Founder48
35th percentile
Investor0
Profile ClaimedYC S20Serial FounderAcquiredRaised $30M+100+ Employees
Founder Matrix
Most Complimentary
Credibility
this founder typical founder (50th pct)
Operator · 58th percentile
- Currently building Wapihuman.com and serving as CTO at Rig, an active founder role.
- Y Combinator S20 alum via Hypermile.
- Hypermile had co-founders, including James Hennessey alongside Jakub.
Founder score
- 97%Probability of being accurate (97%)Y Combinator S20 alum via Hypermile.
- 95%Probability of being accurate (95%)Past co-founder of Hypermile, a Y Combinator-backed AI trucking startup acquired by K1/Konboi.
- 92%Probability of being accurate (92%)Exit: Hypermile was acquired by K1/Konboi.
- 75%Probability of being accurate (75%)Currently building Wapihuman.com and serving as CTO at Rig, an active founder role.
- 72%Probability of being accurate (72%)Hypermile had co-founders, including James Hennessey alongside Jakub.
- 70%Probability of being accurate (70%)Led or co-led companies that raised approximately $32M in total venture funding across his founding roles.
Investor score
No signal on this dimension.
What you likely need
You're a YC-backed founder with one acquisition exit and deep AI/ML credibility, now building Wapihuman and serving as CTO at Rig. Your next leverage points are raising a proper seed round for Wapihuman, amplifying your author/lecturer brand to drive inbound, and converting your YC network into early customers and co-founders. The thin public signal on your current ventures suggests you'd benefit from more visible traction storytelling.
Are these your current priorities?
We will tune and customize your Founder Festival experience to make sure you get invited to the events that would be most valuable to you.
- fundraisingFormalize a seed raise for Wapihuman with a clear deck — your YC S20 pedigree and Hypermile exit give you a strong warm intro path to YC-affiliated angels and micro-VCs.
- introsTap the YC alumni network (Bookface / YC Deals) to find early Wapihuman beta customers among founders who need AI-powered WhatsApp automation for their own communities.
- positioningPublish a public 'build in public' thread or blog post with Wapihuman's early user numbers — your HackerNews front-page history and Manning author brand make this unusually high-leverage for you.
- hiringRecruit a business-focused co-founder for Wapihuman through YC's co-founder matching platform, since your profile skews heavily technical and the product needs GTM depth.
- tacticalCreate a lead-generation funnel from your Manning book readers into Wapihuman — readers of your GAN book are exactly the AI-curious professionals who would pay for an AI WhatsApp bot.
- positioningConvert your Oxford guest lecturer status into a short online course or YouTube series on practical GenAI, which would drive top-of-funnel awareness for both Wapihuman and Rig.
- wellbeingClarify and protect your equity position at Rig given you are CTO at a 4-person 2025 company — ensure vesting schedules and founder protections are in place before any external capital comes in.