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Known for these resultsRole25%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 25% 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-company75%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 75% of these rows have at least one match.School25%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 25% of these rows have at least one match.
- jesus alberto Castillo ferrer@jecastillofFounder/CEO · KontigoS24Fintech · San Francisco
- John ZucchiFounder · AgaveW22B2B · San Francisco
- Pooria AzimiFounder · AgaveW22B2B · San Francisco
- Tom RenoFounder · AgaveW22B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
jesus alberto Castillo ferrerKontigoFounder/CEOSummer 2024FintechSan Francisco, United States10https://x.com/jecastillofJohn ZucchiAgaveFounderWinter 2022B2BSan Francisco, United States40—Pooria AzimiAgaveFounderWinter 2022B2BSan Francisco, United States40—Tom RenoAgaveFounderWinter 2022B2BSan Francisco, United States40—
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Pooria Azimi
Founder·Agave
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size40
BatchWinter 2022
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Pooria is the co-founder of Agave. Prior to Agave, Pooria was a core engineer behind Graphiq, a semantic search startup in Santa Barbara, CA, later acquired by Amazon to power Alexa. At Amazon, he helped scale Graphiq Search to dozens of languages and billions of queries per month. Originally from Iran, he has a master degree in Computer Science from Oregon State University.
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
Exit mentioned in bio
COMPANY CONTEXT
Agave
AI Financial Operations for Construction
