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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.Bio71%Bio coverage: 71% 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-company14%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 14% of these rows have at least one match.School43%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 43% of these rows have at least one match.
- Kanyes Thaker@KanyesThakerFounder/President · HyperX26B2B · San Francisco
- Shalin Shah@_shalinshah_Founder/CEO · HyperX26B2B · San Francisco
- Dhruv Tandon@groovetandonFounder/CEO · Decisional AIS24B2B · San Francisco
- Sai Neeraj KanuriFounder · Decisional AIS24B2B · San Francisco
- Aseem Gupta@aseemgupta_Founder · SuperKalamW23Education · Bengaluru
- Harshil Mathur@harshilmathurFounder/CEO · RazorpayW15Fintech · Bengaluru
- Shashank Kumar@shashank_krFounder · RazorpayW15Fintech · Bengaluru
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Kanyes ThakerHyperFounder/PresidentSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/KanyesThakerShalin ShahHyperFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/_shalinshah_Dhruv TandonDecisional AIFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/groovetandonSai Neeraj KanuriDecisional AIFounderSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Aseem GuptaSuperKalamFounderWinter 2023EducationBengaluru, India20https://x.com/aseemgupta_Harshil MathurRazorpayFounder/CEOWinter 2015FintechBengaluru, India2700https://x.com/harshilmathurShashank KumarRazorpayFounderWinter 2015FintechBengaluru, India2700https://x.com/shashank_kr
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Shalin Shah
Founder/CEO·Hyper
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size2
BatchSpring 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
cofounder & ceo @ hyper, led autonomy @ matic robots + built their v0 humanoid which closed their series b, studied cs+math @ berkeley & top 1% of class. in a past life: started coding at 12; interned at 2 yc co's in 7th/8th grade; built study tool w 100k MAU in middle school & app for blind ppl w 3m+ users in high school; won $100k in high school science fairs to pay all college tuition and scored a perfect 2400 on the SAT.
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
HyperCompany brain that powers your AI employees
Co-foundersKanyes Thaker@KanyesThaker
