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Known for these resultsRole60%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 60% 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-company20%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 20% of these rows have at least one match.School40%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 40% of these rows have at least one match.
- Francois Chollet@fcholletFounder · NdeaW26Industrials
- Mike Knoop@mikeknoopFounder · NdeaW26Industrials
- Anushka Idamekorala@anushkaidameFounder/CTO · LogicalF25B2B · San Francisco
- Sam Karu@SamKaru_Founder/CEO · LogicalF25B2B · San Francisco
- Paul Sanglé-Ferrière@NeuralPaulFounder/CEO · cubicX25B2B · London
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Francois CholletNdeaFounderWinter 2026IndustrialsUnknown15https://x.com/fcholletMike KnoopNdeaFounderWinter 2026IndustrialsUnknown15https://x.com/mikeknoopAnushka IdamekoralaLogicalFounder/CTOFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/anushkaidameSam KaruLogicalFounder/CEOFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/SamKaru_Paul Sanglé-FerrièrecubicFounder/CEOSpring 2025B2BLondon, United Kingdom3https://x.com/NeuralPaul
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Sam Karu
Founder/CEO·Logical
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size2
BatchFall 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Sam is a co-founder and CEO of Logical. He was a PhD dropout from UCLA before joining NVIDIA. At UCLA, Sam conducted research on AI applications in wireless and cellular domains, across both discriminative and generative models. At NVIDIA, he worked on AI inference and model optimizations for specific hardware. Sam is the best performing Sri Lankan in the history of both the International Physics Olympiad and Asian Physics Olympiad.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsPhDDropout / Thiel
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
LogicalA proactive desktop copilot. Clippy, but actually good.
Co-foundersAnushka Idamekorala@anushkaidame
