Today’s Talent Pools
Day AI, a three-year-old Boston startup that is developing a CRM platform that connects emails, meetings, and deal activity to surface early signs of deal risk and customer churn based on changes in engagement patterns, raised a $20 million Series A round led by Sequoia Capital, with Sound Ventures, Permanent Capital, Conviction, and Greenoaks also investing. More here.
Patrick Campbell & Facundo Chamut in Boston (Stealth)
Role: Co-Founders & CEO / CPO @ ProfitWell (Day AI Founder’s previous startup; acquired by Paddle for $200M)
Other Experience: Intelligence Analyst @ US DoD, Strategist @ Google
Description: “My team and I are working on building a new healthcare system”
Alaffia Health, a six-year-old New York startup that is developing agentic AI to support clinical review across health plan claims operations, raised a $55 million Series B round led by Transformation Capital, with FirstMark Capital, Tau Ventures, and Twine Ventures also taking part. The company has raised a total of $73+ million. SiliconANGLE has more here.
Kai Aichholz in Miami (Potential Founder)
Role: CTO @ Alaffia Health (2.5 yrs)
Other Experience: Co-Founder & CTO @ Anon ($14M from USV, Abstract), MIT CS
Description: Left Anon on 10/25 with no updates
Marvell Technology (Nasdaq: MRVL) completed its $3.25b purchase of Celestial AI, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based developer of optical interconnect solutions that had raised nearly $600m from Fidelity, USIT, AMD Ventures, Koch Disruptive Technologies, Temasek, Tiger Global, IAG Capital Partners, Samsung Catalyst, Smart Global Holdings, Porsche, Engine Ventures, M-Ventures, and Tyche Partners. axios.link/49NNZZ8
Philip Winterbottom in SF (Potential Founder)
Role: CTO @ Celestial AI (5.5 yrs)
Other Experience: Co-Founder & CTO @ Entrisphere ($170M from Accel, Benchmark —> acquired by Ericsson), COO @ Gainspeed
Description: Left Marvell Technology on 2/26 with no updates
Uptool, an SF-based provider of automating price quoting for manufacturers, raised $6m from Khosla Ventures, Eclipse, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Kleiner Perkins, per Axios Pro. axios.link/4qjIYMC
Jaka Jancar in SF (Potential Founder)
Role: Co-Founder & CTO @ Uptool (1 yr)
Other Experience: CTO @ Celtra ($25M from SoftBank)
Description: Left Uptool on 11/25. “Figuring out what’s next”
Claroty, a 10-year-old New York company that protects cyber-physical systems and critical infrastructure, raised a $150 million Series F round (including $30-40 million in secondary sales) at a rumored $3 billion post-money valuation. Golub Growth was the deal lead. CTech has more here.
Pini Pinhasov in Israel (Stealth)
Role: SVP Products @ Claroty (3 yrs)
Other Experience: Co-Founder & VP of Product @ Medigate ($50M from USVP, YL Ventures —> acquired by Claroty), Head of Research @ IDF
Description: Stealth since 1/25
Gruve, a two-year-old startup based in Redwood City, CA, that operates infrastructure to aggregate unused data center power for AI inference workloads, raised a $50 million Series A round led by Xora Innovation, with Mayfield, Cisco Investments, Acclimate Ventures, and AI Space also engaging. The company has raised a total of $87.5 million. Business Insider has more here.
Charlotte Tao in SF (Potential Founder)
Role: Chief Data Scientist & Head of AI @ Gruve (2 yrs)
Other Experience: Co-Founder & CTO @ Trusli ($2M from UpHonest Capital & Plug & Play), Staff PM @ Lyft & Zoox
Description: Left Gruve in 2026 with no updates
Kindred, a home-swapping platform, announced $85m in Series C funding led by Index Ventures and a $40m Series B led by NEA and Figma's Dylan Field. axios.link/4a1Gjkg
Udey Rishi in Canada (Potential Founder)
Role: Founding SWE @ Kindred (2 yrs)
Other Experience: Staff SWE @ Faire & Shopify
Description: Left Kindred on 10/24 with no updates