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- Bobby Pinckney@bobbypinckney1Founder · HousewarmingW22Consumer · New York
- Michelle YinFounder · HousewarmingW22Consumer · New York
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Bobby PinckneyHousewarmingFounderWinter 2022ConsumerNew York, United States4https://x.com/bobbypinckney1Michelle YinHousewarmingFounderWinter 2022ConsumerNew York, United States4—
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Michelle Yin
Founder·Housewarming
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size4
BatchWinter 2022
LocationNew York, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Michelle is the co-founder and CTO of Verse. She also started Discz, a music platform with over 1.5M users which Rolling Stone called "one of the hottest in the world". Previously, she was a senior engineer at Meta working on zero to one initiatives at NPE, and WhatsApp.
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
Housewarming
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Co-foundersBobby Pinckney@bobbypinckney1
