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Known for these resultsRole67%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 67% 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-company33%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 33% 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.
- Oded Falik@_odedfFounder/CTO · Strand AIW26Healthcare · San Francisco
- Yue DaiFounder/CEO · Strand AIW26Healthcare · San Francisco
- Hari BhaskaranFounder · Cisterna BiologicsS22Healthcare · San Diego
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Oded FalikStrand AIFounder/CTOWinter 2026HealthcareSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/_odedfYue DaiStrand AIFounder/CEOWinter 2026HealthcareSan Francisco, United States2—Hari BhaskaranCisterna BiologicsFounderSummer 2022HealthcareSan Diego, United States2—
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Yue Dai
Founder/CEO·Strand AI
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size2
BatchWinter 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Cofounder & CEO at Strand AI ex-Pathos AI, Enable Medicine, Microsoft Research, Element AI. Trained foundation models for biology on the largest patient dataset in existence.
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
Strand AIMultimodal foundation models to predict uncollected patient biology
Co-foundersOded Falik@_odedf
