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Known for these resultsRole52%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 52% 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.Bio87%Bio coverage: 87% 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-company24%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 24% of these rows have at least one match.School35%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 35% of these rows have at least one match.
- Colin LaveryFounder/CTO · Aerogen SystemsS26Industrials · Ann Arbor
- Noah VogelFounder/CEO · Aerogen SystemsS26Industrials · Ann Arbor
- Jonas GruetterFounder/CEO · GripS26Industrials · Zürich
- Stanislaw PiaseckiFounder/CTO · GripS26Industrials · Zürich
- Aahil Valliani@aahil__valFounder · VestrisS26Real Estate and Construction · San Francisco
- Joshua Tang@joshtang07Founder · VestrisS26Real Estate and Construction · San Francisco
- Drake GoodmanFounder/CEO · MaywoodW26Fintech · New York
- Esteban VizcainoFounder/CTO · MaywoodW26Fintech · New York
- Kent GoodmanFounder/COO · MaywoodW26Fintech · New York
- Alexander CalafiuraFounder/COO · TravoW26Real Estate and Construction · San Francisco
- Ashwin SriramFounder/CTO · TravoW26Real Estate and Construction · San Francisco
- Clarence ChenFounder/CEO · TravoW26Real Estate and Construction · San Francisco
- Michael DalvaFounder/CPO · TravoW26Real Estate and Construction · San Francisco
- Vlad BaskakovFounder/CEO · VOYGRW26B2B · San Francisco
- Yarik Markov@yamarkovFounder/CTO · VOYGRW26B2B · San Francisco
- Pratham Bansal@pratham__bansalFounder/CEO · LanesurfS25B2B · San Francisco
- Sarthak Singh Chauhan@sarthakiitdFounder/CTO · LanesurfS25B2B · San Francisco
- Aaron Yu@AaronYu397421Founder/CTO · QualGentX25B2B · San Francisco
- Shivam Agrawal@ShivamHacksFounder/CEO · QualGentX25B2B · San Francisco
- Amer Eid@amereidxyzFounder/CTO · OvloW25B2B · Dubai
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Colin LaveryAerogen SystemsFounder/CTOSummer 2026IndustrialsAnn Arbor, United States4—Noah VogelAerogen SystemsFounder/CEOSummer 2026IndustrialsAnn Arbor, United States4—Jonas GruetterGripFounder/CEOSummer 2026IndustrialsZürich, Switzerland4—Stanislaw PiaseckiGripFounder/CTOSummer 2026IndustrialsZürich, Switzerland4—Aahil VallianiVestrisFounderSummer 2026Real Estate and ConstructionSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/aahil__valJoshua TangVestrisFounderSummer 2026Real Estate and ConstructionSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/joshtang07Drake GoodmanMaywoodFounder/CEOWinter 2026FintechNew York, United States5—Esteban VizcainoMaywoodFounder/CTOWinter 2026FintechNew York, United States5—Kent GoodmanMaywoodFounder/COOWinter 2026FintechNew York, United States5—Alexander CalafiuraTravoFounder/COOWinter 2026Real Estate and ConstructionSan Francisco, United States4—Ashwin SriramTravoFounder/CTOWinter 2026Real Estate and ConstructionSan Francisco, United States4—Clarence ChenTravoFounder/CEOWinter 2026Real Estate and ConstructionSan Francisco, United States4—Michael DalvaTravoFounder/CPOWinter 2026Real Estate and ConstructionSan Francisco, United States4—Vlad BaskakovVOYGRFounder/CEOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States——Yarik MarkovVOYGRFounder/CTOWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States—https://x.com/yamarkovPratham BansalLanesurfFounder/CEOSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States11https://x.com/pratham__bansalSarthak Singh ChauhanLanesurfFounder/CTOSummer 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States11https://x.com/sarthakiitdAaron YuQualGentFounder/CTOSpring 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States10https://x.com/AaronYu397421Shivam AgrawalQualGentFounder/CEOSpring 2025B2BSan Francisco, United States10https://x.com/ShivamHacksAmer EidOvloFounder/CTOWinter 2025B2BDubai, United Arab Emirates2https://x.com/amereidxyz
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Pratham Bansal
Founder/CEO·Lanesurf
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size11
BatchSummer 2025
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Pratham studied engineering at IIT Delhi, where he contributed to ML research at Caltech and Rice. He then deployed AI systems for F500 enterprises at Booz & Co He then built a 10x faster (than SOTA) inference application for compute-heavy ML models, that was sold to an NVIDIA-backed Bay Area company. At IIT, he also led Rendezvous, Asia’s largest cultural festival, drawing 150,000 attendees with sponsors including Coca Cola, Binance, and the NBA.
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
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