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Known for these resultsRole80%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 80% 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-company20%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 20% of these rows have at least one match.School60%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 60% of these rows have at least one match.
- Shashij Gupta@ShashijguptaFounder/CEO · CekuraF24B2B · San Francisco
- Sidhant Kabra@kabra_sidhantFounder · CekuraF24B2B · San Francisco
- Tarush Agarwal@tarush_agarwal_Founder/CTO · CekuraF24B2B · San Francisco
- Blake Shao@rmptmlkFounder/CPO · StewdioF24Consumer · New York
- Jialiang (JZ) Zhou@jz2lettersFounder/CEO · StewdioF24Consumer · New York
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Shashij GuptaCekuraFounder/CEOFall 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States15https://x.com/ShashijguptaSidhant KabraCekuraFounderFall 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States15https://x.com/kabra_sidhantTarush AgarwalCekuraFounder/CTOFall 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States15https://x.com/tarush_agarwal_Blake ShaoStewdioFounder/CPOFall 2024ConsumerNew York, United States2https://x.com/rmptmlkJialiang (JZ) ZhouStewdioFounder/CEOFall 2024ConsumerNew York, United States2https://x.com/jz2letters
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Blake Shao
Founder/CPO·Stewdio
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CPO
Team size2
BatchFall 2024
LocationNew York, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Co-founder of Stewdio (F24). Recent Brown CS grad, took a consumer AI startup for 0 to 1 as a founding engineer, and won festivals as a filmmaker before startup.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
No notable employer or school mentioned in the bio.
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineEngineerKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
