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Known for these resultsRole33%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 33% 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.Bio67%Bio coverage: 67% 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-company17%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 17% of these rows have at least one match.School33%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 33% of these rows have at least one match.
- Ray Wang@RuiCromwellFounder/CEO · FlickF25Consumer · San Francisco
- Zoey Zhang@ZoeyZ1004Founder · FlickF25Consumer · San Francisco
- Manuel Diaz-GranadosFounder · LystoS23B2B · New York
- Apurv Gupta@ApurvGptFounder/CPO · MailmodoS21B2B · San Francisco
- Arthur GibsonFounder · EmbedlyW10B2B · Boston
- Sean CreeleyFounder · EmbedlyW10B2B · Boston
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Ray WangFlickFounder/CEOFall 2025ConsumerSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/RuiCromwellZoey ZhangFlickFounderFall 2025ConsumerSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/ZoeyZ1004Manuel Diaz-GranadosLystoFounderSummer 2023B2BNew York, United States2—Apurv GuptaMailmodoFounder/CPOSummer 2021B2BSan Francisco, United States70https://x.com/ApurvGptArthur GibsonEmbedlyFounderWinter 2010B2BBoston, United States2—Sean CreeleyEmbedlyFounderWinter 2010B2BBoston, United States2—
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Zoey Zhang
Founder·Flick
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size2
BatchFall 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Award-winning filmmaker and product designer. Created AI films in 2025, nominated by over 20 film festivals, including Best Visual Award at MIT AI Film Hackathon and Winner at OMNI AI Film Festival. Her AI filmmaking paper was published at SIGGRAPH 2025.
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
COMPANY CONTEXT
Flick
We Handle AI. You Direct Films.
Co-foundersRay Wang@RuiCromwell
