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Known for these resultsRole75%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 75% 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-company25%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 25% of these rows have at least one match.School75%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 75% of these rows have at least one match.
- Bill Jiao@BillJiao930Founder/CEO · General InstinctX26Industrials · San Francisco
- Guanming Wang@Guanming717Founder/CTO · General InstinctX26Industrials · San Francisco
- Aleks TomovskiFounder/CTO · ModernX26B2B · San Francisco
- Eunju MoonFounder/CTO · InstinctW26Fintech · San Francisco
- Joon Won Song@mericsongFounder/CEO · InstinctW26Fintech · San Francisco
- Alex Pinel Neparidze@Alex__PinelFounder · Instinct SpaceW25Industrials · London
- Ashwin IyerFounder · Instinct SpaceW25Industrials · London
- Joaquim DicksonFounder/CTO · Instinct SpaceW25Industrials · London
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Bill JiaoGeneral InstinctFounder/CEOSpring 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/BillJiao930Guanming WangGeneral InstinctFounder/CTOSpring 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/Guanming717Aleks TomovskiModernFounder/CTOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Eunju MoonInstinctFounder/CTOWinter 2026FintechSan Francisco, United States5—Joon Won SongInstinctFounder/CEOWinter 2026FintechSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/mericsongAlex Pinel NeparidzeInstinct SpaceFounderWinter 2025IndustrialsLondon, United Kingdom5https://x.com/Alex__PinelAshwin IyerInstinct SpaceFounderWinter 2025IndustrialsLondon, United Kingdom5—Joaquim DicksonInstinct SpaceFounder/CTOWinter 2025IndustrialsLondon, United Kingdom5—
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Alex Pinel Neparidze
Founder·Instinct Space
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size5
BatchWinter 2025
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Building lunar landers. Co-CEO of Instinct. Graduate in Space Engineering at UCL and Aerospace engineering at QMUL. At Open Cosmos, he worked in project management on the PHISAT-2 and HAMMER Earth observation satellites, both launched in 2024 and now in orbit. Published research on the usage of machine learning for detecting Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Instinct SpaceBuilding lunar landers
IndustryIndustrials
Websiteinstinct-space.com/
Team size5
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
BatchWinter 2025
