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Known for these resultsRole11%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 11% 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.Bio89%Bio coverage: 89% 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-company22%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 22% of these rows have at least one match.School44%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 44% of these rows have at least one match.
- Sudhish SwainFounder/CTO · PetrarchS26B2B · San Francisco
- Eric ZhuFounder · AxisW26Fintech · San Francisco
- Ian WangFounder · AxisW26Fintech · San Francisco
- Kevin Lu@kevinlu1248Founder · SweepS23B2B · San Francisco
- William Zeng@wwzeng1Founder · SweepS23B2B · San Francisco
- Michael Shattuck@shattuckioFounder · SoonW22Fintech · Salt Lake City
- Guilhem Herail@guilhemherailFounder · Hermes RoboticsW21Industrials · San Francisco
- Yair Dovrat@YDovratFounder · ZarazW20B2B · San Francisco
- Yo'av MosheFounder · ZarazW20B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Sudhish SwainPetrarchFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Eric ZhuAxisFounderWinter 2026FintechSan Francisco, United States2—Ian WangAxisFounderWinter 2026FintechSan Francisco, United States2—Kevin LuSweepFounderSummer 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/kevinlu1248William ZengSweepFounderSummer 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/wwzeng1Michael ShattuckSoonFounderWinter 2022FintechSalt Lake City, United States4https://x.com/shattuckioGuilhem HerailHermes RoboticsFounderWinter 2021IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/guilhemherailYair DovratZarazFounderWinter 2020B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/YDovratYo'av MosheZarazFounderWinter 2020B2BSan Francisco, United States2—
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Ian Lee
Founder/CEO·Petrarch
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size3
BatchSummer 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Founder at Petrarch. Previously Fellow at Meridian AI building training data and GTM infrastructure for AI-native Excel in financial services. Technical Advisor at Scale AI, working on quality filtering and annotation for agentic assistants and reasoning models. BA in Applied Mathematics and Psychology from Harvard.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
Disciplinenot detectedKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
PetrarchInternal industrial company data for frontier labs
