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Known for these resultsRole20%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 20% 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-company20%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 20% of these rows have at least one match.School40%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 40% of these rows have at least one match.
- Jamie BalsillieFounder · HedgehogS22Industrials · San Francisco
- Wilson RuotoloFounder · HedgehogS22Industrials · San Francisco
- Colton Dillion@cadillionFounder · HedgehogS21Fintech · San Francisco
- Jason Dillion@jadillionaireFounder/COO · HedgehogS21Fintech · San Francisco
- Taylor CulbertsonFounder · HedgehogS21Fintech · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Jamie BalsillieHedgehogFounderSummer 2022IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States50—Wilson RuotoloHedgehogFounderSummer 2022IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States50—Colton DillionHedgehogFounderSummer 2021FintechSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/cadillionJason DillionHedgehogFounder/COOSummer 2021FintechSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/jadillionaireTaylor CulbertsonHedgehogFounderSummer 2021FintechSan Francisco, United States5—
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Wilson Ruotolo
Founder·Hedgehog
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size50
BatchSummer 2022
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Wilson Ruotolo is a co-founder of Hedgehog, where he designs robotics for mushroom production. He received his PhD from Stanford, studying the design of robotic hands. He collaborated with NASA on end-effectors for martian exploration and his prototypes have been used to retrieve artifacts off the Mediterranean seafloor. He has first author publications in multiple journals, including Science Robotics, and his work is featured in TechCrunch, Popular Science, and Spotify’s Soft Robotics podcast.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsPhD
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Hedgehog
Building robotic mushroom farms
IndustryIndustrials
Websitehedgehogfoods.com
Team size50
X—
LocationSan Francisco, United States
BatchSummer 2022
Co-foundersJamie Balsillie
