§ recipe · founder research

YC founders with prior FAANG tenure

Cohort slice: W26 founders who spent ≥2 years at FAANG before their current role.
§ 02 · the prompt

Paste this into Claude.

you · oncestanding prompt
Find me W26 YC founders who spent ≥2 years at Google, Meta, Amazon, or Apple before founding.
§ 03 · what claude does

The tool chain.

  1. 01linkfetch.people.searchcohort: YC-W26 · title: founder/cofounder
  2. 02linkfetch.profiles.get ×Nfetch full work history
  3. 03claude.filterapply FAANG ≥2y rule
  4. 04claude.composeone-paragraph summary each
§ 04 · variations

Easy swaps.

  • Swap cohort — W25, S25, Sequoia Arc, Antler
  • Swap FAANG for specific companies in your target vertical
  • Chain with email-enrichment for outreach
§ 05 · tools used

Under the hood.

  • linkfetch.people
  • linkfetch.profiles
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