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Known for these resultsRole36%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 36% 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.Bio92%Bio coverage: 92% 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-company44%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 44% of these rows have at least one match.School36%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 36% of these rows have at least one match.
- Eric Rowell@ericdrowellFounder/CTO · WaylineS25Real Estate and Construction · San Francisco
- Kevin GuFounder · DexW25B2B · San Francisco
- Regina LinFounder/CEO · DexW25B2B · San Francisco
- Alex Ruber@alex_ruberFounder/CEO · CandleF24Consumer · New York
- Parth Chopra@parthematicsFounder/CTO · CandleF24Consumer · New York
- Essam Sleiman@essamsleimanFounder/CEO · CanvasF24B2B · San Francisco
- Manil LakabiFounder/CEO · x1F24Consumer · San Francisco
- Alex MatthewsFounder · RemadeS24Consumer · San Francisco
- Blendi Bylygbashi@BlendiBylFounder · RemadeS24Consumer · San Francisco
- Christos Antonopoulos@Christos_antonoFounder/CEO · RemadeS24Consumer · San Francisco
- Rehan Sheikh@rehan_sheiFounder/CTO · RemadeS24Consumer · San Francisco
- Anmol Sood@anmolsood21Founder · AlaiW24B2B
- Krishna GuptaFounder · AlaiW24B2B
- Max Brodeur-Urbas@MaxBrodeurUrbasFounder · GumloopW24B2B · San Francisco
- Akshay Budhkar@BudhkarAkshayFounder · Spine AIS23B2B · San Francisco
- Ashwin Venkatesh Raman@AshwinVRamanFounder · Spine AIS23B2B · San Francisco
- Eric Rowell@ericdrowellFounder · SecondW23B2B
- Aaron Tran@aaa_ron_Founder · Workflow86W22B2B · San Francisco
- Phil WittigFounder · KindamagicalS21B2B · San Francisco
- Vikas Reddy@vikasreddyFounder · LightTwistW21B2B · Boulder
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Eric RowellWayline2× YCFounder/CTOSummer 2025Real Estate and ConstructionSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/ericdrowellKevin GuDexFounderWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Regina LinDexFounder/CEOWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Alex RuberCandleFounder/CEOFall 2024ConsumerNew York, United States2https://x.com/alex_ruberParth ChopraCandleFounder/CTOFall 2024ConsumerNew York, United States2https://x.com/parthematicsEssam SleimanCanvasFounder/CEOFall 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/essamsleimanManil Lakabix1Founder/CEOFall 2024ConsumerSan Francisco, United States5—Alex MatthewsRemadeFounderSummer 2024ConsumerSan Francisco, United States4—Blendi BylygbashiRemadeFounderSummer 2024ConsumerSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/BlendiBylChristos AntonopoulosRemadeFounder/CEOSummer 2024ConsumerSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/Christos_antonoRehan SheikhRemadeFounder/CTOSummer 2024ConsumerSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/rehan_sheiAnmol SoodAlaiFounderWinter 2024B2BUnknown5https://x.com/anmolsood21Krishna GuptaAlaiFounderWinter 2024B2BUnknown5—Max Brodeur-UrbasGumloopFounderWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States37https://x.com/MaxBrodeurUrbasAkshay BudhkarSpine AIFounderSummer 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States7https://x.com/BudhkarAkshayAshwin Venkatesh RamanSpine AIFounderSummer 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States7https://x.com/AshwinVRamanEric RowellSecond2× YCFounderWinter 2023B2BUnknown3https://x.com/ericdrowellAaron TranWorkflow86FounderWinter 2022B2BSan Francisco, United States6https://x.com/aaa_ron_Phil WittigKindamagicalFounderSummer 2021B2BSan Francisco, United States1—Vikas ReddyLightTwistFounderWinter 2021B2BBoulder, United States2https://x.com/vikasreddy
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Eric Rowell
Founder·Second
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size3
BatchWinter 2023
Location
Company statusInactive
StageEarly
BIO
Co-founder & CTO of Wayline (YC S25). I was previously the founder & CEO of Second (YC W23) where I raised $1.9M to build enterprise codebase maintenance tools. Before that, I was the co-founder and CTO of Uiflow (YC W21) where I raised $21M, built a no-code platform for enterprises, and was acquired by Workday. Before that, I was the Head of Data Visualization at Workday, UI architect at LinkedIn and Yahoo, author of HTML5 Canvas Cookbook, and created several popular open source libraries.
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
2× YC founderExit mentioned in bio
- W23SecondInactive · this entry
- S25WaylineActive
COMPANY CONTEXT
SecondAI-Native Enterprise Codebase Maintenance
Also founded · 1 more YC company
WaylineActiveSummer 2025AI voice for property managers
Real Estate and ConstructionSan Francisco, United States5Open this entry
