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Known for these resultsRole11%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 11% 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.Bio89%Bio coverage: 89% 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-company22%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 22% of these rows have at least one match.School44%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 44% of these rows have at least one match.
- Sudhish SwainFounder/CTO · PetrarchS26B2B · San Francisco
- Eric ZhuFounder · AxisW26Fintech · San Francisco
- Ian WangFounder · AxisW26Fintech · San Francisco
- Kevin Lu@kevinlu1248Founder · SweepS23B2B · San Francisco
- William Zeng@wwzeng1Founder · SweepS23B2B · San Francisco
- Michael Shattuck@shattuckioFounder · SoonW22Fintech · Salt Lake City
- Guilhem Herail@guilhemherailFounder · Hermes RoboticsW21Industrials · San Francisco
- Yair Dovrat@YDovratFounder · ZarazW20B2B · San Francisco
- Yo'av MosheFounder · ZarazW20B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Sudhish SwainPetrarchFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Eric ZhuAxisFounderWinter 2026FintechSan Francisco, United States2—Ian WangAxisFounderWinter 2026FintechSan Francisco, United States2—Kevin LuSweepFounderSummer 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/kevinlu1248William ZengSweepFounderSummer 2023B2BSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/wwzeng1Michael ShattuckSoonFounderWinter 2022FintechSalt Lake City, United States4https://x.com/shattuckioGuilhem HerailHermes RoboticsFounderWinter 2021IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/guilhemherailYair DovratZarazFounderWinter 2020B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/YDovratYo'av MosheZarazFounderWinter 2020B2BSan Francisco, United States2—
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Kevin Lu
Founder·Sweep
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size4
BatchSummer 2023
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Previously: top of class at UWaterloo CS, built the first ML-based skin weight generation model for UGC avatars at Roblox, and NLP researcher on common sense reasoning (in the Bart/T5 era). Now building an AI-powered junior dev and interested in code gen and automated code gen orchestration.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Sweep
The best AI coding assistant for JetBrains
Co-foundersWilliam Zeng@wwzeng1
