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Known for these resultsRole49%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 49% 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.Bio91%Bio coverage: 91% 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-company11%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 11% of these rows have at least one match.School37%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 37% of these rows have at least one match.
- Deepankur ThurejaFounder/CEO · Dipole LabsS26Industrials · Boston
- Gabriele PasqualeFounder/CTO · Dipole LabsS26Industrials · Boston
- Dan KomornyFounder/CTO · Earendil RoboticsS26Industrials · San Francisco
- Dennis RenFounder/CEO · Neuron IndustriesS26Industrials · Los Angeles
- Atharva Peshkar@atharva_peshkarFounder/CTO · AxionOrbital SpaceW26Industrials · San Francisco
- Dhenenjay Yadav@dhenenjayFounder/CEO · AxionOrbital SpaceW26Industrials · San Francisco
- Nikolai VoglerFounder/CTO · BeeSafe AIW26B2B · San Francisco
- Kamran MajidFounder/CEO · Constellation SpaceW26B2B · Seattle
- Laith AltarabishiFounder · Constellation SpaceW26B2B · Seattle
- Omeed Tehrani@omeedtehraniFounder/COO · Constellation SpaceW26B2B · Seattle
- Raaid Kabir@raaidkabirFounder · Constellation SpaceW26B2B · Seattle
- Bram Schork@bramschorkFounder/CEO · General AstronauticsW26Industrials · San Francisco
- Philip BorgeFounder · CrunchedF25B2B · Oslo
- Luca PegolottiFounder/CTO · NucleoF25Healthcare
- Adam MhatreFounder/CTO · PhotoniumX25B2B · New York
- Jennifer SongFounder/CEO · PhotoniumX25B2B · New York
- Onkar Batra@ionkarbatraFounder/CEO · ApolinkF24Industrials · San Francisco
- Arnold VillatoroFounder · SpecCheckW23B2B · Los Angeles
- Joe DeMariaFounder · SpecCheckW23B2B · Los Angeles
- John JostFounder · EnlightraW22Industrials · Lausanne
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Deepankur ThurejaDipole LabsFounder/CEOSummer 2026IndustrialsBoston, United States0—Gabriele PasqualeDipole LabsFounder/CTOSummer 2026IndustrialsBoston, United States0—Dan KomornyEarendil RoboticsFounder/CTOSummer 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States7—Dennis RenNeuron IndustriesFounder/CEOSummer 2026IndustrialsLos Angeles, United States2—Atharva PeshkarAxionOrbital SpaceFounder/CTOWinter 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/atharva_peshkarDhenenjay YadavAxionOrbital SpaceFounder/CEOWinter 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/dhenenjayNikolai VoglerBeeSafe AIFounder/CTOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Kamran MajidConstellation SpaceFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BSeattle, United States4—Laith AltarabishiConstellation SpaceFounderWinter 2026B2BSeattle, United States4—Omeed TehraniConstellation SpaceFounder/COOWinter 2026B2BSeattle, United States4https://x.com/omeedtehraniRaaid KabirConstellation SpaceFounderWinter 2026B2BSeattle, United States4https://x.com/raaidkabirBram SchorkGeneral AstronauticsFounder/CEOWinter 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/bramschorkPhilip BorgeCrunchedFounderFall 2025B2BOslo, Norway5—Luca PegolottiNucleoFounder/CTOFall 2025HealthcareUnknown2—Adam MhatrePhotoniumFounder/CTOSpring 2025B2BNew York, United States5—Jennifer SongPhotoniumFounder/CEOSpring 2025B2BNew York, United States5—Onkar BatraApolinkFounder/CEOFall 2024IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States7https://x.com/ionkarbatraArnold VillatoroSpecCheckFounderWinter 2023B2BLos Angeles, United States5—Joe DeMariaSpecCheckFounderWinter 2023B2BLos Angeles, United States5—John JostEnlightraFounderWinter 2022IndustrialsLausanne, Switzerland22—
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Daniel Spokoyny
Founder/CEO·BeeSafe AI
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size3
BatchWinter 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
I am a machine learning and security researcher with 10+ years in ML and NLP. I earned my PhD at CMU with research on novel transformer architectures, better training objectives, and evaluation benchmarks for reasoning.
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
COMPANY CONTEXT
BeeSafe AIFrontier AI Defenses for Social Engineering Attacks
