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Known for these resultsRole51%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 51% 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.Bio79%Bio coverage: 79% 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-company21%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 21% of these rows have at least one match.School30%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 30% of these rows have at least one match.
- Maceo Cardinale Kwik@maceockFounder/CEO · ED1THX26Consumer · San Francisco
- Tim ZinklFounder/CEO · PairioX26B2B
- Haris Javed-AkhtarFounder/CEO · PanaceaX26Healthcare · San Francisco
- Yaman ZiadehFounder/CTO · PanaceaX26Healthcare · San Francisco
- Clement BarthesFounder/CEO · CongruentW26Industrials · San Francisco
- Arnau Ayerbe Garcia@arnauayeFounder/CEO · throxyX25B2B · London
- Pablo Jimenez de Parga RamosFounder · throxyX25B2B · London
- Rohun Ati@rohunatiFounder/CEO · DartboardW25Industrials · San Francisco
- Benjamin PaikFounder/CPO · Afternoon.coF24B2B · New York
- Roman Zubenko@romanzubenkoFounder/CEO · Afternoon.coF24B2B · New York
- Andrei Craciunescu@andreicscuFounder/CEO · RiskCubeF24Fintech · San Francisco
- Eden OvadiaFounder/CEO · FINNY AIS24Fintech · New York
- Theodore JansonFounder/CTO · FINNY AIS24Fintech · New York
- Victoria ToliFounder · FINNY AIS24Fintech · New York
- Arko CFounder/CEO · PipeshiftS24B2B · San Francisco
- Enrique Ferrao@FerraoEnriqueFounder/CTO · PipeshiftS24B2B · San Francisco
- Pranav Reddy@pranavreddygFounder/CIO · PipeshiftS24B2B · San Francisco
- Samraaj Bath@samraajFounder/CEO · ion designW24B2B · San Francisco
- Aditya Rajagopal@adityaraja0Founder · nCompass TechnologiesW24B2B · New York
- Diederik VinkFounder · nCompass TechnologiesW24B2B · New York
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Maceo Cardinale KwikED1THFounder/CEOSpring 2026ConsumerSan Francisco, United States1https://x.com/maceockTim ZinklPairioFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BUnknown3—Haris Javed-AkhtarPanaceaFounder/CEOSpring 2026HealthcareSan Francisco, United States2—Yaman ZiadehPanaceaFounder/CTOSpring 2026HealthcareSan Francisco, United States2—Clement BarthesCongruentFounder/CEOWinter 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2—Arnau Ayerbe GarciathroxyFounder/CEOSpring 2025B2BLondon, United Kingdom55https://x.com/arnauayePablo Jimenez de Parga RamosthroxyFounderSpring 2025B2BLondon, United Kingdom55—Rohun AtiDartboardFounder/CEOWinter 2025IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/rohunatiBenjamin PaikAfternoon.coFounder/CPOFall 2024B2BNew York, United States4—Roman ZubenkoAfternoon.coFounder/CEOFall 2024B2BNew York, United States4https://x.com/romanzubenkoAndrei CraciunescuRiskCubeFounder/CEOFall 2024FintechSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/andreicscuEden OvadiaFINNY AIFounder/CEOSummer 2024FintechNew York, United States35—Theodore JansonFINNY AIFounder/CTOSummer 2024FintechNew York, United States35—Victoria ToliFINNY AIFounderSummer 2024FintechNew York, United States35—Arko CPipeshiftFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States10—Enrique FerraoPipeshiftFounder/CTOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States10https://x.com/FerraoEnriquePranav ReddyPipeshiftFounder/CIOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States10https://x.com/pranavreddygSamraaj Bathion design2× YCFounder/CEOWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/samraajAditya RajagopalnCompass TechnologiesFounderWinter 2024B2BNew York, United States3https://x.com/adityaraja0Diederik VinknCompass TechnologiesFounderWinter 2024B2BNew York, United States3—
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Diederik Vink
Founder·nCompass Technologies
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size3
BatchWinter 2024
LocationNew York, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
I'm a recent Imperial College London PhD Graduate where I specialized in reconfigurable hardware architectures for accelerated machine learning and reduced precision training algorithms. I have worked as an AI feasibility consultant prototyping and evaluating AI spin-outs. We are building nCompass, a platform for accelerating and hosting both open-source and custom large AI models. Our focus is on providing rate-unlimited and low latency large AI inference with only one line of code.
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
nCompass TechnologiesOptimize performance on GPUs - 10x faster
Co-foundersAditya Rajagopal@adityaraja0
