By the way, we just launched “Discourse” on Cosign - a space to discuss what’s happening in tech, that’s broader than a group chat but more curated than a social network. Try it out here!
Build -1 → 0
Get on the ground floor with the founding team of a pre-seed or seed-stage startup.
Ryan and Dylan McGuire (brothers, both ex-Palantir) just raised a $7.5M pre-seed for Aleph Surgical to build autonomous surgical robots. They’re now hiring the founding team - including a Founding Software Engineer to own perception, motion planning, controls, and the data pipelines underneath. Apply here!
Arye Barnehama just launched Foundry Management to put more technologists inside industrial businesses. His belief is that the binding constraint in physical industries isn’t technology; it’s getting the right people close enough to mission-critical work to know what should be built. He’s recruiting a small group and giving them access to the Atlas portfolio: 30 companies across metals, paper, packaging, automotive, energy, and logistics. When an idea shows the potential to be an independent business, a16z and Atlas will support its creation, with you leading it as the founder and CEO. Email the team to learn more!
Aber Whitcomb is building Salt AI, a compliance-first AI orchestration platform for regulated industries, starting with life sciences, financial services, and energy. He's hiring a Deployment Strategist for up to $190K (remote/LA) to own Salt's most strategic enterprise deployments end-to-end - scoping engagements with pharma, biotech, and investment banking customers, then directing the FDEs who execute them, as the first person in this role. Apply here!
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Build 0 → 1
Accelerate the growth of a Series A, B, or C startup with early momentum.
George Sivulka is hiring a Director, Business Operations at Hebbia in NY / SF. You’ll report to the President/CTO and help drive board prep, company planning, pricing economics, GTM decision support, and more. Apply here!
Barrett Lyon (the hacker formerly known as doxx) just launched Doxx.net with a $38M Series A. The Miami team is building Agentic Defined Networking: private networks for you and your AI agents, with no server in the middle. 38M+ threats have been blocked since Dec. DM him if you’re interested in getting involved!
Ankur Goyal is hiring a Head of Field Marketing at Braintrust in SF / Seattle. Notion, Stripe, Box, OpenAI, and Cloudflare use them to trace and eval their agents. Looking for a strong community-builder and host who can run events and cultivate relationships in a scalable way. Apply here!
Mahmoud Ghulman is hiring Nash’s first Head of Corporate Communications in SF / NYC for up to $230K. Nash dispatches deliveries for Walmart, 7-Eleven, and Square to drones and autonomous vehicles alongside human drivers. Most AI stories happen on a screen; this one ends at someone’s front door, which is harder to explain and much easier to get wrong publicly. Apply here!
Akash Raju is building Glimpse, which raised a $35M Series A led by a16z to automate back-office workflows for CPG brands. He's hiring a Founding Forward Deployment Engineer for up to $250K in NYC. You'll turn messy, undocumented ERP data into working integrations, defining what the FDE function looks like as Glimpse scales. Apply here!
Jonathon Barkl is building AirGarage, the operating system for parking real estate. He’s hiring their first dedicated Performance Marketing Manager for up to $160K (remote). You'll own paid media end-to-end - LinkedIn Ads, Google Ads, and structured tests of emerging channels - turning a nascent program into a predictable pipeline engine. Apply here!
Mohak Nahta is hiring a Manager, Content & Creative at Atlys in New Delhi - where they’ve processed visas for over 1M travelers across 127 countries. You’ll be a tastemaker, own the creative playbook, and develop concepts with macro and celebrity creators. Apply here!
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Build 1 → beyond
Join a growth-stage startup scaling to its next horizon.
Abridge is hiring a Senior Social Media Marketer to own how Abridge shows up publicly. You'll own X and LinkedIn end-to-end - building the operating system that turns employees (including the cardiologist CEO) into credible public voices, backed by a product that clinicians use and love. Apply here!
Hadrian, which just raised $1.37B at a $7.87B valuation, is hiring its first dedicated Brand Designer for up to $260K in LA or the Bay Area. You'll own Hadrian's visual identity from scratch - designing campaigns, out-of-home, and recruiting collateral while building the brand system and visual language around autonomous rocket and satellite part factories. Apply here!
Whatnot, a live shopping platform operating in North America and Europe, is hiring a Head of Tax & Treasury for up to $395K (remote, within commuting distance of SF, LA, or NYC). You'll build Whatnot's global tax and treasury function from scratch - owning cash management, banking relationships, and international tax compliance for a marketplace operating across six countries with no existing playbook to follow. Apply here!
Two upcoming events in SF:
Vals AI is hosting an “AI, Mental Health, & Evals Happy Hour” on 10/8. People are already using chatbots as a therapist, sounding board, and 2am friend, but most models have never been seriously tested for that job. Vals AI’s Caroline Figueroa and Andrea Mock will share findings from their work on AI safety in teen conversations (recently covered by Politico). Open to researchers, clinicians, builders, and founders. RSVP here!
SpaceXAI and a16z are hosting an event on 10/21 called “Helping Enterprises Navigate the Agentic Era.” TLDR; the people who actually deploy agents inside the world’s largest companies are getting on a panel to talk about what breaks and what works, moderated by a16z’s Yoko Li - and then it turns into drinks and conversation. Space is limited - RSVP here!
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