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Known for these resultsRole53%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 53% 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.Bio92%Bio coverage: 92% 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-company29%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 29% of these rows have at least one match.School19%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 19% of these rows have at least one match.
- Lewis BlackwoodFounder/CTO · RexS26B2B · San Francisco
- Merlin Kafka@merlinkafkaFounder/CEO · RexS26B2B · San Francisco
- Gaurav Paliwal@qavravFounder/CTO · ValCtrlX26Fintech · New York
- Sarth Garg@gargsarthak678Founder/CEO · ValCtrlX26Fintech · New York
- Andreas BloomquistFounder · ChamberW26B2B · Seattle
- Charles DingFounder/CEO · ChamberW26B2B · Seattle
- Jason OngFounder/CPO · ChamberW26B2B · Seattle
- Shaocheng WangFounder/CTO · ChamberW26B2B · Seattle
- Akhil Sachdev@akhil_sachdevFounder/CEO · Docura HealthW26Healthcare · San Francisco
- David Newell@DavidNewell95Founder · End CloseW26B2B
- Sean Bolton@SeanBoltonFounder/CEO · End CloseW26B2B
- Arya Khokhar@ary_srcFounder/CEO · Eos AIW26Healthcare · San Francisco
- Andy LeeFounder · DeeptraceF25B2B · San Francisco
- Sri SomasundaramFounder · DeeptraceF25B2B · San Francisco
- Milind SagaramFounder/CTO · HelonicF25Real Estate and Construction · San Francisco
- Niek HogenboomFounder/CEO · Minimal AIS25B2B · Amsterdam
- Titus ExFounder/CTO · Minimal AIS25B2B · Amsterdam
- Eric Rowell@ericdrowellFounder/CTO · WaylineS25Real Estate and Construction · San Francisco
- Jason Okra@heyokraFounder/CEO · WaylineS25Real Estate and Construction · San Francisco
- Christopher PriceFounder/COO · SixtyfourX25B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Lewis BlackwoodRexFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2—Merlin KafkaRexFounder/CEOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/merlinkafkaGaurav PaliwalValCtrlFounder/CTOSpring 2026FintechNew York, United States2https://x.com/qavravSarth GargValCtrlFounder/CEOSpring 2026FintechNew York, United States2https://x.com/gargsarthak678Andreas BloomquistChamberFounderWinter 2026B2BSeattle, United States4—Charles DingChamberFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BSeattle, United States4—Jason OngChamberFounder/CPOWinter 2026B2BSeattle, United States4—Shaocheng WangChamberFounder/CTOWinter 2026B2BSeattle, United States4—Akhil SachdevDocura HealthFounder/CEOWinter 2026HealthcareSan Francisco, United States3https://x.com/akhil_sachdevDavid NewellEnd Close2× YCFounderWinter 2026B2BUnknown2https://x.com/DavidNewell95Sean BoltonEnd CloseFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BUnknown2https://x.com/SeanBoltonArya KhokharEos AIFounder/CEOWinter 2026HealthcareSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/ary_srcAndy LeeDeeptraceFounderFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States4—Sri SomasundaramDeeptraceFounderFall 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States4—Milind SagaramHelonicFounder/CTOFall 2025Real Estate and ConstructionSan Francisco, United States2—Niek HogenboomMinimal AIFounder/CEOSummer 2025B2BAmsterdam, Netherlands3—Titus ExMinimal AIFounder/CTOSummer 2025B2BAmsterdam, Netherlands3—Eric RowellWayline2× YCFounder/CTOSummer 2025Real Estate and ConstructionSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/ericdrowellJason OkraWayline2× YCFounder/CEOSummer 2025Real Estate and ConstructionSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/heyokraChristopher PriceSixtyfourFounder/COOSpring 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States12—
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Eric Rowell
Founder/CTO·Wayline
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size5
BatchSummer 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Co-founder & CTO of Wayline (YC S25). I was previously the founder & CEO of Second (YC W23) where I raised $1.9M to build enterprise codebase maintenance tools. Before that, I was the co-founder and CTO of Uiflow (YC W21) where I raised $21M, built a no-code platform for enterprises, and was acquired by Workday. Before that, I was the Head of Data Visualization at Workday, UI architect at LinkedIn and Yahoo, author of HTML5 Canvas Cookbook, and created several popular open source libraries.
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
2× YC founderExit mentioned in bio
- W23SecondInactive
- S25WaylineActive · this entry
COMPANY CONTEXT
Wayline
AI voice for property managers
IndustryReal Estate and Construction
Websitewayline.com
Team size5
X—
LocationSan Francisco, United States
BatchSummer 2025
Co-foundersJason Okra@heyokra
Also founded · 1 more YC company
SecondInactiveWinter 2023AI-Native Enterprise Codebase Maintenance
B2BUnknown3Open this entry
