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Known for these resultsRole33%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 33% 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.Bio93%Bio coverage: 93% 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-company20%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 20% of these rows have at least one match.School27%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 27% of these rows have at least one match.
- Michael Jeffords@michaelbjeffFounder/CEO · ConiferS26B2B · San Francisco
- Brogan BamBrogan@BamBroganFounder/CTO · Ethos Space ResourcesS26Industrials · Los Angeles
- Jacob BalajFounder/CTO · Hop AeroS26Industrials · Los Angeles
- Matija Milenovic@mat_milenovicFounder/CEO · Hop AeroS26Industrials · Los Angeles
- Karan RainaFounder/CTO · HyperProbeS26B2B · San Francisco
- Shailendra SinghFounder/CEO · HyperProbeS26B2B · San Francisco
- Dan Kondratyuk@hyperparticleFounder · rekursiv.aiS26B2B · San Francisco
- Kanyes Thaker@KanyesThakerFounder/President · HyperX26B2B · San Francisco
- Shalin Shah@_shalinshah_Founder/CEO · HyperX26B2B · San Francisco
- Akshay TrikhaFounder/CEO · MadroneX26Industrials · San Francisco
- Erik MeikeFounder/CTO · MadroneX26Industrials · San Francisco
- Claire Nord@clairen19Founder/CTO · Napkin MathX26Consumer · San Francisco
- Manuel Castro@manny4cFounder · Napkin MathX26Consumer · San Francisco
- Emil Falk@falkemil_Founder · Tenet IndustriesX26Industrials · San Francisco
- Fabian Andersson@0xfabian_Founder · Tenet IndustriesX26Industrials · San Francisco
- Hugo Frisk@PepperoniPinguFounder/CEO · Tenet IndustriesX26Industrials · San Francisco
- Ibrahim RabbaniFounder/CEO · Zibra LabsX26B2B · San Francisco
- Zac PoliczerFounder/CTO · Zibra LabsX26B2B · San Francisco
- Kamran MajidFounder/CEO · Constellation SpaceW26B2B · Seattle
- Laith AltarabishiFounder · Constellation SpaceW26B2B · Seattle
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Michael JeffordsConiferFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/michaelbjeffBrogan BamBroganEthos Space ResourcesFounder/CTOSummer 2026IndustrialsLos Angeles, United States2https://x.com/BamBroganJacob BalajHop AeroFounder/CTOSummer 2026IndustrialsLos Angeles, United States6—Matija MilenovicHop AeroFounder/CEOSummer 2026IndustrialsLos Angeles, United States6https://x.com/mat_milenovicKaran RainaHyperProbeFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States8—Shailendra SinghHyperProbeFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States8—Dan Kondratyukrekursiv.aiFounderSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/hyperparticleKanyes ThakerHyperFounder/PresidentSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/KanyesThakerShalin ShahHyperFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/_shalinshah_Akshay TrikhaMadroneFounder/CEOSpring 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2—Erik MeikeMadroneFounder/CTOSpring 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2—Claire NordNapkin MathFounder/CTOSpring 2026ConsumerSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/clairen19Manuel CastroNapkin MathFounderSpring 2026ConsumerSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/manny4cEmil FalkTenet IndustriesFounderSpring 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/falkemil_Fabian AnderssonTenet IndustriesFounderSpring 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/0xfabian_Hugo FriskTenet IndustriesFounder/CEOSpring 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/PepperoniPinguIbrahim RabbaniZibra LabsFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Zac PoliczerZibra LabsFounder/CTOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Kamran MajidConstellation SpaceFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BSeattle, United States4—Laith AltarabishiConstellation SpaceFounderWinter 2026B2BSeattle, United States4—
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Dan Kondratyuk
Founder·rekursiv.ai
This handle is the company’s account, listed on the founder profile — not a personal handle.
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size2
BatchSummer 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Ex-Google, Ex-LumaAI scientist for a combined total of 7 years. First author of VideoPoet (ICML 2024 Best Paper), led the World Models team at Luma, and built large-scale multimodal LLMs and diffusion models for image, video, audio, and text. Now co-founder of rekursiv.ai, automating the science of ML research.
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
rekursiv.aiScale AI scientists whose own breakthroughs accelerate the next.
Co-foundersJoshua Dillon
