Founder Directory
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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-company33%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 33% of these rows have at least one match.School33%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 33% of these rows have at least one match.
- Veniamin Veselovsky@VminVskyFounder · PreseenS25B2B · San Francisco
- Spencer Brown@spencerbrownxFounder/CEO · ChestnutX25Fintech · San Francisco
- Smit DagliFounder · Kanava AIX25B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Veniamin VeselovskyPreseenFounderSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States1https://x.com/VminVskySpencer BrownChestnutFounder/CEOSpring 2025FintechSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/spencerbrownxSmit DagliKanava AIFounderSpring 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States2—
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Smit Dagli
Founder·Kanava AI
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size2
BatchSpring 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusInactive
StageEarly
BIO
Automating sales for distributors using agents. Prev built evals for agents @Observe, backend engineering at Abnormal Security, ChestnutFi, Salesforce
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
