Emmanuel Hernandez
Founder/CEOFounder at Ploid. Previously AI researcher at NYU.
Founder profile As recorded 2026-10-12
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Business
Ploid
Overview
Ploid is the AI-native people data infrastructure for developers and companies building products, workflows, and agents around people.
We've built an index of 2B+ people across professional and social sources, giving developers one API to search for people, enrich profiles, find emails and phone numbers, resolve identities, and retrieve up-to-date information from across the web. Unlike traditional people databases built around static records, Ploid combines its massive people index with real-time retrieval and identity resolution, delivering fresh, reliable information whenever it's needed. From sales and recruiting to customer intelligence, trust and safety, and AI agents, Ploid replaces fragmented data providers with a single infrastructure layer.
2B+ people. One API. Built for AI.
Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
Founders & team
Kamran Karic
Founder/COOthe STEM Olympiad in Germany, selected as one of the top scorers out of 1,000+ students nationwide, and won two gold medals (math and science) against 5,000+ competitors. Received the City of Sarajevo's April 6th Youth Award. Previously did neuroscience research at Tsinghua University. NYU Recognition Award recipient.
Founder profile As recorded 2026-10-12
2team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-10-12
Founded 2025 · Source
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Fall 2026Fall 2026
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Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
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