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- Anand-Arnaud Pajaniradjane@anandPa94Founder/CEO · ScopeX26B2B · San Francisco
- Bernard Xie@berniex_xFounder · KestralX25B2B · San Francisco
- Brian Kim@BrianYKim_BYKFounder/CEO · KestralX25B2B · San Francisco
- Emily Choi-Greene@escgreeneFounder/CEO · Clearly AIS24B2B · Seattle
- Joe Choi-Greene@JoeChoiGreeneFounder/CTO · Clearly AIS24B2B · Seattle
- Anada Lakra@AnadaLakraFounder · BoldVoiceS21Consumer · New York
- Ilya Usorov@ilyausorovFounder · BoldVoiceS21Consumer · New York
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Anand-Arnaud PajaniradjaneScopeFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/anandPa94Bernard XieKestralFounderSpring 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/berniex_xBrian KimKestralFounder/CEOSpring 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/BrianYKim_BYKEmily Choi-GreeneClearly AIFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BSeattle, United States17https://x.com/escgreeneJoe Choi-GreeneClearly AIFounder/CTOSummer 2024B2BSeattle, United States17https://x.com/JoeChoiGreeneAnada LakraBoldVoiceFounderSummer 2021ConsumerNew York, United States12https://x.com/AnadaLakraIlya UsorovBoldVoiceFounderSummer 2021ConsumerNew York, United States12https://x.com/ilyausorovShowing 1–7 of 7 founders
Anand-Arnaud Pajaniradjane
Founder/CEO·Scope
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size2
BatchSpring 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Anand is the founder of Scope, which helps companies understand and improve how AI agents discover, choose, and use their product. Before Scope, he did interpretability research on closed-source models at Princeton and later worked as an ML engineer in GEO/AEO. He started Scope after seeing that model behavior was becoming commercially important, while companies still had almost no visibility into how those systems were influencing product discovery and usability.
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
We help software companies get discovered and used by AI agents