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Known for these resultsRole0%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 0% 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-company100%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 100% of these rows have at least one match.School50%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 50% of these rows have at least one match.
- Matt Hamann@mhamannFounder · RowndW22Industrials · Raleigh
- Rachel Orrino@rachraddFounder · RowndW22Industrials · Raleigh
- Robert Thelen@rgthelenFounder · RowndW22Industrials · Raleigh
- Omar ThanawallaFounder · SocoS21Consumer · New York
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Matt HamannRowndFounderWinter 2022IndustrialsRaleigh, United States7https://x.com/mhamannRachel OrrinoRowndFounderWinter 2022IndustrialsRaleigh, United States7https://x.com/rachraddRobert ThelenRowndFounderWinter 2022IndustrialsRaleigh, United States7https://x.com/rgthelenOmar ThanawallaSocoFounderSummer 2021ConsumerNew York, United States——
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Omar Thanawalla
Founder·Soco
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size—
BatchSummer 2021
LocationNew York, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Omar is a former Meta, Google Software Engineer with 12 years of professional software engineering experience. He helped build Facebook Stories which is used by 500 million people everyday and has shipped 10 iOS Apps to the App Store. He gets stuff done.
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
SocoVisual AI shopping
