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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-company67%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 67% 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.
- Michael Silver@michaelssilverFounder/CEO · KaizenX25B2B · San Francisco
- Paul Butler@paulgbFounder · JamsocketW22B2B · New York
- Taylor Baldwin@taylorbaldwinFounder · JamsocketW22B2B · New York
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Michael SilverKaizenFounder/CEOSpring 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States6https://x.com/michaelssilverPaul ButlerJamsocketFounderWinter 2022B2BNew York, United States5https://x.com/paulgbTaylor BaldwinJamsocketFounderWinter 2022B2BNew York, United States5https://x.com/taylorbaldwin
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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
