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Known for these resultsRole33%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 33% 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.
- Sadia Saifuddin@sadiasaifuddin1Founder/CPO · Risely AIS25Education · San Francisco
- Sahil Hasan@itsahil85Founder · Dots 💸S21Fintech · San Francisco
- Billy ThalheimerFounder · REGENTW21Industrials · North Kingstown
- Michael KlinkerFounder · REGENTW21Industrials · North Kingstown
- Tom Harari@tomharariFounder/CEO · CleanlyW15Consumer · New York
- Caroline Cochran@caorilneFounder · OkloS14Industrials · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Sadia SaifuddinRisely AIFounder/CPOSummer 2025EducationSan Francisco, United States8https://x.com/sadiasaifuddin1Sahil HasanDots 💸FounderSummer 2021FintechSan Francisco, United States10https://x.com/itsahil85Billy ThalheimerREGENTFounderWinter 2021IndustrialsNorth Kingstown, United States40—Michael KlinkerREGENTFounderWinter 2021IndustrialsNorth Kingstown, United States40—Tom HarariCleanlyFounder/CEOWinter 2015ConsumerNew York, United States40https://x.com/tomharariCaroline CochranOkloFounderSummer 2014IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States50https://x.com/caorilne
Showing 1–6 of 6 founders
Chen Atlas
Founder/CTO·Cleanly
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size40
BatchWinter 2015
LocationNew York, United States
Company statusActive
StageGrowth
BIO
Chen is CTO and Founder at Optery. Prior to founding Optery, Chen was tech lead and architect for 50+ engineers at Runa HR. Prior to Runa HR he was Co-Founder and CTO of As You Stay, and Cleanly, the on-demand laundry service. Chen was recruited out of high school by the Israel Defense Forces (Mamram) to build logistics platforms and is an expert in building large scale complex systems with high availability. Chen is an alumnus of Bar-Ilan University (BA) and Y Combinator (Cleanly, W15).
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
DisciplineEngineerKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
2× YC founder
- W15CleanlyActive · this entry
- W22OpteryActive
COMPANY CONTEXT
CleanlyLaundry & Dry Cleaning delivered.
