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Known for these resultsRole50%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 50% 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-company17%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 17% of these rows have at least one match.School17%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 17% of these rows have at least one match.
- Blake Shao@rmptmlkFounder/CPO · StewdioF24Consumer · New York
- Jialiang (JZ) Zhou@jz2lettersFounder/CEO · StewdioF24Consumer · New York
- Charles Forman@charlesformanFounder · StoryboarderW23Consumer · New York
- Joe WatkinsFounder · StoryboarderW23Consumer · New York
- Sébastien Sikorski@sebsikorskiFounder · StoryboardS17Consumer · San Francisco
- Charles Forman@charlesformanFounder/CEO · OMGPopS06Consumer · New York
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Blake ShaoStewdioFounder/CPOFall 2024ConsumerNew York, United States2https://x.com/rmptmlkJialiang (JZ) ZhouStewdioFounder/CEOFall 2024ConsumerNew York, United States2https://x.com/jz2lettersCharles FormanStoryboarder2× YCFounderWinter 2023ConsumerNew York, United States2https://x.com/charlesformanJoe WatkinsStoryboarderFounderWinter 2023ConsumerNew York, United States2—Sébastien SikorskiStoryboardFounderSummer 2017ConsumerSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/sebsikorskiCharles FormanOMGPop2× YCFounder/CEOSummer 2006ConsumerNew York, United States11https://x.com/charlesforman
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Joe Watkins
Founder·Storyboarder
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size2
BatchWinter 2023
LocationNew York, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Joe Watkins is the co-founder and CTO of Storyboarder. Prior to Storyboarder, Joe lead a computer vision/machine learning team at Google before working on generating maps with machine learning at Waymo. Joe's passion for web-native fiction played a significant role in inspiring Storyboarder's design. As a teenager, he was captivated by the potential of the internet to tell stories in new and exciting ways, and spent countless hours exploring different forms of digital storytelling.
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
Storyboarder
Tool and platform to create and sell webcomics
Co-foundersCharles Forman@charlesforman
