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Known for these resultsRole89%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 89% 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-company33%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 33% of these rows have at least one match.School67%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 67% of these rows have at least one match.
- Lance VickFounder/CTO · CautionS26B2B · George Town
- Brent Burdick@BingBongBrentFounder/CEO · Confluence LabsW26B2B · San Francisco
- Niranjan BaskaranFounder/CTO · Confluence LabsW26B2B · San Francisco
- Ayaan ParikhFounder/CEO · ConvexiaS25Healthcare · San Francisco
- Rahul VijayanFounder/CTO · ConvexiaS25Healthcare · San Francisco
- Derek YeFounder/CTO · MaximalS25B2B · San Francisco
- Leeds Rising@LeedsRisingFounder/CEO · MaximalS25B2B · San Francisco
- Alan Wells@alanwellsFounder/CEO · RocketableW25B2B · San Francisco
- Maxime Allouch@_maximallFounder · Vera HealthS24Healthcare · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Lance VickCautionFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BGeorge Town, Cayman Islands5—Brent BurdickConfluence LabsFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/BingBongBrentNiranjan BaskaranConfluence LabsFounder/CTOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Ayaan ParikhConvexiaFounder/CEOSummer 2025HealthcareSan Francisco, United States4—Rahul VijayanConvexiaFounder/CTOSummer 2025HealthcareSan Francisco, United States4—Derek YeMaximalFounder/CTOSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Leeds RisingMaximalFounder/CEOSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/LeedsRisingAlan WellsRocketableFounder/CEOWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/alanwellsMaxime AllouchVera HealthFounderSummer 2024HealthcareSan Francisco, United States6https://x.com/_maximall
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Ksenia Lesko
Founder·Caution
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size5
BatchSummer 2026
LocationGeorge Town, Cayman Islands
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Co-founder at Caution, where we help teams run sensitive workloads in secure enclaves and cryptographically prove what code is running in production. I lead the business and product side; previously ran strategy and ops at Distrust (distrust.co) and led customer education and activation at Ada (ada.cx).
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
No notable employer or school mentioned in the bio.
Credentialsnone mentioned
Disciplinenot detectedKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
CautionHosting platform for software you don't want to have hacked
