Today’s Talent Pools

Neynar, a three-year-old San Francisco startup focused on decentralized social media infrastructure, is acquiring Farcaster, a five-year-old Los Angeles startup that has developed an Ethereum-based decentralized social media protocol. Terms were not disclosed. The Block has more here.

  1. Dan Romero in US (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Co-Founder & CEO @ Farcaster (5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Early Employee & VP @ Coinbase, Consultant @ Bain

    3. Description: Working on something new post-acquisition

    4. Site, Twitter

  2. Varun Srinivasan in LA (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Co-Founder @ Farcaster (5.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Sr Director of Eng & Product @ Coinbase, PM @ Microsoft, CMU BS

    3. Description: Working on something new post-acquisition

    4. Site, Twitter

  3. Linda Xie in US (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Developer Ecosystem Lead @ Farcaster (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder @ Bountycaster (acquired by Farcaster), Co-Founder & MD @ Scalar Capital, PM @ Coinbase

    3. Description: Left Farcaster post-acquisition. “I'm going to keep working on things I want to see exist in crypto and do my best to help it grow”

    4. Twitter

  4. Daniel Pyrathon in NYC (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: SWE @ Farcaster (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder & CTO @ Bountycaster (acquired by Farcaster), SWE @ Phantom, Tech Lead @ 0x

    3. Description: Left Farcaster post-acquisition. “Taking some time off next and being a stay-at-home dad (for the next few weeks!)”

    4. Site, Twitter

  5. Wojciech Kulikowski in Poland (Founder @ Appfun)

    1. Role: SWE @ Farcaster (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Founder @ Super (acquired by Farcaster), Mazury Labs ($800K raised), and Deltalogic

    3. Description: “For everyone building something new”

    4. Site, Twitter, [email protected]

Outtake, a three-year-old startup that uses AI agents to detect and remove cyberthreats, raised a $40 million Series B round led by Iconiq, with CRV, S32, Satya Nadella, Nikesh Arora, Trae Stephens, Bill Ackman, and Shyam Sankar also engaging. CNBC has more here.

  1. Alec Schneider in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: 1st Eng @ Outtake (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Lead SWE @ Palantir (6 yrs)

    3. Description: Left Outtake on 9/24 with no updates

  2. Diego Escobedo in NYC (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Eng @ Outtake (2 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder & CTO @ Lotus (YC S22), MIT CS

    3. Description: Left Outtake on 11/25 with no updates

Decagon, a three-year-old startup that provides AI agents for customer support operations, raised a $250 million Series C round at a $4.5 billion post-money valuation. The deal was co-led by Coatue Management and Index Ventures, with Chemistry VC, Definition Capital, and Starwood Capital Group as well as previous investors Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, and Bain Capital Ventures also investing. Bloomberg has more here.

  1. Jerry Liu in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Eng @ Decagon (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Founding Eng @ Leafpress (backed by GC, YC), MIT CS

    3. Description: Left Decagon on 8/25 with no updates. May still be at MIT.

  2. Faraz Abbasi in NYC (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Sr Agent PM @ Decagon (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: PM @ Samsara, IB @ Goldman, Stanford CS

    3. Description: Left Decagon in 2025 with no updates

Zocks, a four-year-old San Francisco startup that provides an AI assistant for financial advisers to extract and organize client information from conversations, raised a $45 million Series B round co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and QED Investors, with previous investors Motive Ventures and 14Peaks Capital also participating. The company has raised a total of $65 million. Crunchbase News has more here.

  1. Andrew Schroeder in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: PM & 1st Biz Hire @ Zocks (1.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: MIT MBA

    3. Description: Stealth since 2/24

Mine, a four-year-old New York startup that offers a credit card and AI-powered financial planning tools for young adults, raised a $14 million Series A round led by 359 Capital, with FJ Labs as well as previous investors Kleiner Perkins, Y Combinator and U.S. News & World Report also pitching in. More here.

  1. Earth Koedsakul in Atlanta (Stealth)

    1. Role: Founding Growth Lead @ Mine (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Head of Growth @ Context & HeyGen, Marketing Manager @ AWS

    3. Description: Stealth since 1/26

    4. Site, Twitter

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