Build -1 → 0
Get on the ground floor with the founding team of a pre-seed or seed-stage startup.
Alex Miller (co-founder of Hippocratic AI) is now in stealth, building an AI coach that helps people accomplish what matters. He’s looking to collaborate with behavioral scientists, voice engineers, consumer growth operators, and others who are passionate about this space. DM him if you’re interested!
Rahul Agarwal (co-founder of Medplum, prev Palantir and Applied Intuition) is building infra to make robots more adaptable, reliable, and data-efficient. He’s looking for a co-founder who has lived inside robotics or hardware workflows - either on the technical or business side - and is convinced the current paradigm is broken. DM him if this sounds like you!
Dora Palfi and Beatrice Ionascu just raised a $4.5M seed for imagi to build the safe education layer between AI tools and schools. They’re hiring a Senior Marketing Manager to own the full marketing execution for imagi in the US K-12 market & educators globally. Apply here!
Alex Lieberman is looking to hire 100 people in the next 12 months for Tenex, his NYC-based applied AI transformation partner. This includes a Forward Deployed Engineer (for up to $600K), an AI Strategist (for up to $160K), and an Applied AI Engineer & Creator (for up to $180K). Apply here!
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Build 0 → 1
Accelerate the growth of a Series A, B, or C startup with early momentum.
Steijn Pelle is hiring a Head of Marketing at health AI startup Lassie to help turn customer love into compounding demand. You'll connect product, data, marketing, sales, and customer insight to find the repeatable, scalable channels and messages that help Lassie reach far more doctors' offices efficiently. Apply here!
Gavin Uberti (Harvard Thiel Fellow, world math champion) and Robert Wachen (Co-founder of Prod and Mentor Labs; also a Harvard Thiel Fellow) just raised a $300M Series C for Etched with a mission to run the world’s inference. They’re hiring a Supercomputing Engineer to help build the foundational software that powers the team’s cluster-scale AI compute deployments. Apply here!
Aman Gour is hiring a Social Media & Content Lead in SF for up to $185K for FurtherAI - where he’s building the AI workspace for insurance. You’ll drive the brand’s growth across LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and other key channels - partnering directly with the Marketing Lead and founders. Apply here!
Gen AI startup Raspberry AI is hiring an AI Growth Lead in NYC to build the automations & systems that power Raspberry's marketing engine - and to own the outcomes. This is a builder role where you’ll sit at the intersection of marketing strategy and technical execution: designing the positioning, running the demand-gen programs, and leading the operating layer beneath it all. Apply here!
Danielle Cohen-Shohet and Leah Cohen-Shohet - twin sisters, both Princeton and Goldman Sachs alums - just raised a $44M Series D for Genius AI to bring AI to local service businesses and help them run themselves. They’re hiring 20+ roles right now, including a Growth Lead in NYC. Apply here!
Nikhil Reddy is hiring a Head of Brand & Storytelling for up to $250K for govtech startup Kaizen. You’ll define and execute Kaizen's external brand strategy, and own the content engine across LinkedIn, Substack, written longform, short films, YouTube, podcasts, and anything else that puts Kaizen on the map. Apply here!
Zach Dell is hiring two P0 roles for Base Power Company. The first is a Head of Firmware, where you’ll own every line of code that runs on a Base battery. The second is a Cost Accounting Lead, where you’ll own the inputs behind one of Base's most important numbers - fully landed cost per kWh - which determines how affordable and reliable they can make power for members. Apply here!
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Build 1 → beyond
Join a growth-stage startup scaling to its next horizon.
Travis Kalanick just announced a $1.7B raise for Atoms and is hiring hundreds of people - including a Brand Director in LA. You'll set the brand strategy, build the narrative and visual system, and help every touchpoint feel like one company with a clear POV across a portfolio defining the future of restaurant tech. Apply here!
Applied Intuition is hiring a Product Manager - DefenseOS in Sunnyvale, CA for up to $250K. You’ll own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for a defense operating system derived directly from Applied Intuition’s commercial automotive VehicleOS product, as the product peer to a director-level engineering lead. Apply here!
Astranis is hiring an Senior Motion Designer & Editor in SF to help tell their stories through world-class video. You’ll be responsible for crafting compelling films, product videos, customer stories, social media content, sales materials, and exec presentations that communicate complex technology with clarity and emotion. Apply here!
Kalshi is hiring a GTM AI Lead where your goal is simple - grow AI on Kalshi. Founder energy, whatever it takes, fast. Be smart, be creative, think outside the box, tap into the community. Above all, help build a great product. Apply here!
EliseAI is hiring a Lead Economist | Housing in NYC to build the team’s economics research and market insights function. You’ll transform proprietary data into benchmarks and compelling narratives that establish EliseAI as the leading authority on housing. You’ll own the full pipeline from raw data to market-shaping insight and serve as EliseAI’s voice on what the numbers mean. Apply here!
Events near you
If you’re in SF - join this fireside chat between Salient & a16z on Tuesday, August 11th at 6pm. Ari, Mukund, and Alex Rampell will be discussing how small, high-performing teams can build exceptional products, scale quickly, and drive outsized revenue. Whether you’re an engineer, product leader, operator, or simply curious about building category-defining AI companies, the team would love to have you join. RSVP here!
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