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- Alexandre Combes@alexcmbs17Founder/CTO · FoasterX26B2B · San Francisco
- Raphaël Dabadie@RaphaelDabadieFounder/CEO · FoasterX26B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Alexandre CombesFoasterFounder/CTOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/alexcmbs17Raphaël DabadieFoasterFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/RaphaelDabadie
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Raphaël Dabadie
Founder/CEO·Foaster
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size2
BatchSpring 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Raphaël is the co-founder and CEO of Foaster. At 11, he grew a tennis fan community to 400,000+ people. At 18, he joined Rafael Nadal's team as an agent. He later became a TEDx speaker at 23 and built a public audience around consulting, writing essays that accumulated hundreds of thousands of views. Before Foaster, Raphaël and his co-founder Alexandre ran their own AI consultancy. They recently co-authored two of 2025's most viral LLM benchmarks, reaching 12M+ views.
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
Disciplinenot detectedKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
FoasterThe AI-native McKinsey
Co-foundersAlexandre Combes@alexcmbs17
