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Known for these resultsRole55%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 55% 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.Bio96%Bio coverage: 96% 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-company49%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 49% of these rows have at least one match.School51%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 51% of these rows have at least one match.
- Akshay Mistry@akshaymistry8Founder · ChromieS26B2B · San Francisco
- Hans IbarraFounder · DialogusS26B2B · San Francisco
- Joshua DillonFounder · rekursiv.aiS26B2B · San Francisco
- Chris CarterFounder · UltrasoniumS26Industrials · Boston
- Harsha Vardhan Khurdula@khurdulaFounder/CTO · InterfazeX26B2B · San Francisco
- Yoeven D Khemlani@yoevenFounder/CEO · InterfazeX26B2B · San Francisco
- Christopher AckerFounder/CEO · Carrot LabsW26B2B · San Francisco
- Yuta Baba@yuta__babaFounder · Carrot LabsW26B2B · San Francisco
- Varun Mathur@vmathur6Founder/CEO · UnissonW26B2B · San Francisco
- Vlad BaskakovFounder/CEO · VOYGRW26B2B · San Francisco
- Abel JohnFounder/CTO · LogosGuardF25B2B · San Francisco
- Sukrut Oak@sukrut_oakFounder/CPO · LogosGuardF25B2B · San Francisco
- Anna Zhang@anna_y_zhangFounder/CEO · NessieF25Consumer · San Francisco
- Tiger Wang@tigerjwangFounder/CTO · NessieF25Consumer · San Francisco
- Bilal AsmatullahFounder/CEO · SciloopF25B2B · San Francisco
- Osman Siddique@OsmanSiddiquerFounder · SciloopF25B2B · San Francisco
- Jay KwonFounder/CTO · ScoopF25B2B · San Francisco
- Adnan AbbasFounder/CTO · Unsiloed AIF25B2B · San Francisco
- Aman Mishra@__Aman_MishraFounder/CEO · Unsiloed AIF25B2B · San Francisco
- Farhan Hossain@FarhanBuildsFounder · BlueS25Consumer · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Akshay MistryChromieFounderSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/akshaymistry8Hans IbarraDialogusFounderSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Joshua Dillonrekursiv.aiFounderSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Chris CarterUltrasoniumFounderSummer 2026IndustrialsBoston, United States5—Harsha Vardhan KhurdulaInterfazeFounder/CTOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/khurdulaYoeven D KhemlaniInterfazeFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/yoevenChristopher AckerCarrot LabsFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Yuta BabaCarrot LabsFounderWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/yuta__babaVarun MathurUnissonFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/vmathur6Vlad BaskakovVOYGRFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States——Abel JohnLogosGuardFounder/CTOFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Sukrut OakLogosGuardFounder/CPOFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/sukrut_oakAnna ZhangNessieFounder/CEOFall 2025ConsumerSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/anna_y_zhangTiger WangNessieFounder/CTOFall 2025ConsumerSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/tigerjwangBilal AsmatullahSciloopFounder/CEOFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States6—Osman SiddiqueSciloopFounderFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States6https://x.com/OsmanSiddiquerJay KwonScoopFounder/CTOFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Adnan AbbasUnsiloed AIFounder/CTOFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Aman MishraUnsiloed AIFounder/CEOFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/__Aman_MishraFarhan HossainBlueFounderSummer 2025ConsumerSan Francisco, United States6https://x.com/FarhanBuilds
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Anna Zhang
Founder/CEO·Nessie
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size3
BatchFall 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Co-Founder & CEO @ Nessie. Yale BS ‘24. Prev engineer @ Amazon's recommendation service. Shipped ML-powered features for billions of customers and led experiment that demonstrated a $200MM/year revenue impact. Obsessed with augmenting human cognition since high school, having conducted neuroscience research at The Rockefeller University. Founded Nessie with Tiger to build AI brains after hitting the 1-million-token limit in multiple Gemini chats.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Nessie
A shared context layer for you, your team, and your agents.
Co-foundersTiger Wang@tigerjwang
