Francisco
- Lukas KlaiberFounder/COO · Kaigo HealthF25Healthcare · San Francisco
- Noah Pacik-Nelson@noahpaciknelsonFounder/CEO · BootLoopS25B2B · San Francisco
- Niranjan Ravichandra@0xnravicFounder · CedanaS23B2B · New York
- Gordon Hirsch WilsonFounder/CEO · Rain NeuromorphicsS18Industrials · San Francisco
- Jack KendallFounder/Chief Technical Officer · Rain NeuromorphicsS18Industrials · San Francisco
- Juan Claudio NinoFounder · Rain NeuromorphicsS18Industrials · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Cem TokerNeuromorphicFounder/COOSummer 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States3—Ege DoganayNeuromorphicFounder/CEOSummer 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/_doganay_egeVatan Aksoy TezerNeuromorphicFounderSummer 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States3—Gary GaoChertFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/GaryGao891219Lucas AmlickeSynphonyFounder/CTOSpring 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States10https://x.com/lukeamlickeSean WuSynphonyFounder/CEOSpring 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States10https://x.com/im_sean_wuLukas KlaiberKaigo HealthFounder/COOFall 2025HealthcareSan Francisco, United States3—Noah Pacik-NelsonBootLoopFounder/CEOSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/noahpaciknelsonNiranjan RavichandraCedanaFounderSummer 2023B2BNew York, United States5https://x.com/0xnravicGordon Hirsch WilsonRain NeuromorphicsFounder/CEOSummer 2018IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States12—Jack KendallRain NeuromorphicsFounder/Chief Technical OfficerSummer 2018IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States12—Juan Claudio NinoRain NeuromorphicsFounderSummer 2018IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States12—
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Kazuki Shin
Founder/CTO·Kaigo Health
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size3
BatchFall 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Robotics and AI engineer turned founder. Led NVIDIA’s perception and simulation efforts for autonomous driving, built ML systems at BMW, Amazon, and PlayStation, and ran race ops for MIT Driverless’s autonomous Formula team. Earned his M.S. in ECE at UIUC, where he developed humanoid robots for home care and published 12 IEEE papers on human-robot interaction. Also a fashion runway photographer featured in ELLE (NYFW SS25).
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
Kaigo HealthAI outpatient care workforce
IndustryHealthcare
Websitekaigohealth.ai/
Team size3
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LocationSan Francisco, United States
BatchFall 2025
