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Known for these resultsRole0%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 0% 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-company33%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 33% of these rows have at least one match.School100%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 100% of these rows have at least one match.
- Aayush ShahFounder · BlacksmithW24B2B
- Aditya (JP) Jayaprakash@adijayaprakashFounder · BlacksmithW24B2B
- Aditya Maru@adityamaru27Founder · BlacksmithW24B2B
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Aayush ShahBlacksmithFounderWinter 2024B2BUnknown3—Aditya (JP) JayaprakashBlacksmithFounderWinter 2024B2BUnknown3https://x.com/adijayaprakashAditya MaruBlacksmithFounderWinter 2024B2BUnknown3https://x.com/adityamaru27
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Aditya Maru
Founder·Blacksmith
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size3
BatchWinter 2024
Location
Company statusActive
StageGrowth
BIO
Aditya Maru is the co-founder & co-CTO of Blacksmith. Before starting Blacksmith, Aditya worked at Cockroach Labs. At Cockroach he was a senior engineer on a core database team responsible for implementing disaster recovery solutions. This was where he gained his deep systems knowledge. Aditya graduated from the University of Waterloo with a degree in Computer Science.
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
Blacksmith
The fastest way to run your GitHub Actions
