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Known for these resultsRole50%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 50% 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-company50%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 50% 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.
- Anushka Idamekorala@anushkaidameFounder/CTO · LogicalF25B2B · San Francisco
- Sam Karu@SamKaru_Founder/CEO · LogicalF25B2B · San Francisco
- Frances LiuFounder · PromptlessW25B2B · San Francisco
- Prithvi Ramakrishnan@prithviramakFounder · PromptlessW25B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Anushka IdamekoralaLogicalFounder/CTOFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/anushkaidameSam KaruLogicalFounder/CEOFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/SamKaru_Frances LiuPromptlessFounderWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States5—Prithvi RamakrishnanPromptlessFounderWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/prithviramak
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Frances Liu
Founder·Promptless
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size5
BatchWinter 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Frances is building Promptless, helping companies keep customer-facing content up-to-date. Prior to Promptless, Frances led product, ML/AI engineering, and LLM ops on petabyte scale at Cloudflare, OneSignal, and Graft. Yale undergrad. Stanford PhD drop-out. Has published LLM research.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsPhDDropout / Thiel
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Promptless
An AI teammate that automatically updates your customer-facing docs
Co-foundersPrithvi Ramakrishnan@prithviramak
