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Known for these resultsRole33%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 33% 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-company100%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 100% of these rows have at least one match.School67%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 67% of these rows have at least one match.
- Andrew Yan@andrewyan200Founder/CEO · AthenaHQW25B2B · San Francisco
- Agam Jain@agam_jnFounder · WhipW24Consumer · San Francisco
- Samagra Sharma@samagra_sharmaFounder · WhipW24Consumer · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Andrew YanAthenaHQFounder/CEOWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States12https://x.com/andrewyan200Agam JainWhipFounderWinter 2024ConsumerSan Francisco, United States6https://x.com/agam_jnSamagra SharmaWhipFounderWinter 2024ConsumerSan Francisco, United States6https://x.com/samagra_sharma
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Andrew Yan
Founder/CEO·AthenaHQ
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size12
BatchWinter 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Co-founder AthenaHQ--helping brands get discovered on ChatGPT. Formerly @googlesearch @deepmind @usarmylab @columbia In previous life, played in the band that inspired the Oscar-winning movie Whiplash.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
Disciplinenot detectedKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
AthenaHQ
Be the Answer in AI Search - AI SEO across SEO, GEO & AEO
Co-foundersAlan Yao@sudosandvich
