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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.Bio86%Bio coverage: 86% 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-company14%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 14% of these rows have at least one match.School14%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 14% of these rows have at least one match.
- Pasha Rayan@PashpopsFounder/CEO · A1Zap by A1BaseW25B2B · San Francisco
- Pennie Huang@pennepastaaFounder · A1Zap by A1BaseW25B2B · San Francisco
- Salomon Serfati@SalomonSerfatiFounder · ChariotS22Fintech · New York
- Victor E. FimbresFounder/CTO · ForageS21Fintech · San Diego
- Eni JaupiFounder · Forage MailS21Consumer · New York
- Pasha Rayan@PashpopsFounder · ForageW19B2B · San Francisco
- Thomas BrunskillFounder · ForageW19B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Pasha RayanA1Zap by A1Base2× YCFounder/CEOWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/PashpopsPennie HuangA1Zap by A1BaseFounderWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/pennepastaaSalomon SerfatiChariotFounderSummer 2022FintechNew York, United States24https://x.com/SalomonSerfatiVictor E. FimbresForageFounder/CTOSummer 2021FintechSan Diego, United States66—Eni JaupiForage MailFounderSummer 2021ConsumerNew York, United States4—Pasha RayanForage2× YCFounderWinter 2019B2BSan Francisco, United States65https://x.com/PashpopsThomas BrunskillForageFounderWinter 2019B2BSan Francisco, United States65—
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Salomon Serfati
Founder·Chariot
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size24
BatchSummer 2022
LocationNew York, United States
Company statusActive
StageGrowth
BIO
Salo is the CEO of Chariot. Before Chariot, Salo was a backend engineer at BlackRock and a founding engineer at Forage (YCS21). Salo graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in computer science. Salo was a President Innovation Prize finalist and at the age of 18 co-built a roommate app with 5,000+ users in 2 months with 0 CAC, 5 interns & 50+ brand ambassadors. Salo was born in Caracas, Venezuela.
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
Chariot
A payment network connecting nonprofits to the $326B in DAFs
