Bretton AI (fka Greenlite), a financial crime compliance startup, raised $75m in Series B funding. Sapphire Ventures led, joined by Greylock, Thomson Reuters Ventures, and Canvas Ventures. axios.link/4kCmWmT

  1. Alex Jin in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Co-Founder @ Bretton AI (2.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: 1st FTE & Product Lead @ Flixed, Founding Team @ Inch, Product & Eng @ Dropbox

    3. Description: “These days I'm taking a breather before my next act."

    4. Twitter, Site, GH, [email protected]

  2. Emeka Igwegbu in SF (Co-Founder @ Bridge AI)

    1. Role: Sr SWE @ Bretton AI (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: SWE @ Roblox, Cambridge MEng & BEng

    3. Description: “Intelligence Platform for Strategic Finance and FP&A Workflows.”

Monaco, a recently founded San Francisco startup that provides an AI-powered sales platform with human sales support, raised a $25 million Series A round led by Founders Fund, with Human Capital also pitching in. The company has raised a total of $35 million. TechCrunch has more here.

  1. Roshail Gerard in US (Stealth)

    1. Role: Co-Founder @ Monaco (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Principal Eng @ Indie, Stanford MS

    3. Description: “Building something in Robotics and AI”

Inertia Enterprises, a fusion energy startup led by Twilio founder Jeff Lawson, raised $450m in Series A funding. Bessemer Venture Partners led, joined by GV, Modern Capital, and Threshold Ventures. axios.link/4akSSZH

  1. Evan Cooke in US (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Co-Founder & CTO @ Twilio (Inertia Enterprises Founder’s previous startup; NYSE:TWLO)

    2. Other Experience: Sr Policy Advisor @ White House Office of Science, PhD & MS @ Michigan

    3. Description: No updates post White House stint

    4. Site

  2. John Wolthuis in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Co-Founder @ Twilio (Inertia Enterprises Founder’s previous startup; NYSE:TWLO)

    2. Description: No updates since leaving Twilio on 9/22

    3. Twitter

Simple AI, an SF-based voice AI agent platform, raised a $14m seed round led by First Harmonic, with participation from YC, Massive Tech Ventures, and True Ventures. axios.link/4tuMC8U

  1. Mitchell Harris in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Founding Eng @ Simple AI (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: PhD & Grad Researcher @ MIT, Yale BS

    3. Description: Left Simple AI on 9/25 with no updates

    4. Site, [email protected]

Beast Industries, backed by such firms as Seven Seven Six and Social Capital, acquired Step, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based neobank focused on families that was last valued at $920m by investors including Crosslink Capital, General Catalyst, and Coatue. axios.link/4arLyKp

  1. Kirupa Pushparaj in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: Executive Lead & Chief Legal Officer @ Step (3.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Deputy General Counsel @ Square, Adjunct Faculty @ Stanford Law School, University of the Pacific JD

    3. Description: Stealth since 1/25

Garner, an NYC-based health-care navigation company, raised $118m at a $1.35b valuation led by Kleiner Perkins with participation from Redpoint, Maverick Capital, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Mercy, and Plus Capital. axios.link/4rKlMYR

  1. Justinas Banys in NYC (Stealth)

    1. Role: Director of Data @ Garner Health (3 yrs)

    2. Description: Left Garner Health on 11/24. “Working on something new.”

  2. Danielle Clanaman in NYC (Stealth)

    1. Role: VP of Data Product @ Garner Health (3 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Lead DS @ Google, Wharton BS

    3. Description: “Building in healthcare & AI”

  3. Pedro Jofre Lora in NYC (Stealth)

    1. Role: Principal DS @ Garner Health (5.5 yrs)

    2. Description: “Building in Healthcare”

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