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Known for these resultsRole39%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 39% 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.Bio97%Bio coverage: 97% 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-company30%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 30% of these rows have at least one match.School27%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 27% of these rows have at least one match.
- Luke Button@lukebbuttonFounder/CEO · HedgeX26Fintech · San Francisco
- Amit YadavFounder/CEO · FernW26B2B
- Robert XuFounder · FernW26B2B
- Bryant LeFounder/CTO · FernstoneF25Fintech · New York
- James Chen@James_R_ChenFounder/CEO · FernstoneF25Fintech · New York
- Pedro FernándezFounder/CTO · AlturS25B2B · Mexico City
- Fern MorrisonFounder/CEO · Iron GridS25Industrials · San Francisco
- Fernando Young@Fern_Y0ungFounder/CEO · BelugaX25B2B · San Francisco
- Fernando HuertaFounder · Seals AIS24B2B · San Francisco
- Heber Garza@heberuriegasFounder · Seals AIS24B2B · San Francisco
- Javier GonzalezFounder/CTO · Seals AIS24B2B · San Francisco
- Luis Mario Garcia@luismariogmFounder/CEO · Seals AIS24B2B · San Francisco
- Fernando San MartinFounder/CTO · ThymeS24B2B · San Francisco
- Brian FernandezFounder · diliS23B2B · New York
- F-G Fernandez@FrG_FMFounder · RimwardS23B2B · Paris
- Danny SheridanFounder · FernW23B2B · New York
- Deep SinghviFounder · FernW23B2B · New York
- Zach KirschFounder · FernW23B2B · New York
- Fernando Varela@fernandovarelafFounder · BotonS22B2B · Panama City
- Edvin FernqvistFounder · BemloW22Healthcare · Stockholm
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Luke ButtonHedgeFounder/CEOSpring 2026FintechSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/lukebbuttonAmit YadavFernFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BUnknown2—Robert XuFernFounderWinter 2026B2BUnknown2—Bryant LeFernstoneFounder/CTOFall 2025FintechNew York, United States2—James ChenFernstoneFounder/CEOFall 2025FintechNew York, United States2https://x.com/James_R_ChenPedro FernándezAlturFounder/CTOSummer 2025B2BMexico City, Mexico5—Fern MorrisonIron GridFounder/CEOSummer 2025IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2—Fernando YoungBelugaFounder/CEOSpring 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/Fern_Y0ungFernando HuertaSeals AIFounderSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States4—Heber GarzaSeals AIFounderSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/heberuriegasJavier GonzalezSeals AI2× YCFounder/CTOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States4—Luis Mario GarciaSeals AI2× YCFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/luismariogmFernando San MartinThymeFounder/CTOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Brian FernandezdiliFounderSummer 2023B2BNew York, United States15—F-G FernandezRimwardFounderSummer 2023B2BParis, France1https://x.com/FrG_FMDanny SheridanFernFounderWinter 2023B2BNew York, United States30—Deep SinghviFernFounderWinter 2023B2BNew York, United States30—Zach KirschFernFounderWinter 2023B2BNew York, United States30—Fernando VarelaBotonFounderSummer 2022B2BPanama City, Panama3https://x.com/fernandovarelafEdvin FernqvistBemloFounderWinter 2022HealthcareStockholm, Sweden13—
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Amit Yadav
Founder/CEO·Fern
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size2
BatchWinter 2026
Location
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Cofounder and CEO at Ishiki Labs (W26). Previously: Research Scientist, first in LlaMA team training multimodal LLMs and then in Reality Labs at Meta training video assistant for smart glasses. PhD from Purdue University with 20+ publications at top conferences like CVPR, NeurIPS, and ICASSP
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsPhD
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
