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Known for these resultsRole25%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 25% 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-company50%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 50% of these rows have at least one match.School25%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 25% of these rows have at least one match.
- Ray Wang@RuiCromwellFounder/CEO · FlickF25Consumer · San Francisco
- Zoey Zhang@ZoeyZ1004Founder · FlickF25Consumer · San Francisco
- Isabella SunFounder · Short StoryS19Consumer · San Francisco
- Samuel HoffstaetterFounder · Short StoryS19Consumer · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Ray WangFlickFounder/CEOFall 2025ConsumerSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/RuiCromwellZoey ZhangFlickFounderFall 2025ConsumerSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/ZoeyZ1004Isabella SunShort StoryFounderSummer 2019ConsumerSan Francisco, United States120—Samuel HoffstaetterShort StoryFounderSummer 2019ConsumerSan Francisco, United States120—
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Ray Wang
Founder/CEO·Flick
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size2
BatchFall 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Founding engineer on Instagram AI team — built first version of Instagram Stories and helped it to grow 0 → 400M DAU in 2 years as one of the main contributors. Have built multiple profitable AI products in the past venture.
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
Flick
We Handle AI. You Direct Films.
Co-foundersZoey Zhang@ZoeyZ1004
