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Known for these resultsRole59%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 59% 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.Bio65%Bio coverage: 65% 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-company18%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 18% of these rows have at least one match.School18%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 18% of these rows have at least one match.
- Michael Baron@nominalaviatorFounder/CEO · Aurorin CADW26B2B · San Francisco
- Zoey Zhang@ZoeyZ1004Founder · FlickF25Consumer · San Francisco
- Rush Sadiwala@updating_priorsFounder/COO · SavaF25Fintech · New York
- Aaksha Meghawat@aakshamFounder/CTO · KashikoiX25B2B · San Francisco
- Swan Beaujard@nullswanFounder/CTO · NomiX25B2B · Paris
- Carlos Aravena@fasatcharlieFounder · PoliglotaW21Education · Santiago
- Alexis PatjaneFounder · 99minutosW20B2B · Mexico City
- Jeff MunzarFounder · Nomic BioW20Healthcare · Montreal
- Milad DagherFounder · Nomic BioW20Healthcare · Montreal
- Jonathan FriedmanFounder/CEO · AssemblyS15B2B · Los Angeles
- Joe GreensteinFounder/Zookeeper's Assistant · Leaders In TechS15Unspecified · San Francisco
- Semira RahemtullaFounder · Leaders In TechS15Unspecified · San Francisco
- Rafael Ferreira@rafafferreira1Founder/CMO · LabdoorW15Consumer · San Francisco
- Abe FettermanFounder/CTO · NomikuW15Consumer · San Francisco
- Lisa Q. FettermanFounder/CEO · NomikuW15Consumer · San Francisco
- Urska Srsen@UrskaSrsenFounder/CCO · BellabeatW14Consumer · San Francisco
- Alex Cavoulacos@acavFounder/COO · The MuseW12B2B · New York
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Michael BaronAurorin CADFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States1https://x.com/nominalaviatorZoey ZhangFlickFounderFall 2025ConsumerSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/ZoeyZ1004Rush SadiwalaSavaFounder/COOFall 2025FintechNew York, United States3https://x.com/updating_priorsAaksha MeghawatKashikoiFounder/CTOSpring 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/aakshamSwan BeaujardNomiFounder/CTOSpring 2025B2BParis, France5https://x.com/nullswanCarlos AravenaPoliglotaFounderWinter 2021EducationSantiago, Chile170https://x.com/fasatcharlieAlexis Patjane99minutosFounderWinter 2020B2BMexico City, Mexico5000—Jeff MunzarNomic BioFounderWinter 2020HealthcareMontreal, Canada24—Milad DagherNomic BioFounderWinter 2020HealthcareMontreal, Canada24—Jonathan FriedmanAssemblyFounder/CEOSummer 2015B2BLos Angeles, United States12—Joe GreensteinLeaders In TechFounder/Zookeeper's AssistantSummer 2015UnspecifiedSan Francisco, United States1—Semira RahemtullaLeaders In TechFounderSummer 2015UnspecifiedSan Francisco, United States1—Rafael FerreiraLabdoorFounder/CMOWinter 2015ConsumerSan Francisco, United States11https://x.com/rafafferreira1Abe FettermanNomikuFounder/CTOWinter 2015ConsumerSan Francisco, United States11—Lisa Q. FettermanNomikuFounder/CEOWinter 2015ConsumerSan Francisco, United States11—Urska SrsenBellabeatFounder/CCOWinter 2014ConsumerSan Francisco, United States134https://x.com/UrskaSrsenAlex CavoulacosThe MuseFounder/COOWinter 2012B2BNew York, United States60https://x.com/acav
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Aaksha Meghawat
Founder/CTO·Kashikoi
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size2
BatchSpring 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Founder, Kashikoi. Aaksha led the Simulation & Evaluation stack at Moveworks(ServiceNow) shipping 250+ customized enterprise ready agents to Fortune 500 and federal agencies. Aaksha has done award winning NSF sponsored research in Transformers at CMU (long before OpenAI made them cool). She shipped edge speech recognition models on 1bn+ iPhones (for the most esoteric dialects you can think of) at Apple. The innovation behind this was nominated for a Best Paper at Interspeech 2021.
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
KashikoiSimulation Engine for Benchmarking AI Products
