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Known for these resultsRole53%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 53% 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.Bio81%Bio coverage: 81% 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-company16%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 16% of these rows have at least one match.School28%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 28% of these rows have at least one match.
- Daniel YoonFounder/CEO · ForwardF26B2B · San Francisco
- Darryl Luo@DarrylLuoFounder/CTO · ForwardF26B2B · San Francisco
- Riley JanjisFounder · ForwardF26B2B · San Francisco
- Thomas PerezFounder/COO · COACHS26B2B · San Francisco
- Mert TurnaFounder/CTO · DeryaS26B2B · San Francisco
- Oguzhan KaracaFounder/CEO · DeryaS26B2B · San Francisco
- Minghao TanFounder/CTO · DonkeyS26B2B · San Francisco
- Carl Stauffer@carlstauffer_Founder/CEO · RiftenS26B2B · San Francisco
- Bryce JudyFounder/CEO · Tarifflo Inc.S26B2B · Salt Lake City
- Antoine BertrandFounder/CTO · ForesightX26B2B · New York
- Eytan RozenblumFounder/CEO · ForesightX26B2B · New York
- Bao NguyenFounder/CEO · HessianX26B2B · San Francisco
- James SmithFounder/COO · HessianX26B2B · San Francisco
- Tom WatsonFounder/CTO · HessianX26B2B · San Francisco
- Lakshya Gupta@tokenawareFounder/CTO · Lab0X26B2B · San Francisco
- Onkar Borade@onkar_borade_10Founder/CEO · Lab0X26B2B · San Francisco
- Sujay Srivastava@SujaySrivFounder · Lab0X26B2B · San Francisco
- Ricardo Nunez@ricardonunez_ioFounder · SalesgraphX26B2B · San Francisco
- Ruhan Ponnada@RuhanPonnadaFounder/CEO · SalesgraphX26B2B · San Francisco
- Andrew Lee@startupandrewFounder/CEO · TaskletX26B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Daniel YoonForwardFounder/CEOFall 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States5—Darryl LuoForwardFounder/CTOFall 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/DarrylLuoRiley JanjisForwardFounderFall 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States5—Thomas PerezCOACHFounder/COOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States4—Mert TurnaDeryaFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Oguzhan KaracaDeryaFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Minghao TanDonkeyFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States7—Carl StaufferRiftenFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States0https://x.com/carlstauffer_Bryce JudyTarifflo Inc.Founder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSalt Lake City, United States5—Antoine BertrandForesightFounder/CTOSpring 2026B2BNew York, United States2—Eytan RozenblumForesightFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BNew York, United States2—Bao NguyenHessianFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—James SmithHessianFounder/COOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Tom WatsonHessianFounder/CTOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Lakshya GuptaLab0Founder/CTOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/tokenawareOnkar BoradeLab0Founder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/onkar_borade_10Sujay SrivastavaLab0FounderSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/SujaySrivRicardo NunezSalesgraphFounderSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/ricardonunez_ioRuhan PonnadaSalesgraphFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/RuhanPonnadaAndrew LeeTasklet2× YCFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States8https://x.com/startupandrew
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Lakshya Gupta
Founder/CTO·Lab0
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size3
BatchSpring 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Building agents to deploy agents at Lab0.ai. Always down to talk about model quirks. Previously was a founding engineer at Emergent (YC S24) - scaled it from 0 to $70M ARR - leading integrations, evals and deployments. Studied Computer Science at IIT Bombay. More brags - Was All India Rank 12 in JEE Advanced 2020 and won a Bronze medal for India at the Asian Physics Olympiad 2019 held in Australia.
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
