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Known for these resultsRole47%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 47% 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-company37%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 37% of these rows have at least one match.School47%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 47% of these rows have at least one match.
- Bao NguyenFounder/CEO · HessianX26B2B · San Francisco
- James SmithFounder/COO · HessianX26B2B · San Francisco
- Tom WatsonFounder/CTO · HessianX26B2B · San Francisco
- Ahmad Shehu@ahmxrdFounder/CTO · Avelis HealthS25Healthcare
- Angel Onuoha@angelonuoha7Founder/CEO · Avelis HealthS25Healthcare
- Zlatko Jončev@ZJoncevFounder/CEO · b12 LabsS25Healthcare · San Francisco
- Niek HogenboomFounder/CEO · Minimal AIS25B2B · Amsterdam
- Titus ExFounder/CTO · Minimal AIS25B2B · Amsterdam
- Bill WangFounder/CTO · Besimple AIX25B2B · San Francisco
- Yi ZhongFounder/CEO · Besimple AIX25B2B · San Francisco
- Alex FusterFounder/CEO · AstroW25Industrials · New York
- Armen ForgetFounder · Letter AIS23B2B · Chicago
- Conrad LillenessFounder · ConduitW23B2B · San Francisco
- David LawrenceFounder · QuindarS22B2B · Denver
- Matt ReganFounder · QuindarS22B2B · Denver
- Nate Hamet@NateHametFounder · QuindarS22B2B · Denver
- Shaishav ParekhFounder · QuindarS22B2B · Denver
- Sunny Bhagavathula@sunny_in_spaceFounder · QuindarS22B2B · Denver
- Zach MezaFounder · QuindarS22B2B · Denver
- Jonathan Irwin@jonoirwinFounder · CerebriumW22B2B · New York
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Bao NguyenHessianFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—James SmithHessianFounder/COOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Tom WatsonHessianFounder/CTOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Ahmad ShehuAvelis HealthFounder/CTOSummer 2025HealthcareUnknown3https://x.com/ahmxrdAngel OnuohaAvelis HealthFounder/CEOSummer 2025HealthcareUnknown3https://x.com/angelonuoha7Zlatko Jončevb12 LabsFounder/CEOSummer 2025HealthcareSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/ZJoncevNiek HogenboomMinimal AIFounder/CEOSummer 2025B2BAmsterdam, Netherlands3—Titus ExMinimal AIFounder/CTOSummer 2025B2BAmsterdam, Netherlands3—Bill WangBesimple AIFounder/CTOSpring 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States6—Yi ZhongBesimple AIFounder/CEOSpring 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States6—Alex FusterAstroFounder/CEOWinter 2025IndustrialsNew York, United States1—Armen ForgetLetter AIFounderSummer 2023B2BChicago, United States70—Conrad LillenessConduitFounderWinter 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States15—David LawrenceQuindarFounderSummer 2022B2BDenver, United States57—Matt ReganQuindarFounderSummer 2022B2BDenver, United States57—Nate HametQuindarFounderSummer 2022B2BDenver, United States57https://x.com/NateHametShaishav ParekhQuindarFounderSummer 2022B2BDenver, United States57—Sunny BhagavathulaQuindarFounderSummer 2022B2BDenver, United States57https://x.com/sunny_in_spaceZach MezaQuindarFounderSummer 2022B2BDenver, United States57—Jonathan IrwinCerebriumFounderWinter 2022B2BNew York, United States4https://x.com/jonoirwin
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Bao Nguyen
Founder/CEO·Hessian
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size3
BatchSpring 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Bao, co-founder and CEO of Hessian – leads GTM, fundraising, customer relationships, and ML strategy. He co-founded Zettafleet, leading engineers to build a decentralized LLM training platform on hundreds of GPUs, and was a SWE at Bloomberg building ML pipelines to rate physical assets and managed a Bloomberg-Goldman Sachs Index. MPhil (scholarship) from the University of Cambridge and BSc from Durham University in CS, with publications in ML systems, including research with Google DeepMind.
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
HessianForward-deployed AI Agents
