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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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Veniamin Veselovsky
Founder·Preseen
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size1
BatchSummer 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Prior to joining YC, Veniamin was a PhD student at Princeton where he worked on large language models. His work is widely cited and covered by the media. Before that, he did research in Toronto, Switzerland, Germany, and had a brief stint at a Ukrainian start up building interactive tables.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsPhD
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
PreseenThe AI forecasting company for global macro events.
