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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.Bio94%Bio coverage: 94% 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-company50%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 50% of these rows have at least one match.School38%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 38% of these rows have at least one match.
- Guy Ben Aharon@GuyBenAharonFounder/CTO · OneCLIS26B2B · San Francisco
- Marguerite BenoistFounder/CTO · AquaShieldX26Real Estate and Construction · San Francisco
- Paul BeckersFounder/CEO · AquaShieldX26Real Estate and Construction · San Francisco
- BinBin He@binsquaresFounder/CEO · smol machinesX26B2B · San Francisco
- Paul GrechFounder/CEO · OctaPulseW26Industrials
- Rohan SinghFounder/CTO · OctaPulseW26Industrials
- Kenneth Acquah@aquariusacquahFounder/CTO · KaizenX25B2B · San Francisco
- Finnian Brown@finnatseaFounder/CEO · Aqua VoiceW24Consumer · San Francisco
- Jack McIntire@jtmcintireFounder/CTO · Aqua VoiceW24Consumer · San Francisco
- Dev PatelFounder · AquaS21Fintech · New York
- Rohan Marwaha@RohanMarwahaFounder · AquaS21Fintech · New York
- Peter Gao@pgaoooFounder · Aquarium LearningS20B2B · San Francisco
- Quinn JohnsonFounder · Aquarium LearningS20B2B · San Francisco
- Alex Kates@ajkatesFounder/CEO · VetcoveS16B2B · Miami
- Mitchell KatesFounder/Tech · VetcoveS16B2B · Miami
- Alex AndonFounder/CEO · Jellyfish ArtW12Consumer · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Guy Ben AharonOneCLIFounder/CTOSummer 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States0https://x.com/GuyBenAharonMarguerite BenoistAquaShieldFounder/CTOSpring 2026Real Estate and ConstructionSan Francisco, United States3—Paul BeckersAquaShieldFounder/CEOSpring 2026Real Estate and ConstructionSan Francisco, United States3—BinBin Hesmol machinesFounder/CEOSpring 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States1https://x.com/binsquaresPaul GrechOctaPulseFounder/CEOWinter 2026IndustrialsUnknown2—Rohan SinghOctaPulseFounder/CTOWinter 2026IndustrialsUnknown2—Kenneth AcquahKaizenFounder/CTOSpring 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States6https://x.com/aquariusacquahFinnian BrownAqua VoiceFounder/CEOWinter 2024ConsumerSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/finnatseaJack McIntireAqua VoiceFounder/CTOWinter 2024ConsumerSan Francisco, United States5https://x.com/jtmcintireDev PatelAquaFounderSummer 2021FintechNew York, United States34—Rohan MarwahaAquaFounderSummer 2021FintechNew York, United States34https://x.com/RohanMarwahaPeter GaoAquarium LearningFounderSummer 2020B2BSan Francisco, United States12https://x.com/pgaoooQuinn JohnsonAquarium LearningFounderSummer 2020B2BSan Francisco, United States12—Alex KatesVetcoveFounder/CEOSummer 2016B2BMiami, United States170https://x.com/ajkatesMitchell KatesVetcoveFounder/TechSummer 2016B2BMiami, United States170—Alex AndonJellyfish ArtFounder/CEOWinter 2012ConsumerSan Francisco, United States2—
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Michael Silver
Founder/CEO·Kaizen
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size6
BatchSpring 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Michael was Gather’s first engineer and head of infrastructure, scaling the business through Series B ($77M Sequoia/Index). He also served as first engineer at Jamsocket (acq. Modal), helping build a new Kubernetes-like orchestrator in Rust. Previously, he worked on databases at SingleStore, distributed systems at Meta, and Siri at Apple. Michael conducted research on question answering and information retrieval at MIT's Computer Science and AI Lab and holds a B.S. in Computer Science from MIT.
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
KaizenAutomate anything on the web.
IndustryB2B
Websitekaizenautomation.com
Team size6
LocationSan Francisco, United States
BatchSpring 2025
Co-foundersKenneth Acquah@aquariusacquah
