FounderTrace
Chain of YC startups founded by its employees
foundertrace.com Data & Analytics / Market & Competitive Intelligence
- Monthly visits
- 5.6K
- Down4.9%MoMSep 2026
- Public revenue
- Undisclosed
- No public revenue evidence yet
- Entry price
- Unknown
- No monthly subscription pricing
- Launched
- 11mo ago
- 2025-12-29 · Est.
Traffic
Marketing moves
Launches, search & content, referrals, promotions- We searched for Senior Software Engineers at Google and found 10,202 profiles 32 of them have Student in their headline Some are real engineers doing a degree on the side. Some might not work at Google at all You can't tell from the prof
@thechowdhary · 2026-11-12 · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 211 views
- The fastest way to lose a sales conversation is pitching a company the tool it already uses That's why we built technographics into Crustdata We detect what 7.6M companies run, from web signals and job posts So you can start from a tool
@thechowdhary · 2026-11-12 · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 482 views
- One of our best engineers, @v15hv4 , just left Crustdata And I couldn't be more happy to learn why Vishva joined us in December 2024 Almost 2 years later, we are 42 people and crossed $10M ARR, and whenever something broke, his was the f
@thechowdhary · 2026-11-10 · 15 likes · 0 reposts · 652 views
Launched on Show HN (39 pts · 14 comments)Launch
Foundertrace – chain of YC startups founded by its employees — Inspired by PG’s tweet about a chain of 4 YC startups where the founder worked at a YC startup, I vibe coded and generated these genealogy…
Jan 3 · 11mo agoLaunch page
Launched on Product HuntLaunch
Chain of YC startups founded by its employees
Dec 29, 2025 · 11mo agoLaunch page
Third-party reviews & case dossiers
Acquisition breakdowns, engineer reviews & open-source metrics- Post excerpt:
- Inspired by PG’s tweet about a chain of 4 YC startups where the founder worked at a YC startup, I vibe coded and generated these genealogy chains for all ~6k YC startups. And to make these trees easily accessible I packaged them into a hosted webapp. Few noteworthy YC startups which have had huge impact in YC ecosystem Airbnb - 83 YC startups spawned Stripe
Traffic sources
Traffic breakdown
Channels
- Direct39%
- Organic Search32%
- Referrals10%
- Social6%
- Other12%
Countries
- United States57%
- India22%
- Germany19%
- France2%
Search
Domain authority —Domain registered 2025-12-25
| Keyword | Monthly volume |
|---|---|
| afterquery founders | 2,940 |
| carlos georgescu | 2,880 |
| y0 velocity | founder | 140 |
| oma care yc | 110 |
| noah friedman workhq | 90 |
Traffic data: Vaneform
Pricing
Pricing page not identified yet, or no public pricing listed.
Pages & changes
Key pages
Weekly snapshotsChanges
No pricing, plan, or positioning changes detected since tracking started.
Design
Minimal Monochrome (Dark canvas, dense density) featuring centered headline + input layout and product ui screenshot / component visuals.
First-screen preview · click to zoom
First-screen pitch & conversion flow
“YC Startup Genealogy”
Centered Headline + Input hero structure paired with direct input / instant try CTA and user count, rating, or key metrics.
Conversion path: Centered Headline + Input + Product UI Screenshot / Component → Direct Input / Instant Try · Trust bar: User Count, Rating, or Key Metrics
- Category Positioning Anchor
- Centered Prompt / Input
- Metrics Strip
- Bento Grid
Palette · click to copy
- Typography
- 7.0
- Color & Contrast
- 8.0
- Layout & Spacing
- 8.0
- Craft & Polish
- 7.0
- Distinctiveness
- 6.0
Structure
- Fonts
- Inter
- Hero layout
- Centered Headline + Input
- Primary visual
- Product UI Screenshot / Component
- Conversion CTA
- Direct Input / Instant Try
- Social proof
- User Count, Rating, or Key Metrics
- Navigation
- Full-Width Top Bar
- Theme & density
- Dark · Dense
- Corners & depth
- Medium Radius · Hairline borders
Preview full AI design brief (includes :root CSS variables & layout rules)Style tokens only; never copy brand names, logos, copy, or images
# Design Brief: Minimal Monochrome
Monochrome palette with a single accent color, hairline dividers, and generous whitespace.
## Design Tokens
```css
:root {
--background: #101012;
--surface: #1c1b20;
--foreground: #e8e7eb;
--muted-foreground: #a5a2ad;
--accent: #6548f5;
--radius: 8px;
--font-heading: "Inter", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
--font-body: "Inter", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
}
```
Color area ratio: Background #101012 (~68%) · Surface #1C1B20 (~20%) · Text #E8E7EB (~6%) · Muted Text #A5A2AD (~4%) · Accent #6548F5 (~2%). Background and surface dominate the canvas; reserve the accent color for primary buttons and active states.
## Layout & Conversion Structure
- Hero layout: Centered Headline + Input
- Navigation: Full-Width Top Bar
- Theme & density: Dark · Dense
- Border radius & elevation: Medium Radius; no drop shadows—separate layers with hairline borders and whitespace
- Primary visual medium: Product UI Screenshot / Component
- Conversion CTA: Direct Input / Instant Try · Trust bar uses User Count, Rating, or Key Metrics
- Headline hook: Category Positioning Anchor
- Hero components: Centered Prompt / Input, Metrics Strip, Bento Grid
- Spatial layout notes: Centered Headline + Input hero structure paired with direct input / instant try CTA and user count, rating, or key metrics.
- Visual summary: Minimal Monochrome (Dark canvas, dense density) featuring centered headline + input layout and product ui screenshot / component visuals.
## Avoid
- Multi-stop neon gradients
- Heavy drop shadows
- More than one competing accent color
Implement the UI following the design tokens and layout specifications above: use only these color variables, and reserve the accent color strictly for primary actions and active states. Adopt only this visual style—never copy any reference product’s brand name, logo, copy, or imagery.
Questions & evidence
- How much website traffic does FounderTrace get?
- Vaneform estimates 5.6K website visits in 2026-09. Visits can include repeat visits; this estimate does not measure paying customers or revenue.Source
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