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Known for these resultsRole50%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 50% 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-company25%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 25% 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.
- Sam Gorman@gormankindFounder/CEO · RivetF25B2B · San Francisco
- Abigail Grills@AGrillzFounder/CEO · RiveterF24B2B · San Francisco
- Nathaniel Flurry@NathanFlurryFounder · RivetW23B2B · San Francisco
- Nicholas Kissel@nicholaskisselFounder · RivetW23B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Sam GormanRivetFounder/CEOFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States—https://x.com/gormankindAbigail GrillsRiveterFounder/CEOFall 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/AGrillzNathaniel FlurryRivetFounderWinter 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/NathanFlurryNicholas KisselRivetFounderWinter 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/nicholaskissel
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Sam Gorman
Founder/CEO·Rivet
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size—
BatchFall 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Founder of Rivet. Previously led product engineering teams as an early engineer at Snorkel AI. Built an app & grew it to 100,000+ users. Studied Product Design & Computer Science at Stanford.
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
RivetVisual editor to design in production code
