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yc's first ever batch, summer '05
where are they now?
where are they now?
the batch had 8 companies:
reddit: frontpage of the internet
memamp: better desktop search
kiko: ajax-based calendar
clickfacts: click fraud detector
textpayme: pay via sms
loopt: share your location with friends
infogami: cms written in python
simmery axe: social websites
reddit: frontpage of the internet
memamp: better desktop search
kiko: ajax-based calendar
clickfacts: click fraud detector
textpayme: pay via sms
loopt: share your location with friends
infogami: cms written in python
simmery axe: social websites
@jesslivingston co-founded @ycombinator with @paulg, @tlbtlbtlb and robert tappan morris.
jessica is the only non-retired of the 4 founders and continues to serve as a partner at yc.
jessica is the only non-retired of the 4 founders and continues to serve as a partner at yc.
zak stone co-founded short-lived memamp with chris slowe. zak later launched perceptio (acq by apple) and is now a pm at @google.
@redditspez steve huffman sold reddit to conde nast. he left to co-found travel startup hipmunk before returning to @reddit in 2015 as ceo.
after selling reddit to conde nast, @alexisohanian founded @initialized with yc alum @garrytan and he married tennis great @serenawilliams. he recently left initialized to start @sevensevensix where he invests in early stage startups.
@eshear co-founded kiko with @justinkan which they later sold on ebay for $258k.
emmett then founded justin tv with justin and @mwseibel which became @Twitch. they sold twitch to amazon for $970M. he continues to serve as ceo of twitch.
emmett then founded justin tv with justin and @mwseibel which became @Twitch. they sold twitch to amazon for $970M. he continues to serve as ceo of twitch.
i'm not sure who this is. anyone know?
thinking it might be michael caruso, the 4th founder of clickfacts.
thinking it might be michael caruso, the 4th founder of clickfacts.
greg gurevich co-founded clickfacts with his brother mikhail, mikhail ledvich and a sometimes-mentioned 4th founder, michael caruso.
today greg is a managing partner at maritime capital and his brother mikhail runs investment firm dominion capital.
today greg is a managing partner at maritime capital and his brother mikhail runs investment firm dominion capital.
after co-founding infogami and later jottit with aaron swartz, @simoncarstensen worked as a developer in various roles. he now runs a digital agency called greenbits https://greenbits.dk/
@jessethetov went into academia after simmery axe shut down, getting his phd in computer science from northeastern univ. he is now a professor of computer science at northwestern.
@sama co-founded loopt (acq’d by green dot for $43M) with @kogir, who now runs hacker news.
sam later became president of yc. in 2014, sam led a $50M investment into reddit which brought @redditspez back to the company as ceo.
today, sam is ceo of @openai.
sam later became president of yc. in 2014, sam led a $50M investment into reddit which brought @redditspez back to the company as ceo.
today, sam is ceo of @openai.
after co-founding clickfacts, mikhail ledvich led marketing and product at a number of startups including @goshippo.
today, he's vp of digital product at @BankofAmerica.
today, he's vp of digital product at @BankofAmerica.
aaron swartz co-founded infogami with @simoncarstensen, then joined @reddit when the companies merged. aaron left reddit after the acquisition by conde nast.
aaron committed suicide in 2013 after federal prosecutors charged him in re the jstor downloads from mit.
aaron committed suicide in 2013 after federal prosecutors charged him in re the jstor downloads from mit.
philip yuen, now ceo of air purifier co @aurabeat_na, co-founded textpayme (acq'd by amazon) with gerald yuen and cj huang.
they later started social gaming site cupidsplay (acq'd by @zynga).
they later started social gaming site cupidsplay (acq'd by @zynga).
@KeyserSosa chris slowe is cto at @reddit. chris joined reddit after memamp shut down, staying through the acquisition by conde nast until eventually leaving to join hipmunk in 2010.
chris returned to reddit in 2016 and now serves as cto.
chris returned to reddit in 2016 and now serves as cto.
after starting kiko, http://justin.tv and @twitch, @justinkan co-founded socialcam with @mwseibel which @autodesk acquired in 2012 for $60M.
he later co-founded exec and atrium which have both shut down. he is now a youtuber https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfRtwc6K_VU9N4OjNnU2P7g
he later co-founded exec and atrium which have both shut down. he is now a youtuber https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfRtwc6K_VU9N4OjNnU2P7g
@paulg stepped down from his day-to-day role at yc in 2014, replaced by @sama.
in 2008, he married @jesslivingston. today, he lives in england with jessica and their 2 children.
in 2008, he married @jesslivingston. today, he lives in england with jessica and their 2 children.
corrections etc welcome
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