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Known for these resultsRole67%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 67% 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-company33%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 33% 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.
- Safi Shamsi@safishamsiiFounder/CEO · Graphify LabsS26B2B · London
- JJ Tang@jjrichardtangFounder · RootlyS21B2B · San Francisco
- Quentin Rousseau@quentinrousseauFounder and CTO (YC S21) · RootlyS21B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Safi ShamsiGraphify LabsFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BLondon, United Kingdom2https://x.com/safishamsiiJJ TangRootlyFounderSummer 2021B2BSan Francisco, United States75https://x.com/jjrichardtangQuentin RousseauRootlyFounder and CTO (YC S21)Summer 2021B2BSan Francisco, United States75https://x.com/quentinrousseau
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JJ Tang
Founder·Rootly
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size75
BatchSummer 2021
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageGrowth
BIO
Building Rootly - a modern on-call and incident management platform used by top YC companies like Dropbox, Lattice, Webflow, Faire, but also Figma, LinkedIn, and 100s more. Other than making Rootly my personality, I love cycling and my adorable dog, Nova.
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
Rootly
AI-native on-call and incident response carefully crafted to help…
Co-foundersQuentin Rousseau@quentinrousseau
