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Known for these resultsRole75%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 75% 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.Bio75%Bio coverage: 75% 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-company50%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 50% of these rows have at least one match.School0%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 0% of these rows have at least one match.
- Rujul ZapardeFounder · ZipS20B2B · San Francisco
- Kevin PetrovicFounder/President · FlightCarW13Consumer · San Francisco
- Rujul ZapardeFounder/CEO · FlightCarW13Consumer · San Francisco
- Shri GaneshramFounder/CTO · FlightCarW13Consumer · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Rujul ZapardeZip2× YCFounderSummer 2020B2BSan Francisco, United States500—Kevin PetrovicFlightCarFounder/PresidentWinter 2013ConsumerSan Francisco, United States51—Rujul ZapardeFlightCar2× YCFounder/CEOWinter 2013ConsumerSan Francisco, United States51—Shri GaneshramFlightCarFounder/CTOWinter 2013ConsumerSan Francisco, United States51—
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Lu Cheng
Founder·Zip
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size500
BatchSummer 2020
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageGrowth
BIO
Lu is the cofounder and CTO of Zip. We're building the future of B2B spend. Before Zip, he spent 6 years at Airbnb where he was most recently the Head of Engineering for Airbnb Experiences.
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
