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Known for these resultsRole48%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 48% 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.Bio97%Bio coverage: 97% 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.School48%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 48% of these rows have at least one match.
- Anton Livaja@antonlivajaFounder/CEO · CautionS26B2B · George Town
- Ksenia Lesko@xenushFounder · CautionS26B2B · George Town
- Lance VickFounder/CTO · CautionS26B2B · George Town
- Mohit GuptaFounder/CEO · Levocred AIS26Fintech · San Francisco
- Cashel FitzgeraldFounder/CTO · ZommaS26B2B · San Francisco
- Jihyun Kim@jihprobsFounder/CEO · ZommaS26B2B · San Francisco
- Varun ArumugamFounder · ZommaS26B2B · San Francisco
- Michael ClarkFounder/COO · Arctic HealthX26Healthcare · New York
- Devon KrapchoFounder/CEO · CohesionX26B2B · New York
- Nikodem Bieniek@nkdem_bFounder · ExpanseX26B2B · San Francisco
- Luke Button@lukebbuttonFounder/CEO · HedgeX26Fintech · San Francisco
- Luke Rosa@lukerosa_Founder · HedgeX26Fintech · San Francisco
- Jeremie CohenFounder/CEO · KelAIX26Fintech · New York
- Adrian Del Bosque@adriandelbFounder · Kimpton AIX26Fintech · San Francisco
- Jack Zumwalt@jackzumwaltFounder/CEO · Kimpton AIX26Fintech · San Francisco
- Mauricio Ortiz@ortizmauricio_Founder/CTO · Kimpton AIX26Fintech · San Francisco
- Benjamin Finch@btsfinchFounder/CEO · MultiplierX26B2B · New York
- Ian McInnis@imjmcinnisFounder · MultiplierX26B2B · New York
- Oscar LevyFounder/CEO · River MarketsX26Fintech · San Francisco
- Adam RonFounder/CEO · SoriaX26Fintech · New York
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Anton LivajaCautionFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BGeorge Town, Cayman Islands5https://x.com/antonlivajaKsenia LeskoCautionFounderSummer 2026B2BGeorge Town, Cayman Islands5https://x.com/xenushLance VickCautionFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BGeorge Town, Cayman Islands5—Mohit GuptaLevocred AIFounder/CEOSummer 2026FintechSan Francisco, United States2—Cashel FitzgeraldZommaFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States5—Jihyun KimZommaFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/jihprobsVarun ArumugamZommaFounderSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States5—Michael ClarkArctic HealthFounder/COOSpring 2026HealthcareNew York, United States4—Devon KrapchoCohesionFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BNew York, United States3—Nikodem BieniekExpanseFounderSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/nkdem_bLuke ButtonHedgeFounder/CEOSpring 2026FintechSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/lukebbuttonLuke RosaHedgeFounderSpring 2026FintechSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/lukerosa_Jeremie CohenKelAIFounder/CEOSpring 2026FintechNew York, United States3—Adrian Del BosqueKimpton AIFounderSpring 2026FintechSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/adriandelbJack ZumwaltKimpton AIFounder/CEOSpring 2026FintechSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/jackzumwaltMauricio OrtizKimpton AIFounder/CTOSpring 2026FintechSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/ortizmauricio_Benjamin FinchMultiplierFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BNew York, United States3https://x.com/btsfinchIan McInnisMultiplierFounderSpring 2026B2BNew York, United States3https://x.com/imjmcinnisOscar LevyRiver MarketsFounder/CEOSpring 2026FintechSan Francisco, United States2—Adam RonSoriaFounder/CEOSpring 2026FintechNew York, United States3—
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Ismaeel Bashir
Founder/CEO·Expanse
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size4
BatchSpring 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Ismaeel is co-founder and CEO of Expanse. Built the first multimodal HPC resource predictor at EPCC (Edinburgh’s Parallel Computing Centre), beating every published baseline. Previously: ran large scale ML models at one of the world’s largest quantitative funds (QRT). Studied Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh.
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
ExpanseUnlock wasted GPU capacity.
