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Known for these resultsRole60%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 60% 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.Bio80%Bio coverage: 80% 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-company20%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 20% of these rows have at least one match.School20%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 20% of these rows have at least one match.
- Noah Stanford@0x4e53Founder · RepacketW23B2B · Vancouver
- Advait Ruia@Advait_RuiaFounder · SuperTokensS20B2B · San Francisco
- Alain Meier@alainFounder/CEO · CognitoS14B2B · San Francisco
- Christopher MortonFounder/President and COO · CognitoS14B2B · San Francisco
- John Backus@backusFounder/CTO · CognitoS14B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Noah StanfordRepacketFounderWinter 2023B2BVancouver, Canada4https://x.com/0x4e53Advait RuiaSuperTokensFounderSummer 2020B2BSan Francisco, United States10https://x.com/Advait_RuiaAlain MeierCognitoFounder/CEOSummer 2014B2BSan Francisco, United States12https://x.com/alainChristopher MortonCognito2× YCFounder/President and COOSummer 2014B2BSan Francisco, United States12—John BackusCognitoFounder/CTOSummer 2014B2BSan Francisco, United States12https://x.com/backus
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Advait Ruia
Founder·SuperTokens
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size10
BatchSummer 2020
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
I am a cofounder at SuperTokens (a service to securely manage web user sessions). My background includes: - Venture Capital experience at $450M consumer tech fund - Head of $1.6 million (USD) crowdfunding campaign for BLOCKS smartwatch on Kickstarter - A BEng in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London I have a strong technical background in engineering and a broad set of leadership and teamwork skills that are demonstrated by my various roles and responsibilities.
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
SuperTokens
Open source alternative to Auth0 / AWS Cognito / Firebase Auth
