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Known for these resultsRole36%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 36% 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-company9%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 9% of these rows have at least one match.School45%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 45% of these rows have at least one match.
- Jonas GruetterFounder/CEO · GripS26Industrials · Zürich
- Stanislaw PiaseckiFounder/CTO · GripS26Industrials · Zürich
- Max PfeifferFounder/CTO · Voxel EnergyW26Industrials
- Sneha KumariFounder · Merlin AIS24B2B · Los Angeles
- David WeinbergFounder/CEO · ParcelBioW24Healthcare · San Francisco
- Johan KersFounder · Birch BiosciencesS22Industrials · Portland
- Anton Pluschke@DrAPluschkeFounder · Ordinary SeafoodS22Consumer · Potsdam
- Nicolas RamsayFounder · CircularW22Consumer · Singapore
- Pantha Roy@PanthaRoyFounder · CircularW22Consumer · Singapore
- John Wetzel@John__WetzelFounder · GatherS20B2B · New York
- Sergei LepchenkovFounder · GiveAwayW20Consumer · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Jonas GruetterGripFounder/CEOSummer 2026IndustrialsZürich, Switzerland4—Stanislaw PiaseckiGripFounder/CTOSummer 2026IndustrialsZürich, Switzerland4—Max PfeifferVoxel EnergyFounder/CTOWinter 2026IndustrialsUnknown3—Sneha KumariMerlin AIFounderSummer 2024B2BLos Angeles, United States19—David WeinbergParcelBioFounder/CEOWinter 2024HealthcareSan Francisco, United States6—Johan KersBirch BiosciencesFounderSummer 2022IndustrialsPortland, United States10—Anton PluschkeOrdinary SeafoodFounderSummer 2022ConsumerPotsdam, Germany5https://x.com/DrAPluschkeNicolas RamsayCircularFounderWinter 2022ConsumerSingapore, Singapore25—Pantha RoyCircularFounderWinter 2022ConsumerSingapore, Singapore25https://x.com/PanthaRoyJohn WetzelGatherFounderSummer 2020B2BNew York, United States6https://x.com/John__WetzelSergei LepchenkovGiveAwayFounderWinter 2020ConsumerSan Francisco, United States1—
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Kumar Siddhartha
Founder·Merlin AI
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size19
BatchSummer 2024
LocationLos Angeles, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
CS grad from BITS Pilani. Spent the last 12 years writing code and building product at startups. 2nd engineer at Swiggy. Co-founded Index (https://getindex.co, acquired 2021). Tackling the ERP mess in US construction with Merlin.
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
Merlin AI
AI powered ERP for Construction
