Who founded Narrator?

Narrator was founded by Cedric Dussud, Ahmed Elsamadisi, Mike Nason, Matt Star in 2017.

Who are Narrator's investors?

Narrator's investors include Y Combinator, Flybridge Capital Partners, Initialized Capital.

Where is Narrator headquartered?

Narrator is headquartered in New York City, US.

Narrator

DefunctYC S19

New York City, US · Founded 2017 · 8 employees · 3 known investors

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Narrator provides a data platform that lets analysts define user journeys and answer business questions through dashboards and exported reports, designed to reduce the time and warehouse costs required for data analysis.

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Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S19)

Narrator was founded in 2017 by Cedric Dussud, Ahmed Elsamadisi, Mike Nason, and Matt Star.

Cedric Dussud inCofounder, Product, Engineering2019–2023Cedric Dussud was an engineering director at WeWork and held a senior engineering position at Microsoft before cofounding Narrator.ai.

Ahmed Elsamadisi inFounder/CEO2017–2025Ahmed Elsamadski has worked on autonomous vehicle and AI systems, led data operations at WeWork, and now builds data infrastructure software at Narrator. He was recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30 in Enterprise Technology in 2019.30 Under 30 2021

Mike Nason inCo-Founder / Head of Engineering, Infrastructure, Security & Compliance2019–2023He has full-stack web and infrastructure experience, including software development lifecycle management and AWS.

Matt Star inCo-founder / Head of Operations2017–2023Matt Star is a full-stack software engineer and founder of Narrator, a data platform that helps analysts define user journeys and answer business questions through dashboards and reports. He previously worked as a composer for commercials before self-teaching software engineering.

Investors · 3

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K

Flybridge Capital PartnersreportedNew York · $250K – $10M

Initialized CapitalreportedSan Francisco · $1M – $5M

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

Undisclosed amountSeries ASep 2020
Initialized Capital (lead), Flybridge Capital Partners, Y Combinator
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In the news

Ahmed Elsamadisi of Narrator: Five Things You Need To Create A Highly Successful Startup | by Paul Moss, CEO of Moss Corporation | Authority Magazine | Mediummedium.com · May 2021

Narrator raises $6.2M for a new approach to data modelling that replaces star schema – TechCrunchtechcrunch.com · Sep 2020

Y Combinator-backed Narrator wants to become the operating system for data science – TechCrunchtechcrunch.com · Aug 2019

Frequently asked questions

What does Narrator do?: Narrator provides a data platform that lets analysts define user journeys and answer business questions through dashboards and exported reports, designed to reduce the time and warehouse costs required for data analysis.
Who founded Narrator?: Narrator was founded by Cedric Dussud, Ahmed Elsamadisi, Mike Nason, Matt Star in 2017.
Who are Narrator's investors?: Narrator's investors include Y Combinator, Flybridge Capital Partners, Initialized Capital.
Where is Narrator headquartered?: Narrator is headquartered in New York City, US.