Volume 36

(1) We’re launching in LA!

We’re officially launching in LA this month with a wellness event. Much more to come!!

(2) First member retreats in Miami & Bali!

We recently launched Satellite Houses. They’re live/work retreats for members in different cities around the world. If you’re interested, get involved here.

(3) We hosted a make-a-thon in SF!

So many talented designers & engineers attended. Projects included a 3D IKEA instructions guide, an AI-powered word finder, and a spatial reading interface. See the full recap here.

Main events:

• [SF] Game Night, 8/5 (Wednesday)

  • Poker and assorted games.

• [NYC] Run Club, 8/6 (Thursday)

  • Member run in nyc.

• [SF] Run Club, 8/8 (Saturday)

  • Member run in sf.

• [NYC] Founder Basketball, 8/8 (Saturday)

  • The Collective x Slow Ventures

• [NYC] Poker Night, 8/13 (Thursday)

Coworking:

• [NYC] Coffee & Cowork, 8/7 (Friday)

  • Coworking and hang for members in NYC.

• [SF] Coffee & Cowork, 8/7 (Friday)

  • Coworking and hang for members in SF.

• Afore Capital Founder-in-Residence — rolling apps

  • 10-week program in SF, $100K+ investment

• Perplexity AI Residency — rolling apps

  • 3-month paid research residency

  • Open to exceptional researchers from any discipline, not just ML

• Y Combinator Fall 2026

  • YC reviews late apps on a rolling basis

• Cursor (Anysphere): AI code editor. Software Engineer, Product Engineer (San Francisco / NYC)

• Perplexity: AI answer engine. Software Engineer, Research Engineer (San Francisco / NYC)

• ElevenLabs: AI voice and audio. Software Engineer, Growth Engineer (New York / London)

• Clay: GTM data enrichment platform. Software Engineer, Product Engineer (New York)

• Hebbia: AI for knowledge work in finance and law. Software Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer (New York)

• Ramp: Finance automation platform. Software Engineer, Product Manager (New York / SF)

• Mercor: AI-powered talent marketplace. Software Engineer, Operations (San Francisco)

• Cognition: Devin, the AI software engineer. Software Engineer, Applied AI Engineer (San Francisco)

• Harvey: AI for legal work. Software Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer (San Francisco / NYC)

• Baseten: Inference infrastructure for ML. Software Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer (San Francisco / NYC)

• Modal: Serverless compute for AI. Software Engineer, Developer Advocate (New York / SF)

• Together AI: Open model cloud. Software Engineer, ML Engineer (San Francisco)

• Figure: Humanoid robotics. Software Engineer, Controls Engineer (San Jose)

• Notion: Connected workspace. Software Engineer, Product Engineer (San Francisco / NYC)

• Vercel: Frontend cloud. Software Engineer, Product Engineer (San Francisco / Remote)

SF wellness + tennis meetup!

See you next week,
Maggie + Jonas