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Known for these resultsRole44%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 44% 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-company56%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 56% of these rows have at least one match.School33%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 33% of these rows have at least one match.
- Eli Bullock-PapaFounder/CEO · Pax HistoriaW26Consumer · San Francisco
- Ryan ZhangFounder/CTO · Pax HistoriaW26Consumer · San Francisco
- Benjamin KilimnikFounder · PAX MarketsW25Fintech · San Francisco
- Pete Stevenson@pax_pax_paxFounder/CEO · PAX MarketsW25Fintech · San Francisco
- Sam KramerFounder · InvariaS24B2B · London
- Chris Le@chriiisleFounder · PaxS24B2B · San Francisco
- Penny ChenFounder/CEO · PaxS24B2B · San Francisco
- Will Lawrence@will_lawrenceTOFounder · Bretton AIS23Fintech · San Francisco
- Brad Dwyer@braddwyerFounder · RoboflowS20B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Eli Bullock-PapaPax HistoriaFounder/CEOWinter 2026ConsumerSan Francisco, United States3—Ryan ZhangPax HistoriaFounder/CTOWinter 2026ConsumerSan Francisco, United States3—Benjamin KilimnikPAX MarketsFounderWinter 2025FintechSan Francisco, United States6—Pete StevensonPAX MarketsFounder/CEOWinter 2025FintechSan Francisco, United States6https://x.com/pax_pax_paxSam KramerInvariaFounderSummer 2024B2BLondon, United Kingdom3—Chris LePaxFounderSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States10https://x.com/chriiislePenny ChenPaxFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States10—Will LawrenceBretton AIFounderSummer 2023FintechSan Francisco, United States34https://x.com/will_lawrenceTOBrad DwyerRoboflowFounderSummer 2020B2BSan Francisco, United States100https://x.com/braddwyer
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Alex Maass
Founder·Invaria
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size3
BatchSummer 2024
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
Company statusInactive
StageEarly
BIO
Prior to Invaria, Alex spent 9 years at Palantir as a Forward Deployed Engineering Lead and as a Production Engineering Manager. He has led globally distributed teams to deliver client facing projects across diverse industries. As a Production Engineering Manager, Alex led and grew the EMEA team and was responsible for special projects with some of Palantir's most critical clients. Prior to Palantir, Alex had hardware engineering internships at Nvidia and MSI.
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
InvariaThe next generation logging and observability platform
