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Known for these resultsRole60%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 60% 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.Bio70%Bio coverage: 70% 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-company10%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 10% of these rows have at least one match.School20%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 20% of these rows have at least one match.
- Dylan Walker@SS6_ELLFounder · LumonaW24Consumer · Boston
- Jeff Barg@jeffbargFounder · AvenueW21B2B · New York
- Justin Bleuel@JustinBleuelFounder/CEO · AvenueW21B2B · New York
- Christopher Compean@MrChrisCompeanFounder · MayanW21B2B · Las Vegas
- Javier GarciaFounder/CTO · MayanW21B2B · Las Vegas
- Ben PhillipsFounder/CTO · ThreadS12Consumer · London
- Kieran O'NeillFounder/CEO · ThreadS12Consumer · London
- Arram SabetiFounder/CEO · ZerocaterW11B2B · Chicago
- David Tran@dtran320Founder/CTO · UpbeatS10Consumer · San Francisco
- Mark LinseyFounder · UpbeatS10Consumer · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Dylan WalkerLumonaFounderWinter 2024ConsumerBoston, United States1https://x.com/SS6_ELLJeff BargAvenueFounderWinter 2021B2BNew York, United States8https://x.com/jeffbargJustin BleuelAvenueFounder/CEOWinter 2021B2BNew York, United States8https://x.com/JustinBleuelChristopher CompeanMayanFounderWinter 2021B2BLas Vegas, United States14https://x.com/MrChrisCompeanJavier GarciaMayanFounder/CTOWinter 2021B2BLas Vegas, United States14—Ben PhillipsThreadFounder/CTOSummer 2012ConsumerLondon, United Kingdom92—Kieran O'NeillThreadFounder/CEOSummer 2012ConsumerLondon, United Kingdom92—Arram SabetiZerocaterFounder/CEOWinter 2011B2BChicago, United States140—David TranUpbeat2× YCFounder/CTOSummer 2010ConsumerSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/dtran320Mark LinseyUpbeatFounderSummer 2010ConsumerSan Francisco, United States2—
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Philena Liu
Founder·Lumona
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size1
BatchWinter 2024
LocationBoston, United States
Company statusInactive
StageEarly
BIO
Philena is the Co-founder and CFO of Lumona. She studied CS with a minor in Math at MIT, where she was one of the lecturers in a student-run web-development class (web.lab) and the Tournament Co-Director of one of the most prestigious math tournaments in the world (HMMT). She had also worked on NLP and ML research projects before exploring LLM-assisted search with Lumona.
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
LumonaAI-enabled search engine featuring insights from social media.
