YCX26ยท AISaffron
Helping your company find 10x engineers.
Founders
- Robert ChondroFounder/CEO
- Kazuma ChojiFounder/CTO
- Jerry YaoFounder/CPO
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About Saffron
Saffron allows companies to quickly evaluate how well software engineers use AI to code. The way engineers write code has fundamentally changed, but the way companies evaluate them hasn't. Saffron gives teams full visibility into how candidates use AI agents to build, debug, and ship real features on an actual codebase. Saffron was founded by Robert Chondro (formerly MIT and Jane Street), Jerry Yao (Stanford and Jane Street), and Kazuma Choji (Harvey Mudd, published in NeurIPS and ICML), and is backed by Y Combinator (P26) and Afore Capital.
San Francisco, CA, USA
Saffron: questions
Which YC batch was Saffron in?
Saffron was in Y Combinator's Spring 2026 batch (X26).
Is Saffron still active?
Y Combinator lists Saffron as active.
Who founded Saffron?
Saffron's founders, as listed on its YC page: Robert Chondro (Founder/CEO), Kazuma Choji (Founder/CTO), Jerry Yao (Founder/CPO).
Where is Saffron based?
Saffron lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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