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Founders
All founders (46)| Founder | Companies | Record |
|---|---|---|
 Adam NeumannCo-founder of WeWork and founder of Flow | Flow, Flowcarbon, WeWork, +2 | 2 active2 status unknown1 acquired |
| Arvid KahlCo-founder of FeedbackPanda and founder of Podscan, author of Zero to Sold | Podscan, The Bootstrapped Founder, FeedbackPanda | 2 acquired1 active |
| Ben TossellFounder of Makerpad and Ben's Bites, and early-stage investor | Ben's Bites, Makerpad | 1 active1 acquired |
 Bill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft and chair of the Gates Foundation | Breakthrough Energy, Gates Ventures, TerraPower, +3 | 4 active1 ipo1 shut down |
| Courtland AllenFounder of Indie Hackers, the founder community acquired by Stripe in 2017 and spun back out in 2023 | Indie Hackers, Taskforce, Syphir | 1 active1 status unknown1 shut down |
| Damon ChenFounder of Testimonial and owner of PDF.ai | PDF.ai, Testimonial, Backlogs, +3 | 2 active4 status unknown |
| Daniel VassalloFormer AWS engineer, founder of Small Bets (sold to Gumroad) and Userbase | FULL SEND, Small Bets, Gumroad, +2 | 3 active1 acquired1 ipo |
| Danny PostmaFounder of HeadshotPro; sold Headlime to Conversion.ai (now Jasper) | HeadshotPro, Deep Agency, ProfilePicture.AI, +2 | 3 active1 shut down1 acquired |
Companies
All companies (187)| Company | Founded | People | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AidbaseAI-powered customer support and self-serve help platform for SaaS and e-commerce businesses. | 2023 | Simon Høiberg | Active |
 Alameda ResearchA cryptocurrency trading firm that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with FTX in November 2022. | 2017 | Sam Bankman-Fried | Bankrupt |
| AlphabetHolding company of Google and other businesses. | 2015 | Larry Page, Sergey Brin | IPO |
| AmazonOnline retail, cloud computing and consumer technology company. | 1994 | Daniel Vassallo, Jeff Bezos | IPO |
 Anduril IndustriesDefense technology company building autonomous systems, drones and sensors. | 2017 | Palmer Luckey | Active |
 AnthropicAI safety and research company that develops the Claude models. | 2021 | Dario Amodei | Active |
| AppleMaker of consumer electronics, software and services. | 1976 | Steve Jobs | IPO |
| Armand de BrignacChampagne brand, also known as Ace of Spades. | 2006 | Jay-Z | Active |
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