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Known for these resultsRole41%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 41% 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.Bio80%Bio coverage: 80% 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-company18%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 18% of these rows have at least one match.School29%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 29% of these rows have at least one match.
- Finn Lancaster@flancast90Founder/CEO · CapveonF26Government · San Francisco
- Vincent Owen Toniwan@0xvincent_ethFounder/CTO · ArbitalS26Fintech · Singapore
- Michael Zhang@Michaelz1914Founder/CTO · EdotEnvS26B2B · San Francisco
- Rui Wang@RRicefanFounder/CEO · EdotEnvS26B2B · San Francisco
- Edward Ge@EdwardGeFounder/CEO · ExosatS26Industrials · Singapore
- Dan Kondratyuk@hyperparticleFounder · rekursiv.aiS26B2B · San Francisco
- Joshua DillonFounder · rekursiv.aiS26B2B · San Francisco
- Kaushik ASP@kacppianFounder · BentoLabs AIX26B2B · San Francisco
- Devon KrapchoFounder/CEO · CohesionX26B2B · New York
- Matt MunnsFounder · CohesionX26B2B · New York
- Matthew McBrien@mmcbrien4Founder · CohesionX26B2B · New York
- Chetan Manda@theblackmandaFounder/CPO · MochatradeX26Fintech · New York
- Parth Maheshwari@_ParthVader_Founder/CTO · MochatradeX26Fintech · New York
- Utkarsh SinhaFounder/CEO · MochatradeX26Fintech · New York
- Greg Kamradt@GregKamradtFounder/President · ARC Prize FoundationW26Industrials · San Francisco
- Michael Baron@nominalaviatorFounder/CEO · Aurorin CADW26B2B · San Francisco
- Mitch Radhuber@MRadhuberFounder/CEO · CorelayerW26B2B · San Francisco
- Shipra JhaFounder/CTO · CorelayerW26B2B · San Francisco
- Francois Chollet@fcholletFounder · NdeaW26Industrials
- Mike Knoop@mikeknoopFounder · NdeaW26Industrials
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Finn LancasterCapveonFounder/CEOFall 2026GovernmentSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/flancast90Vincent Owen ToniwanArbitalFounder/CTOSummer 2026FintechSingapore, Singapore3https://x.com/0xvincent_ethMichael ZhangEdotEnvFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/Michaelz1914Rui WangEdotEnvFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/RRicefanEdward GeExosatFounder/CEOSummer 2026IndustrialsSingapore, Singapore1https://x.com/EdwardGeDan Kondratyukrekursiv.aiFounderSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/hyperparticleJoshua Dillonrekursiv.aiFounderSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Kaushik ASPBentoLabs AIFounderSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/kacppianDevon KrapchoCohesionFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BNew York, United States3—Matt MunnsCohesionFounderSpring 2026B2BNew York, United States3—Matthew McBrienCohesionFounderSpring 2026B2BNew York, United States3https://x.com/mmcbrien4Chetan MandaMochatradeFounder/CPOSpring 2026FintechNew York, United States3https://x.com/theblackmandaParth MaheshwariMochatradeFounder/CTOSpring 2026FintechNew York, United States3https://x.com/_ParthVader_Utkarsh SinhaMochatradeFounder/CEOSpring 2026FintechNew York, United States3—Greg KamradtARC Prize FoundationFounder/PresidentWinter 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/GregKamradtMichael BaronAurorin CADFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States1https://x.com/nominalaviatorMitch RadhuberCorelayerFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/MRadhuberShipra JhaCorelayerFounder/CTOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Francois CholletNdeaFounderWinter 2026IndustrialsUnknown15https://x.com/fcholletMike KnoopNdeaFounderWinter 2026IndustrialsUnknown15https://x.com/mikeknoop
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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
