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Known for these resultsRole50%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 50% 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.Bio86%Bio coverage: 86% 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-company26%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 26% 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.
- Aaron Leon@aaronleon_xFounder/CTO · HubbleS26Healthcare · Seattle
- Prabha Dublish@prabhadublishFounder/CEO · HubbleS26Healthcare · Seattle
- Joshua Wang@joshwqngsrFounder/CEO · AstraeaX26B2B · San Francisco
- Sanmay SaradaFounder/CTO · AstraeaX26B2B · San Francisco
- Cyrus KellyFounder/CEO · tday.comX26B2B · San Francisco
- David McDonough@David_l_mcd1Founder/COO · tday.comX26B2B · San Francisco
- Edgar Babajanyan@BabajanyanEdgarFounder/CTO · CaptainW26B2B · San Francisco
- Lewis Lien Polansky@lienpolanskyFounder/CEO · CaptainW26B2B · San Francisco
- Devi JhaFounder/CEO · CardinalW26B2B · San Francisco
- Jianna LiuFounder/CTO · CardinalW26B2B · San Francisco
- Bruno FincoFounder/CTO · MOVEdotF25B2B · San Francisco
- Girish RadhakrishnanFounder/CEO · MOVEdotF25B2B · San Francisco
- Peter KroghFounder · BlueS25Consumer · San Francisco
- Anson Yu@ansonyuuFounder/CEO · NormalS25Industrials · San Francisco
- Hudhayfa Nazoordeen@hud_zahFounder · NormalS25Industrials · San Francisco
- Aryan SharmaFounder/CFO · Spotlight RealtyS25Real Estate and Construction · San Francisco
- Jake PhelanFounder · Spotlight RealtyS25Real Estate and Construction · San Francisco
- Raymond AllieFounder/CEO · Spotlight RealtyS25Real Estate and Construction · San Francisco
- Pranav NairFounder/CTO · ExlaW25B2B · San Francisco
- Viraat Das@therealviraatFounder/CEO · ExlaW25B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Aaron LeonHubbleFounder/CTOSummer 2026HealthcareSeattle, United States2https://x.com/aaronleon_xPrabha DublishHubbleFounder/CEOSummer 2026HealthcareSeattle, United States2https://x.com/prabhadublishJoshua WangAstraeaFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/joshwqngsrSanmay SaradaAstraeaFounder/CTOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Cyrus Kellytday.comFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—David McDonoughtday.comFounder/COOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/David_l_mcd1Edgar BabajanyanCaptainFounder/CTOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/BabajanyanEdgarLewis Lien PolanskyCaptainFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/lienpolanskyDevi JhaCardinal2× YCFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States0—Jianna LiuCardinal2× YCFounder/CTOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States0—Bruno FincoMOVEdotFounder/CTOFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States10—Girish RadhakrishnanMOVEdotFounder/CEOFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States10—Peter KroghBlueFounderSummer 2025ConsumerSan Francisco, United States6—Anson YuNormalFounder/CEOSummer 2025IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/ansonyuuHudhayfa NazoordeenNormalFounderSummer 2025IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/hud_zahAryan SharmaSpotlight RealtyFounder/CFOSummer 2025Real Estate and ConstructionSan Francisco, United States4—Jake PhelanSpotlight RealtyFounderSummer 2025Real Estate and ConstructionSan Francisco, United States4—Raymond AllieSpotlight RealtyFounder/CEOSummer 2025Real Estate and ConstructionSan Francisco, United States4—Pranav NairExlaFounder/CTOWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Viraat DasExlaFounder/CEOWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/therealviraat
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David McDonough
Founder/COO·tday.com
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/COO
Team size2
BatchSpring 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Building tday, an AI pipeline that turns codebases & PRs into on-brand marketing visuals. Previously Technical Lead at VAL.AI, where I built Australia's first portfolio-scale residential Energy Efficiency Score, lead team to deploy in market with Australia's largest bank & real estate listing platforms. As Lead Engineer at MEQ Solutions, I built novel ML models that predict lamb and beef eating quality from intramuscular fluorescence-spectroscopy signatures. B. Eng. (Computer Syst.) (Hons)
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
No notable employer or school mentioned in the bio.
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineEngineerKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
tday.comAI that turns your product into on-brand marketing content
Co-foundersCyrus Kelly
