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Applied Compute’s post of 29 October 2025 names “Linden” among its founders; TechCrunch gives the full name Linden Li.

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What it connects

Linden Li → co-founded → Applied Compute

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Claim and evidence

Linden Lico-founded ↓Applied Compute

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Supporting evidence: primary + secondary · 2 sources

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Scope and limitsThe company text gives first names only; the full name rests on TechCrunch, which names the three founders as reported by Upstarts Media. No founding date or title is established.

The evidence 03

primary sourceSupports the claim

It's time to get specific

Applied Compute · 2025-10-29

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Paraphrase

The post states that the founders all worked on the problem as researchers at OpenAI and names Linden among them.

Location in source Paragraph beginning “Our team has high density”

How it was read Retrieved directly from the publisher

Machine-checked · 2026-10-29

Source details and check notes

Authors: Yash; Rhythm; Linden
Version: Dated page, retrieved on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 bb7b547935717c104222abd884bc35e6e348c5b89d76bb8b1c8f4339ecc4835f) directly from the publisher. Byline gives first names only (YASH, RHYTHM, LINDEN).
Canonical address: Open the canonical source ↗
Accessed: 2026-10-29
Language: English (en)
Attribution: Yash, Rhythm, Linden, “It's time to get specific”, 2025-10-29.
Reuse: No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution.
Check notes: Candidate pack passage, lab genealogy 2 (research/lab-genealogy-2). The paraphrase’s verbatim anchor “Our founders all worked on different parts of this problem while they were researchers at OpenAI” matched the retrieved text on 2026-10-29 and again in a fresh retrieval. Read directly from the publisher. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, apostrophes, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. The paraphrase is Selekoa’s; only the anchor is the source’s wording. No human editorial review.

primary sourceSupports the claim

It's time to get specific

Applied Compute · 2025-10-29

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Paraphrase

The post names Linden as one of the founders and describes the OpenAI work.

Location in source Same paragraph

How it was read Retrieved directly from the publisher

Machine-checked · 2026-10-29

Source details and check notes

Authors: Yash; Rhythm; Linden
Version: Dated page, retrieved on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 bb7b547935717c104222abd884bc35e6e348c5b89d76bb8b1c8f4339ecc4835f) directly from the publisher. Byline gives first names only (YASH, RHYTHM, LINDEN).
Canonical address: Open the canonical source ↗
Accessed: 2026-10-29
Language: English (en)
Attribution: Yash, Rhythm, Linden, “It's time to get specific”, 2025-10-29.
Reuse: No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution.
Check notes: Candidate pack passage, lab genealogy 2 (research/lab-genealogy-2). The paraphrase’s verbatim anchor “Linden as a core contributor on ML systems” matched the retrieved text on 2026-10-29 and again in a fresh retrieval. Read directly from the publisher. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, apostrophes, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. The paraphrase is Selekoa’s; only the anchor is the source’s wording. No human editorial review.

secondary sourceSupports the claim

TechCrunch list of startups founded by former OpenAI staff (entry “Rhythm Garg, Linden Li, and Yash Patil — Applied Compute”)

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Source excerpt

“Three ex-OpenAI staffers (Rhythm Garg, Linden Li, and Yash Patil) have reportedly raised $20 million for a startup called Applied Compute”

Location in source Entry “Rhythm Garg, Linden Li, and Yash Patil — Applied Compute”

How it was read Retrieved directly from the publisher

Machine-checked · 2026-10-29

Source details and check notes

Authors: TechCrunch
Version: Undated page, retrieved on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 45341c47c2e374fd4823b33eb61561dc1475110bd876f3edd6196c92693e1de2) directly from the publisher. Its wording can change; earlier wording is not authenticated. A running list updated over time; the publication date of the entry is not established. Used only for the founders’ full names.
Canonical address: Open the canonical source ↗
Accessed: 2026-10-29
Language: English (en)
Attribution: TechCrunch, “TechCrunch list of startups founded by former OpenAI staff (entry “Rhythm Garg, Linden Li, and Yash Patil — Applied Compute”)”.
Reuse: No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution.
Check notes: Candidate pack passage, lab genealogy 2 (research/lab-genealogy-2). The quotation (21 words) matched the retrieved text on 2026-10-29 and again in a fresh retrieval. Read directly from the publisher. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, apostrophes, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. No human editorial review.

Status and meaning

Editorial status. Machine-checked. Machines found this record and checked it against its sources; no person accepted it individually. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.

Relation. Participation in founding an organisation or research team. Neither sole founding nor legal incorporation is implied.

Date. Credit in a 29 October 2025 post; no founding date is given.

Record ID lg2-nl-linden-li-applied-compute-founder