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Known for these resultsRole29%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 29% 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.Bio57%Bio coverage: 57% 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-company14%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 14% of these rows have at least one match.School43%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 43% of these rows have at least one match.
- Nate Sesti@NateSestiFounder · ContinueS23B2B · San Francisco
- Mayank Agrawal@mayankagrawalFounder · Proof of HumanS23B2B · San Francisco
- Christopher Compean@MrChrisCompeanFounder · MayanW21B2B · Las Vegas
- Javier GarciaFounder/CTO · MayanW21B2B · Las Vegas
- Mayank KaleFounder · Loop HealthW20Healthcare
- Mayank GoyalFounder · Leena AIS18B2B · New York
- Mayank MehtaFounder/CEO · PulseW18B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Nate SestiContinueFounderSummer 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States0https://x.com/NateSestiMayank AgrawalProof of HumanFounderSummer 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/mayankagrawalChristopher CompeanMayanFounderWinter 2021B2BLas Vegas, United States14https://x.com/MrChrisCompeanJavier GarciaMayanFounder/CTOWinter 2021B2BLas Vegas, United States14—Mayank KaleLoop HealthFounderWinter 2020HealthcareUnknown27—Mayank GoyalLeena AIFounderSummer 2018B2BNew York, United States500—Mayank MehtaPulseFounder/CEOWinter 2018B2BSan Francisco, United States11—
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Matt Hardy
Founder·Proof of Human
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size4
BatchSummer 2023
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Matt is a co-founder of Proof of Human, a company building the invisible Turing Test for the internet. Before Proof of Human, Matt was a PhD student at Princeton University, where he used machine learning and behavioral and experiments to study how people make decisions. Before his PhD, Matt majored in both statistics and economics at the University of Toronto, and worked in data science and econometrics.
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
Proof of Human
continuous human verification without CAPTCHAs or user friction
Co-foundersMayank Agrawal@mayankagrawal
