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Known for these resultsRole36%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 36% 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.Bio100%Bio coverage: 100% 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-company9%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 9% of these rows have at least one match.School45%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 45% of these rows have at least one match.
- Jonas GruetterFounder/CEO · GripS26Industrials · Zürich
- Stanislaw PiaseckiFounder/CTO · GripS26Industrials · Zürich
- Max PfeifferFounder/CTO · Voxel EnergyW26Industrials
- Sneha KumariFounder · Merlin AIS24B2B · Los Angeles
- David WeinbergFounder/CEO · ParcelBioW24Healthcare · San Francisco
- Johan KersFounder · Birch BiosciencesS22Industrials · Portland
- Anton Pluschke@DrAPluschkeFounder · Ordinary SeafoodS22Consumer · Potsdam
- Nicolas RamsayFounder · CircularW22Consumer · Singapore
- Pantha Roy@PanthaRoyFounder · CircularW22Consumer · Singapore
- John Wetzel@John__WetzelFounder · GatherS20B2B · New York
- Sergei LepchenkovFounder · GiveAwayW20Consumer · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Jonas GruetterGripFounder/CEOSummer 2026IndustrialsZürich, Switzerland4—Stanislaw PiaseckiGripFounder/CTOSummer 2026IndustrialsZürich, Switzerland4—Max PfeifferVoxel EnergyFounder/CTOWinter 2026IndustrialsUnknown3—Sneha KumariMerlin AIFounderSummer 2024B2BLos Angeles, United States19—David WeinbergParcelBioFounder/CEOWinter 2024HealthcareSan Francisco, United States6—Johan KersBirch BiosciencesFounderSummer 2022IndustrialsPortland, United States10—Anton PluschkeOrdinary SeafoodFounderSummer 2022ConsumerPotsdam, Germany5https://x.com/DrAPluschkeNicolas RamsayCircularFounderWinter 2022ConsumerSingapore, Singapore25—Pantha RoyCircularFounderWinter 2022ConsumerSingapore, Singapore25https://x.com/PanthaRoyJohn WetzelGatherFounderSummer 2020B2BNew York, United States6https://x.com/John__WetzelSergei LepchenkovGiveAwayFounderWinter 2020ConsumerSan Francisco, United States1—
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Stanislaw Piasecki
Founder/CTO·Grip
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size4
BatchSummer 2026
LocationZürich, Switzerland
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Co-founder at Grip. Previously founding engineer at URSA Mining, building autonomous excavators with custom control circuits, RL simulators, and multi-sensor perception systems. Built autonomous interceptor drones at CDDS, autonomous race cars at AMZ and quadruped robotics at ANYbotics. MS in Computational Science & Engineering from ETH Zürich.
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
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