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Known for these resultsRole40%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 40% 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.Bio80%Bio coverage: 80% 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-company15%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 15% of these rows have at least one match.School55%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 55% of these rows have at least one match.
- Jalaj ShuklaFounder/CTO · Intelligence FactoryX26Industrials · San Francisco
- Yash SinhaFounder/CEO · Intelligence FactoryX26Industrials · San Francisco
- Mahmoud Al-Madi@mahmoudalmadi_Founder/CEO · CyberdeskS25B2B · San Francisco
- Abhinav SinhaFounder/CEO · Lucidic AIW25B2B · San Francisco
- Andy LiangFounder/CTO · Lucidic AIW25B2B · San Francisco
- Jeremy TianFounder · Lucidic AIW25B2B · San Francisco
- Ian Brooke@k2pilotFounder/CEO · Astro MechanicaW24Industrials · San Francisco
- Aman Gottumukkala@amangotchuFounder · FirebenderW24B2B · San Francisco
- Anna Monaco@annarmonacoFounder/CEO · ParadigmW24B2B · San Francisco
- Stacie ArechavalaFounder · Selera MedicalW24Healthcare · San Francisco
- Benjamin ClamanFounder · Buoyant AeroS21Industrials · New York
- Diedrik VermeulenFounder · SiPhox HealthS20Healthcare · Boston
- Michael Dubrovsky@MikeDubrovskyFounder · SiPhox HealthS20Healthcare · Boston
- Christopher ShaferFounder · Well PrincipledS19B2B · St. Louis
- Joseph WingbermuehleFounder · Well PrincipledS19B2B · St. Louis
- Ryan RichtFounder · Well PrincipledS19B2B · St. Louis
- Yves-Laurent Kom Samo@Dr_YLKSFounder · Pit.AIW17Fintech · San Francisco
- Sreenath KurupatiFounder · CyberFendW15B2B · San Francisco
- Harshil Mathur@harshilmathurFounder/CEO · RazorpayW15Fintech · Bengaluru
- Shashank Kumar@shashank_krFounder · RazorpayW15Fintech · Bengaluru
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Jalaj ShuklaIntelligence FactoryFounder/CTOSpring 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States5—Yash SinhaIntelligence FactoryFounder/CEOSpring 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States5—Mahmoud Al-MadiCyberdeskFounder/CEOSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/mahmoudalmadi_Abhinav SinhaLucidic AIFounder/CEOWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States——Andy LiangLucidic AIFounder/CTOWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States——Jeremy TianLucidic AIFounderWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States——Ian BrookeAstro MechanicaFounder/CEOWinter 2024IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States52https://x.com/k2pilotAman GottumukkalaFirebenderFounderWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States1https://x.com/amangotchuAnna MonacoParadigmFounder/CEOWinter 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States8https://x.com/annarmonacoStacie ArechavalaSelera MedicalFounderWinter 2024HealthcareSan Francisco, United States2—Benjamin ClamanBuoyant AeroFounderSummer 2021IndustrialsNew York, United States2—Diedrik VermeulenSiPhox HealthFounderSummer 2020HealthcareBoston, United States63—Michael DubrovskySiPhox HealthFounderSummer 2020HealthcareBoston, United States63https://x.com/MikeDubrovskyChristopher ShaferWell PrincipledFounderSummer 2019B2BSt. Louis, United States3—Joseph WingbermuehleWell PrincipledFounderSummer 2019B2BSt. Louis, United States3—Ryan RichtWell PrincipledFounderSummer 2019B2BSt. Louis, United States3—Yves-Laurent Kom SamoPit.AIFounderWinter 2017FintechSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/Dr_YLKSSreenath KurupatiCyberFendFounderWinter 2015B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Harshil MathurRazorpayFounder/CEOWinter 2015FintechBengaluru, India2700https://x.com/harshilmathurShashank KumarRazorpayFounderWinter 2015FintechBengaluru, India2700https://x.com/shashank_kr
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Kevin Tang
Founder/CTO·Firebender
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size1
BatchWinter 2024
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Previously, Kevin was a software engineer at Two Sigma where he architected and built service infrastructure for modeling, trading, and engineering teams (scale ~10K CPUs, ~1PB RAM). Kevin learned to program by creating Roblox games in high school; one of his games had 2,000 concurrent players and featured on the front page.
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
Firebender
Most powerful coding agent for Android engineers
Co-foundersAman Gottumukkala@amangotchu
