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Known for these resultsRole55%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 55% 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-company36%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 36% of these rows have at least one match.School55%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 55% of these rows have at least one match.
- Maki Potamianos@Maki_PotamianosFounder/CPO · PlutoS26B2B · New York
- Sahil Seth@sahil_seth9Founder/CEO · PlutoS26B2B · New York
- Tony Xavier@TonyXavier_Founder/CTO · PlutoS26B2B · New York
- Varunram Ganesh@varunramgFounder/CEO · LapisF25B2B · San Francisco
- Isabelle Ilyia@isabelleilyiaFounder/CTO · CedarW25B2B · San Francisco
- Jesse Li@fish_in_a_poolFounder/CEO · CedarW25B2B · San Francisco
- Ayush Sharma@ayushswritesFounder · WarpW23B2B · New York
- Surya Oruganti@suryaorugantiFounder · WarpBuildS21B2B · Sydney
- Deepak Garg@DeepakGarg_DFounder · WarpfyS21Consumer · Singapore
- Harris ChengFounder · WarpfyS21Consumer · Singapore
- Saurabh Srivastava@_saurabhFounder · Warpdrive by Synthetic MindsS18B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Maki PotamianosPlutoFounder/CPOSummer 2026B2BNew York, United States5https://x.com/Maki_PotamianosSahil SethPlutoFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BNew York, United States5https://x.com/sahil_seth9Tony XavierPlutoFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BNew York, United States5https://x.com/TonyXavier_Varunram GaneshLapisFounder/CEOFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/varunramgIsabelle IlyiaCedarFounder/CTOWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/isabelleilyiaJesse LiCedarFounder/CEOWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/fish_in_a_poolAyush SharmaWarpFounderWinter 2023B2BNew York, United States80https://x.com/ayushswritesSurya OrugantiWarpBuildFounderSummer 2021B2BSydney, Australia8https://x.com/suryaorugantiDeepak GargWarpfyFounderSummer 2021ConsumerSingapore, Singapore3https://x.com/DeepakGarg_DHarris ChengWarpfyFounderSummer 2021ConsumerSingapore, Singapore3—Saurabh SrivastavaWarpdrive by Synthetic Minds2× YCFounderSummer 2018B2BSan Francisco, United States7https://x.com/_saurabh
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Saurabh Srivastava
Founder·Warpdrive by Synthetic Minds
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size7
BatchSummer 2018
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusInactive
StageEarly
BIO
Work on building code capabilities for Nemotron at NVIDIA. Primarily focus is on pre-training, evals and data; some post-training. Previously: * Head of Code Research @ Essential AI (Ashish Vaswani's co) * YC W15 and S18: Code synthesis applied to bio and desktop automations respectively. * PhD / Postdoc: Code synthesis using theorem provers.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsPhD
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
2× YC founder
- W1520nInactive
- S18Warpdrive by Synthetic MindsInactive · this entry
COMPANY CONTEXT
Warpdrive by Synthetic MindsFrom screen recordings to desktop automations using program synthesis
