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Known for these resultsRole37%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 37% 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.Bio65%Bio coverage: 65% 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-company16%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 16% of these rows have at least one match.School20%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 20% of these rows have at least one match.
- Matthew Chow@mattchowxFounder/CEO · TropeS26B2B · San Francisco
- Victor Vannara@victorvannaraFounder/CTO · TropeS26B2B · San Francisco
- Francois Chollet@fcholletFounder · NdeaW26Industrials
- Mike Knoop@mikeknoopFounder · NdeaW26Industrials
- Ben RubinFounder/CEO · NorraF25Healthcare · New York
- Yining ZhangFounder/CTO · NorraF25Healthcare · New York
- Kofi AnsongFounder/CEO · CenoteW25B2B · San Francisco
- Kristy GaoFounder/CTO · CenoteW25B2B · San Francisco
- Alex Hsia@AlexYHsiaFounder · GaitF24B2B · San Francisco
- Kyle LiFounder · GaitF24B2B · San Francisco
- Nate Sesti@NateSestiFounder · ContinueS23B2B · San Francisco
- Ty Dunn@tylerjdunnFounder · ContinueS23B2B · San Francisco
- Joschka Braun@joschkabraunFounder · PareaS23B2B · New York
- Stefan Krawczyk@stefkrawczykFounder · DAGWorks Inc.W23B2B · San Francisco
- Amit BarFounder · ChordioS22B2B · Issaquah
- Sultan Alkhayal@sultankmeFounder · Drahim 💰S22Fintech · Riyadh
- Yasser AlshurihiFounder · Drahim 💰S22Fintech · Riyadh
- Raimie Tang@raimietangFounder · HypestreamS22B2B · Singapore
- Alex Federation@afederationFounder · Talus BioS21Healthcare · Seattle
- Vivek Prakash@vivekprakashFounder · CodingalW21Education · Bengaluru
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Matthew ChowTropeFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/mattchowxVictor VannaraTropeFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/victorvannaraFrancois CholletNdeaFounderWinter 2026IndustrialsUnknown15https://x.com/fcholletMike KnoopNdeaFounderWinter 2026IndustrialsUnknown15https://x.com/mikeknoopBen RubinNorraFounder/CEOFall 2025HealthcareNew York, United States2—Yining ZhangNorraFounder/CTOFall 2025HealthcareNew York, United States2—Kofi AnsongCenoteFounder/CEOWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Kristy GaoCenoteFounder/CTOWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Alex HsiaGaitFounderFall 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/AlexYHsiaKyle LiGaitFounderFall 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Nate SestiContinueFounderSummer 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States0https://x.com/NateSestiTy DunnContinueFounderSummer 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States0https://x.com/tylerjdunnJoschka BraunPareaFounderSummer 2023B2BNew York, United States2https://x.com/joschkabraunStefan KrawczykDAGWorks Inc.FounderWinter 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/stefkrawczykAmit BarChordioFounderSummer 2022B2BIssaquah, United States4—Sultan AlkhayalDrahim 💰FounderSummer 2022FintechRiyadh, Saudi Arabia8https://x.com/sultankmeYasser AlshurihiDrahim 💰FounderSummer 2022FintechRiyadh, Saudi Arabia8—Raimie TangHypestreamFounderSummer 2022B2BSingapore, Singapore2https://x.com/raimietangAlex FederationTalus BioFounderSummer 2021HealthcareSeattle, United States16https://x.com/afederationVivek PrakashCodingalFounderWinter 2021EducationBengaluru, India100https://x.com/vivekprakash
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Elijah ben Izzy
Founder·DAGWorks Inc.
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size2
BatchWinter 2023
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusAcquired
StageEarly
BIO
Elijah has spent his career building tools for Data Scientists, Quantitative-minded engineers, and AI researchers. Prior to founding DAGWorks, Inc., Elijah built out Stitch Fix's machine learning platform, which was used and loved by over 100 data scientists. A core component of this was Hamilton (https://github.com/dagworks-inc/hamilton), an open-source framework for managing dataflows that DAGWorks's is now driving forward.
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
DAGWorks Inc.Open source tools & services for reliable AI Agents & AI Applications
Co-foundersStefan Krawczyk@stefkrawczyk
