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Known for these resultsRole57%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 57% 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.Bio94%Bio coverage: 94% 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-company31%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 31% of these rows have at least one match.School36%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 36% of these rows have at least one match.
- Akira Tong@akkkkiiraFounder/CTO · Arga LabsX26B2B · San Francisco
- Phillip Li@PhillipLiiFounder/CEO · Arga LabsX26B2B · San Francisco
- Emmett BickerFounder/CEO · AsterX26B2B · San Francisco
- Eren Mendi@erenzmendi03Founder · ExpanseX26B2B · San Francisco
- Ismaeel Bashir@ismaeel_bashir_Founder/CEO · ExpanseX26B2B · San Francisco
- Nikodem Bieniek@nkdem_bFounder · ExpanseX26B2B · San Francisco
- Yafet Melake@yafet_melakeFounder · ExpanseX26B2B · San Francisco
- Bishal Karmakar@BishalK_Founder/CTO · ProjectXX26B2B · San Francisco
- Rounak Adhikary@RounaccFounder/CEO · ProjectXX26B2B · San Francisco
- Sourya Majumder@runallappsFounder/COO · ProjectXX26B2B · San Francisco
- Connor Loi@connortbotFounder/CEO · ReplicasX26B2B · San Francisco
- Saai Arora@SaaiAroraFounder/CTO · ReplicasX26B2B · San Francisco
- Avi Peltz@avimakesrobotsFounder/CPO · SupersetX26B2B · San Francisco
- Kiet Ho@FlyaKietFounder/CEO · SupersetX26B2B · San Francisco
- Satya Patel@saddle_paddleFounder/CTO · SupersetX26B2B · San Francisco
- Ibrahim RabbaniFounder/CEO · Zibra LabsX26B2B · San Francisco
- Zac PoliczerFounder/CTO · Zibra LabsX26B2B · San Francisco
- Arne Strickmann@arnestrickmannFounder/CTO · EmdashW26B2B · San Francisco
- Raban von Spiegel@rabanspiegelFounder/CEO · EmdashW26B2B · San Francisco
- Sam Kaplan@samrkaplanFounder/CEO · RemixW26Consumer · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Akira TongArga LabsFounder/CTOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/akkkkiiraPhillip LiArga LabsFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/PhillipLiiEmmett BickerAsterFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Eren MendiExpanseFounderSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/erenzmendi03Ismaeel BashirExpanseFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/ismaeel_bashir_Nikodem BieniekExpanseFounderSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/nkdem_bYafet MelakeExpanseFounderSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/yafet_melakeBishal KarmakarProjectXFounder/CTOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States8https://x.com/BishalK_Rounak AdhikaryProjectXFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States8https://x.com/RounaccSourya MajumderProjectXFounder/COOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States8https://x.com/runallappsConnor LoiReplicasFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/connortbotSaai AroraReplicasFounder/CTOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/SaaiAroraAvi PeltzSupersetFounder/CPOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/avimakesrobotsKiet HoSupersetFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/FlyaKietSatya PatelSupersetFounder/CTOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/saddle_paddleIbrahim RabbaniZibra LabsFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Zac PoliczerZibra LabsFounder/CTOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Arne StrickmannEmdashFounder/CTOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/arnestrickmannRaban von SpiegelEmdashFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/rabanspiegelSam KaplanRemixFounder/CEOWinter 2026ConsumerSan Francisco, United States0https://x.com/samrkaplan
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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.
