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Known for these resultsRole71%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 71% 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-company57%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 57% of these rows have at least one match.School86%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 86% of these rows have at least one match.
- Aditya MittalFounder/CEO · RoteW27B2B · San Francisco
- Gabriel Castillo@GabrielCasHeFounder/CTO · RoteW27B2B · San Francisco
- Eden OvadiaFounder/CEO · FINNY AIS24Fintech · New York
- Theodore JansonFounder/CTO · FINNY AIS24Fintech · New York
- Victoria ToliFounder · FINNY AIS24Fintech · New York
- Pauline Roteta@PaulineRotetaFounder · PasitoS22Fintech · New York
- Rotem Yakir@yakirrotemFounder/CEO/CTO · GuggyS17Consumer · Tel Aviv
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Aditya MittalRoteFounder/CEOWinter 2027B2BSan Francisco, United States0—Gabriel CastilloRoteFounder/CTOWinter 2027B2BSan Francisco, United States0https://x.com/GabrielCasHeEden OvadiaFINNY AIFounder/CEOSummer 2024FintechNew York, United States35—Theodore JansonFINNY AIFounder/CTOSummer 2024FintechNew York, United States35—Victoria ToliFINNY AIFounderSummer 2024FintechNew York, United States35—Pauline RotetaPasitoFounderSummer 2022FintechNew York, United States20https://x.com/PaulineRotetaRotem YakirGuggyFounder/CEO/CTOSummer 2017ConsumerTel Aviv, Israel2https://x.com/yakirrotem
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Rotem Yakir
Founder/CEO/CTO·Guggy
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO/CTO
Team size2
BatchSummer 2017
LocationTel Aviv, Israel
Company statusInactive
StageEarly
BIO
Golfer, hands-on tech 3x entrepreneur. YC S17 Alumni with over 19 years of experience building APIs, enterprise platforms, web/mobile and blockchain products. My products reach over 100M users and processed over $100M in transactions. Read more at https://rotemyakir.com
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
GuggyGuggy is building the messaging app of the future with real time,…
Co-foundersShahar Yakir
