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Known for these resultsRole75%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 75% 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.Bio100%Bio coverage: 100% 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-company38%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 38% of these rows have at least one match.School38%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 38% of these rows have at least one match.
- Karan Brar@deepmatmulFounder/CEO · hiloopS26B2B · San Francisco
- Thomas Boser@thomasboserFounder/CTO · hiloopS26B2B · San Francisco
- Naman Bansal@namanbansal0611Founder · ManiculeX26B2B · San Francisco
- Shreyans Jain@shreyansjFounder/CEO · ManiculeX26B2B · San Francisco
- Adit Abraham@AbrahamAditFounder/COO · ReductoW24B2B · San Francisco
- Raunak Chowdhuri@raunakdoesdevFounder/CEO · ReductoW24B2B · San Francisco
- Ayush Sharma@ayushswritesFounder · WarpW23B2B · New York
- Liz Wessel@lizwesselFounder/CEO · WayUpW15Consumer · New York
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Karan BrarhiloopFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/deepmatmulThomas BoserhiloopFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/thomasboserNaman BansalManiculeFounderSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/namanbansal0611Shreyans JainManiculeFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/shreyansjAdit AbrahamReductoFounder/COOWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States30https://x.com/AbrahamAditRaunak ChowdhuriReductoFounder/CEOWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States30https://x.com/raunakdoesdevAyush SharmaWarpFounderWinter 2023B2BNew York, United States80https://x.com/ayushswritesLiz WesselWayUpFounder/CEOWinter 2015ConsumerNew York, United States50https://x.com/lizwessel
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Raunak Chowdhuri
Founder/CEO·Reducto
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size30
BatchWinter 2024
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageGrowth
BIO
Co-founder/CTO at Reducto. Before Reducto I studied CS at MIT, founded/scaled a comp. chem consulting company to 200k ARR, published computer vision papers with 100+ citations before finishing high school, and spent a little too much time shit posting on Twitter.
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
Reducto
The complete agentic document platform
Co-foundersAdit Abraham@AbrahamAdit
