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Known for these resultsRole75%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 75% 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.Bio75%Bio coverage: 75% 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-company25%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 25% 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.
- Murtaza AliFounder/CEO · SymphonyF24B2B · New York
- Shobhit SrivastavaFounder/CTO · SymphonyF24B2B · New York
- Elise NguyenFounder · StellarS22B2B · San Francisco
- Blake SchollFounder/CEO · BoomW16Industrials · Centennial
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Murtaza AliSymphonyFounder/CEOFall 2024B2BNew York, United States5—Shobhit SrivastavaSymphonyFounder/CTOFall 2024B2BNew York, United States5—Elise NguyenStellarFounderSummer 2022B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Blake SchollBoomFounder/CEOWinter 2016IndustrialsCentennial, United States227—
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Quan Zhou
Founder·Stellar
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size3
BatchSummer 2022
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusInactive
StageEarly
BIO
Quan is the technical cofounder of Stellar and is passionate about technology that makes teams more effective and collaborative. Prior to Stellar, he was an early engineer at an HR unicorn Pave (S20) and built the technology stack from the ground up. Quan previously worked at Affirm (where he met Angela) and was on Bridgewater Trading technology team. He holds an engineering degree from Princeton.
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
StellarAI-powered business goals
