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Known for these resultsRole33%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 33% 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-company67%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 67% 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.
- Ben OngFounder/CEO · LightsprintX26B2B · San Francisco
- Benedict Chan@bencxrFounder · LightsprintX26B2B · San Francisco
- Heng Hong Lee@henghongleeFounder · LightsprintX26B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Ben OngLightsprintFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Benedict ChanLightsprintFounderSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/bencxrHeng Hong LeeLightsprintFounderSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/henghonglee
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Benedict Chan
Founder·Lightsprint
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size3
BatchSpring 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Founder at Lightsprint, an AI-native loop for building products: decide → spec → ship → learn → repeat. Past: Engineering leadership — CTO @ BitGo (NYSE: BTGO), Head of Eng @ Chainlink, SDE2 @ Microsoft
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
Lightsprint
Collaborative product development with cloud agents
