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Known for these resultsRole49%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 49% 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.Bio83%Bio coverage: 83% 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-company26%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 26% of these rows have at least one match.School28%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 28% of these rows have at least one match.
- Johnny Doyle@jdoyleirlFounder/CEO · ProvenMetalS26Industrials · San Francisco
- Will Carkner@CarknerWillFounder/CTO · ProvenMetalS26Industrials · San Francisco
- Elton Shon@eltonbear6996Founder/CTO · One RobotW26Industrials · San Francisco
- Hemanth SarabuFounder/CEO · One RobotW26Industrials · San Francisco
- Casey Spencer@recnepsyesacFounder/CEO · Voxel EnergyW26Industrials
- Federico Reyes GomezFounder/CTO · TesoraS25B2B · San Francisco
- Vivek RaoFounder/CEO · TesoraS25B2B · San Francisco
- Kushal MohtaFounder · Optifye.aiW25B2B · San Francisco
- Vivaan BaidFounder/CEO · Optifye.aiW25B2B · San Francisco
- Ross DohertyFounder/COO · Orbital OperationsW25Industrials · Los Angeles
- Nicholas PipitoneFounder/CTO · ZeroEntropyW25B2B · San Francisco
- Allen Liou@allenliou_Founder · Assembly HOAS24Real Estate and Construction · San Francisco
- Shreyas BharadwajFounder · Assembly HOAS24Real Estate and Construction · San Francisco
- Harsh BhattFounder/CTO · Autumn LabsS24Industrials · San Francisco
- Prathik MuppidiFounder/CEO · Autumn LabsS24Industrials · San Francisco
- Sam MongaFounder/CTO · Autumn LabsS24Industrials · San Francisco
- Guru Rao@CtrlGuruDeleteFounder/CEO · DigitalCarbonS24B2B · San Francisco
- Michael NguyenFounder/CTO · DigitalCarbonS24B2B · San Francisco
- Elham Islam@ElhamIslam_Founder/CTO · SynnaxS24B2B · Denver
- Emiliano Bonilla@Emilbon99Founder/CEO · SynnaxS24B2B · Denver
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Johnny DoyleProvenMetalFounder/CEOSummer 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/jdoyleirlWill CarknerProvenMetalFounder/CTOSummer 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States4https://x.com/CarknerWillElton ShonOne RobotFounder/CTOWinter 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/eltonbear6996Hemanth SarabuOne RobotFounder/CEOWinter 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2—Casey SpencerVoxel EnergyFounder/CEOWinter 2026IndustrialsUnknown3https://x.com/recnepsyesacFederico Reyes GomezTesoraFounder/CTOSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States5—Vivek RaoTesoraFounder/CEOSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States5—Kushal MohtaOptifye.aiFounderWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States8—Vivaan BaidOptifye.aiFounder/CEOWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States8—Ross DohertyOrbital OperationsFounder/COOWinter 2025IndustrialsLos Angeles, United States10—Nicholas PipitoneZeroEntropyFounder/CTOWinter 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States6—Allen LiouAssembly HOAFounderSummer 2024Real Estate and ConstructionSan Francisco, United States12https://x.com/allenliou_Shreyas BharadwajAssembly HOAFounderSummer 2024Real Estate and ConstructionSan Francisco, United States12—Harsh BhattAutumn LabsFounder/CTOSummer 2024IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States3—Prathik MuppidiAutumn Labs2× YCFounder/CEOSummer 2024IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States3—Sam MongaAutumn LabsFounder/CTOSummer 2024IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States3—Guru RaoDigitalCarbonFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States0https://x.com/CtrlGuruDeleteMichael NguyenDigitalCarbonFounder/CTOSummer 2024B2BSan Francisco, United States0—Elham IslamSynnaxFounder/CTOSummer 2024B2BDenver, United States5https://x.com/ElhamIslam_Emiliano BonillaSynnaxFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BDenver, United States5https://x.com/Emilbon99
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Ben Schleuniger
Founder/CEO·Orbital Operations
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size10
BatchWinter 2025
LocationLos Angeles, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Ben Schleungier is the Co-founder and CEO of Orbital Operations. He started his career at NASA in propulsion before moving on to SpaceX and then as an early employee at Relativity Space. He owned the fluid systems for the TM1 rocket, the complex heat exchangers on the AeonR engine, and built the Components team and the Integrated Design and Analysis teams from the ground up. Ben has an deep understanding of rocket engine design and analysis and building high performance engineering teams.
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
Orbital Operations
High Thrust Space Vehicles for Satellite Defense
IndustryIndustrials
Websiteorbitalops.tech/
Team size10
X—
LocationLos Angeles, United States
BatchWinter 2025
Co-foundersRoss Doherty
