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Known for these resultsRole50%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 50% 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.Bio75%Bio coverage: 75% 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-company25%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 25% of these rows have at least one match.School75%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 75% of these rows have at least one match.
- Matthew Chow@mattchowxFounder/CEO · TropeS26B2B · San Francisco
- Victor Vannara@victorvannaraFounder/CTO · TropeS26B2B · San Francisco
- Fengjiao PengFounder · ShortbreadW23Consumer · San Francisco
- Yiping LyuFounder · ShortbreadW23Consumer · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Matthew ChowTropeFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/mattchowxVictor VannaraTropeFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/victorvannaraFengjiao PengShortbreadFounderWinter 2023ConsumerSan Francisco, United States4—Yiping LyuShortbreadFounderWinter 2023ConsumerSan Francisco, United States4—
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Victor Vannara
Founder/CTO·Trope
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size2
BatchSummer 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Co-Founder at Trope. Deployed AI agents for operations at Amazon. Built Discord bots used by 400k users at 13 years old. UBC computer science grad.
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
TropeThe AI-native ERP system integrator
Co-foundersMatthew Chow@mattchowx
