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Known for these resultsRole25%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 25% 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-company0%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 0% of these rows have at least one match.School25%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 25% of these rows have at least one match.
- Arthur ZhouFounder · ValenceW26Fintech · San Francisco
- Daniel Kasabov-NouvionFounder · ValenceW26Fintech · San Francisco
- Neo WangFounder · ValenceW26Fintech · San Francisco
- Jonny Hsu@hsu_jonnyFounder/CEO · Blank BioS25Healthcare · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Arthur ZhouValenceFounderWinter 2026FintechSan Francisco, United States3—Daniel Kasabov-NouvionValenceFounderWinter 2026FintechSan Francisco, United States3—Neo WangValenceFounderWinter 2026FintechSan Francisco, United States3—Jonny HsuBlank BioFounder/CEOSummer 2025HealthcareSan Francisco, United States6https://x.com/hsu_jonnyShowing 1–4 of 4 founders
Philip Fradkin
Founder·Blank Bio
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size6
BatchSummer 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Building AI for the most designable molecule in the world: RNA Published at top ML & Bio conferences including best paper at Foundation models for science @ Neurips. Built self-supervised learning applications for RNA, small molecules, and phenomics. Playing long term games in ML for Biology. One of the first employees at Deep Genomics. PhD from University of Toronto.
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
RNA intelligence for precision medicine