Discovering tomorrow’s PayPal Mafia Today
Aug 16, 2026
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1 min read
Higgsfield’s founding researcher, Simile’s 1st hire and 5th MTS, a Gravis Robotics co-founder, and SkyPilot talent building YC-backed Tokenless.
Aug 13, 2026
3 min read
Lovable’s founding engineer, 1st hire and founding team; Decart’s founding team; Fireworks AI’s early technical talent; plus former Airtable CTOs and early builders starting new.
Aug 12, 2026
2 min read
Lovable’s founding engineer, 1st hire, founding team, ~20th employee, and early GTM builders spinning out — including three YC S26 founders and an a16z Speedrun-backed team.
Aug 11, 2026
Decart’s founding product and engineering team, COO and VP Ops, plus MIT AI researchers spinning out as the $6B–$7B company explores a sale.
Aug 10, 2026
Acquired founders, OpenAI and early growth talent from Whatnot building again, alongside founding-era engineers leaving $3.4B Cambridge Aerospace.
Aug 9, 2026
Fireworks AI’s early core technical team, RL infra and engineering leaders, CMO, and PM's exploring new chapters.
Aug 8, 2026
Founders and CTOs from Forward, Segment, Function Health, and Summer Health building again, alongside SpaceX-trained K2 Space leaders.
Aug 3, 2026
Former Airtable CTOs, GMs, founding leaders, and acquired founders.
Aug 2, 2026
Executives, Founding designers, AI infrastructure leaders, OpenAI and Databricks alumni, and early engineers from Anyscale after its $1.65B acquisition.
