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Known for these resultsRole33%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 33% 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.Bio83%Bio coverage: 83% 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-company33%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 33% of these rows have at least one match.School50%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 50% of these rows have at least one match.
- Justin TangFounder/CTO · Lantern AIF26B2B · San Francisco
- Thomas ChanFounder/CEO · Lantern AIF26B2B · San Francisco
- Di Qi@diqitallyFounder · LanternW24B2B · San Francisco
- Narek GalstyanFounder · LanternW24B2B · San Francisco
- Bastien BeurierFounder · LanternS19B2B · San Francisco
- Guillaume LachaudFounder · LanternS19B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Justin TangLantern AIFounder/CTOFall 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States4—Thomas ChanLantern AIFounder/CEOFall 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States4—Di QiLanternFounderWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/diqitallyNarek GalstyanLanternFounderWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States3—Bastien BeurierLantern2× YCFounderSummer 2019B2BSan Francisco, United States4—Guillaume LachaudLanternFounderSummer 2019B2BSan Francisco, United States4—
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Narek Galstyan
Founder·Lantern
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size3
BatchWinter 2024
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusInactive
StageEarly
BIO
Now building the only database you'll need for your AI applications. I was an early engineer at Timescale, a billion-dollar Postgres company, where I contributed core features. I did my undergrad at Princeton, where I built a safe OS schedule in Rust for my thesis. More recently, I was a PhD Student at UC Berkeley working on distributed systems.
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
LanternPostgres vector database extension to build AI applications
Co-foundersDi Qi@diqitally
