Build -1 → 0
Get on the ground floor with the founding team of a pre-seed or seed-stage startup.
Tom Hacohen has raised $11M for Svix (YC W21) to shape the future of server-to-server communication, starting with webhooks. He’s hiring a Founder Associate right now in SF to be his righthand partner and help drive leadership-level decision-making as the startup scales. Looking for someone smart and ambitious who wants to operate like a founder and create impact across the business - including GTM, hiring, goal-setting, internal processes, and beyond. Apply here!
Gabriel Petersson (prev OpenAI, Midjourney, Dataland) just came out of stealth with Energy to help people work at the speed of thought. He’s building out the founding team - DM him if you’re interested!
Will Hoppin (prev Thrive Global, A24) just raised $5M to build Osmo Studio - an end-to-end editable video platform that turns Figma, code, and reference videos into fully editable motion. He’s hiring a Motion Designer in SF where you’ll work directly inside the Osmo editor and become one of the most important signals the team has on whether the product is working. Apply here!
Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk, the co-founders of Periodic Labs, are hiring a Founding HR Leader in Menlo Park, CA. You’ll run the full people function and partner directly with the leadership team on it. You’ll design the systems, help uphold the culture, and lead the team that makes Periodic Labs a place where exceptional people can do the best work of their lives. Apply here!
Casey Tewey and Michael Wong from MIT just came out of stealth with Keythorn on a mission to “insure the AI era” - and are currently in a16z Speedrun. If you’re interested in getting involved, DM Casey!
Parth Badhwar (prev White House, Deloitte) just came out of stealth with Locke (YC S26) to build an AI-native government affairs firm - where AI agents and in-house lobbyists help companies monitor regulations, lobby policymakers, and win government contracts faster and cheaper. He’s hiring a Founding Member of Technical Staff in SF for up to $200K + equity. Apply here!
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Build 0 → 1
Accelerate the growth of a Series A, B, or C startup with early momentum.
Bridgit Mendler (prev MIT, Harvard Law) is hiring a Senior RF Hardware Engineer for Northwood Space. You’ll design RF electronics hardware for Northwood’s phased array ground stations, building and characterizing RF circuits like LNAs, filters, and power amplifiers to support real-time satellite communications for national security, connectivity, and disaster response missions. Apply here!
Fryderyk Wiatrowski (prev Meta) just raised a $75M Series A for Viktor to create AI employees that live in Slack and Teams, and work with you. He’s hiring an Agent Harness Engineer (on-site in Warsaw or Munich) to build the core agent runtime, tool composition, and eval infrastructure that keeps Viktor reliable at scale. Apply here!
Akash Raju (prev Microsoft, Tesla) is building Glimpse to automate back-office workflows like deductions management, revenue recovery, and cash application for CPG brands. He’s hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer in NYC to own their Google Cloud infrastructure end to end. Apply here!
Turner Caldwell (prev Tesla, Stanford) is building Mariana Minerals - a software-first, vertically-integrated minerals company that helps to supply the critical minerals powering modern energy, AI, and defense technologies. He’s hiring a Materials Engineer in SF to design, develop, and scale novel material synthesis processes from lab-proof-of-concept through pilot and commercial production. Apply here!
Nazli Tan is building Hilbert - an AI-native, scalable growth engine for B2C teams that helps to give them predictive clarity into user behavior, revenue drivers, and the actions that drive sustainable growth. She’s hiring a Performance Marketing Lead (remote, based in Türkiye or elsewhere in Europe) to own paid media strategy and Hilbert’s channel activation layer across Meta, Google, TikTok, Snapchat, and more. Apply here!
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Build 1 → beyond
Join a growth-stage startup scaling to its next horizon.
Whatnot just raised a $545M Series G at a $20B valuation - nearly double where they were less than a year ago (!) - on a mission to build the future of commerce. They’re hiring a Data Science Manager for up to $320K right now, to lead a high-impact team working on core marketplace problems. Apply here!
Hadrian just raised a $1.37B Series D at a $7.87B valuation on a mission to re-industrialize America. They also announced a suite of new capabilities (like autonomous welding, casting, forging, and energetics); plans for a new LA headquarters; and an SF R&D hub. The team is hiring across software, manufacturing, robotics, operations, supply chain, and finance as they scale. Apply here!
Radiant is hiring a Social & Content Manager in El Segundo, CA to own day-to-day content production across social media, presentations, and visual assets. You'll write and post social content for the company and execs, build slides, and design and graphics. This is a high-output, hands-on role - apply here!
ElevenLabs is hiring an Automation Engineer, Influencers (remote) to build the systems running their influencer and creator marketing program at scale. You’ll own everything from creator discovery and onboarding automation to contract generation and payment processing. Apply here!
Databricks is hiring an Enterprise Account Executive, Healthcare for up to $374K (remote - MA or NYC). You’ll grow two enterprise healthcare accounts, working directly with CIOs, IT execs, and program managers to compress decision cycles and close both quick wins and complex, longer sales cycles. Apply here!
OpenAI is hiring 700+ roles right now. One standout is a Product Manager, Shopping in SF - where you’ll define and build the next generation of AI-powered shopping experiences within ChatGPT. You’ll be responsible for understanding user needs, identifying opportunities to improve product discovery and decision-making, and delivering experiences that help users confidently find and purchase the products that are right for them. Apply here!
Shield AI is hiring a Director, Electrical Engineering for up to $340K in Dallas, TX. You’ll lead multiple teams across electrical design, avionics root cause analysis, and build/test operations, owning the reliability of the avionics systems powering the V-BAT platform from field issue through root cause resolution and durable design fixes. Apply here!
Navan is hiring a Full-stack Software Engineer II, Flights for up to $205K in NYC. You’ll build and scale the high-throughput backend engine powering flight search, booking, and payment across Navan’s global platform, owning features end to end from architecture through production monitoring. Apply here!
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