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Known for these resultsRole29%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 29% 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.Bio71%Bio coverage: 71% 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-company43%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 43% of these rows have at least one match.School43%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 43% of these rows have at least one match.
- Faiyam Rahman@faiyamrahmanFounder/CEO · BlazeS24Fintech
- Luc Succès@lucsuccesFounder/CTO · BlazeS24Fintech
- Chirag Mahapatra@MahapatraChiragFounder · BlazeW22B2B · San Francisco
- Lauren Rothwell@lauren_rothwellFounder · BlazeW22B2B · San Francisco
- Blaze CerovcecFounder · MixrS21B2B · Toronto
- Dan Barak@dan_barakFounder · Text BlazeW21B2B · San Francisco
- Scott Fortmann-RoeFounder · Text BlazeW21B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Faiyam RahmanBlazeFounder/CEOSummer 2024FintechUnknown5https://x.com/faiyamrahmanLuc SuccèsBlazeFounder/CTOSummer 2024FintechUnknown5https://x.com/lucsuccesChirag MahapatraBlazeFounderWinter 2022B2BSan Francisco, United States10https://x.com/MahapatraChiragLauren RothwellBlazeFounderWinter 2022B2BSan Francisco, United States10https://x.com/lauren_rothwellBlaze CerovcecMixrFounderSummer 2021B2BToronto, Canada4—Dan BarakText BlazeFounderWinter 2021B2BSan Francisco, United States9https://x.com/dan_barakScott Fortmann-RoeText BlazeFounderWinter 2021B2BSan Francisco, United States9—
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Chirag Mahapatra
Founder·Blaze
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size10
BatchWinter 2022
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Chirag is a co-founder and CTO of Blaze. Previously, he was an Engineering Manager at Facebook in the Growth org working on problems in privacy, infrastructure and data. Prior to this, he was led the Membership and Authentication Infra teams at Airbnb. He also had stints in the Identity and Risk teams while there solving problems in ML. He joined Airbnb as part of an acquisition of a ML startup, Trooly. Chirag has a graduate degree from UC Berkeley and undergraduate degree from NITK.
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
BlazeMarketing automation for the modern world
Co-foundersLauren Rothwell@lauren_rothwell
