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Known for these resultsRole33%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 33% 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.School67%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 67% of these rows have at least one match.
- Sadia Saifuddin@sadiasaifuddin1Founder/CPO · Risely AIS25Education · San Francisco
- Sahil Hasan@itsahil85Founder · Dots 💸S21Fintech · San Francisco
- Billy ThalheimerFounder · REGENTW21Industrials · North Kingstown
- Michael KlinkerFounder · REGENTW21Industrials · North Kingstown
- Tom Harari@tomharariFounder/CEO · CleanlyW15Consumer · New York
- Caroline Cochran@caorilneFounder · OkloS14Industrials · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Sadia SaifuddinRisely AIFounder/CPOSummer 2025EducationSan Francisco, United States8https://x.com/sadiasaifuddin1Sahil HasanDots 💸FounderSummer 2021FintechSan Francisco, United States10https://x.com/itsahil85Billy ThalheimerREGENTFounderWinter 2021IndustrialsNorth Kingstown, United States40—Michael KlinkerREGENTFounderWinter 2021IndustrialsNorth Kingstown, United States40—Tom HarariCleanlyFounder/CEOWinter 2015ConsumerNew York, United States40https://x.com/tomharariCaroline CochranOkloFounderSummer 2014IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States50https://x.com/caorilne
Showing 1–6 of 6 founders
Sahil Hasan
Founder·Dots 💸
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size10
BatchSummer 2021
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageGrowth
BIO
Co-founder and CEO @ Dots. Previously at Google X and Google Research. EECS + Regents @ UC Berkeley, MSCS @ Carnegie Mellon.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Dots 💸
Developer friendly drop in payouts infrastructure
Co-foundersKartikye Mittal@kartikyee
