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Known for these resultsRole17%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 17% 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.Bio83%Bio coverage: 83% 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-company17%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 17% of these rows have at least one match.School50%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 50% of these rows have at least one match.
- Matthew BedewitzFounder · Ohmic BiosciencesS23Industrials · San Francisco
- PJ SteinerFounder · Ohmic BiosciencesS23Industrials · San Francisco
- Penelope Jones@penelopekjones_Founder · OhmW23Industrials · San Francisco
- Michael Heinrich@mheinrichFounder/CEO · gartenS16B2B · San Francisco
- Alex TrimmFounder · OhmS15Industrials · San Francisco
- Hunter Scott@hunterscottFounder · OhmS15Industrials · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Matthew BedewitzOhmic BiosciencesFounderSummer 2023IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2—PJ SteinerOhmic BiosciencesFounderSummer 2023IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2—Penelope JonesOhmFounderWinter 2023IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States6https://x.com/penelopekjones_Michael HeinrichgartenFounder/CEOSummer 2016B2BSan Francisco, United States201https://x.com/mheinrichAlex TrimmOhmFounderSummer 2015IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States0—Hunter ScottOhm2× YCFounderSummer 2015IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States0https://x.com/hunterscott
Showing 1–6 of 6 founders
Michael Heinrich
Founder/CEO·garten
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size201
BatchSummer 2016
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusAcquired
StageGrowth
BIO
Michael is building the largest AI Layer 1 to make AI a public good. Prev. founder & CEO of garten, a Ycombinator Top (S16, YCG F19) and Stanford StartX company. Michael started in technical product management and software engineering at SAP and Microsoft, then worked at Bain and Bridgwater Associates before becoming an entrepreneur. Educated at Stanford (Threshold Venture Fellow, OnTrack Innovation Scholar), Harvard, UC Berkeley (summa cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Americorps Bonner Leader).
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
gartenCreating workplace wellbeing.
