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Known for these resultsRole43%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 43% 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.Bio86%Bio coverage: 86% 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-company14%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 14% of these rows have at least one match.School43%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 43% of these rows have at least one match.
- Chrisvin JabamaniFounder/CEO · TepaliW26B2B · New York
- Vishnu PathmanabanFounder/CEO · TepaliW26B2B · New York
- Diego EscobedoFounder · LotusS22B2B · New York
- Mikael Nida@mikaelnidaFounder · LotusS22B2B · New York
- Anand Krishna@getak100Founder · LotusPayS17Fintech · Bengaluru
- Atma KrishnaFounder/CEO · LotusPayS17Fintech · Bengaluru
- Dinesh Gadge@dineshgadgeFounder · LotusPayS17Fintech · Bengaluru
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Chrisvin JabamaniTepaliFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BNew York, United States2—Vishnu PathmanabanTepaliFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BNew York, United States2—Diego EscobedoLotusFounderSummer 2022B2BNew York, United States2—Mikael NidaLotusFounderSummer 2022B2BNew York, United States2https://x.com/mikaelnidaAnand KrishnaLotusPayFounderSummer 2017FintechBengaluru, India5https://x.com/getak100Atma KrishnaLotusPayFounder/CEOSummer 2017FintechBengaluru, India5—Dinesh GadgeLotusPayFounderSummer 2017FintechBengaluru, India5https://x.com/dineshgadge
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Vishnu Pathmanaban
Founder/CEO·Tepali
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size2
BatchWinter 2026
LocationNew York, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Co-founder of Tepali (YC W26). Carnegie Mellon CS. Led engineering at MealPal (Series B), then built the all-in-one POS at Dripos (YC S20), powering thousands of coffee shops.
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
TepaliAI operating system for modern medspas
Co-foundersChrisvin Jabamani
