Resolve AI, a two-year-old San Francisco startup that automates detection and resolution of failures in live software systems, raised a $125 million round at a $1 billion valuation. The deal was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with Unusual Ventures, Artisanal Ventures, and A*, with previous investor Greylock Partners also chipping in. Bloomberg has more here.

  1. Burhan Drak Sibai in SF (Co-Founder @ Jooba)

    1. Role: FDE @ Resolve AI (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Member of Technical Staff @ Essential AI & Lacework, BASc @ Waterloo

    3. Description: “Building autonomous recruiting.”

    4. Funding: Backed by A16Z Speedrun, Genius Ventures, Scribble

    5. [email protected]

  2. Joe M in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: MTS @ Resolve AI (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Tech Lead @ Airbnb, Staff Network Security Eng @ MZ and Twitter

    3. Description: Left Resolve AI on 12/25 with no updates

ElevenLabs, a four-year-old London startup that provides AI-generated voice tools for creative and enterprise use, raised a $500 million Series D round at an $11 billion post-money valuation. The deal was led by Sequoia Capital, with Andreessen Horowitz and Iconiq also participating. TechCrunch has more here.

  1. Ahmed Khaleel in Toronto (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: 1st ever Intern @ ElevenLabs (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Founder @ GitDiagram (300k+ users, 15k+ GitHub stars. Grants from OpenAI and Anthropic), Scholar Finalist @ Neo

    3. Description: McMaster University class of ‘27

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

SambaNova Systems, an eight-year-old Palo Alto startup that develops AI computing systems and software that help enterprises and governments build and run large-scale AI workloads, is reportedly seeking to raise up to $500 million after a potential Intel acquisition stalled. Bloomberg has the scoop here.

  1. Jaideep Sarkar in Seattle (Stealth)

    1. Role: VP Software & ML Platform @ SambaNova (2.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: ML Eng Leader @ Criteo and Microsoft, VP Eng @ Shift Technology

    3. Description: Stealth since 2/25

    4. Twitter, [email protected]

  2. Chandan Rajah in UK (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Chief AI Technologist & Architect @ SambaNova (1.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Head of Technology & Principal AI Architect @ AWS, Founder & CEO / CTO @ Parallel AI, Eng Leader of Applied AI @ Facebook, Chief Architect of R&D @ Sky

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

  3. Jana Mithrakumar in NYC (Stealth)

    1. Role: Sr HWE @ SambaNova (3 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder @ PodTrace (YC S23), HWE @ Dexterity & Google, Stanford BS

    3. Description: Stealth since 9/24

    4. Twitter, [email protected]

  4. Poonacha Kongetira in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: SVP Eng @ SambaNova (2.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Architecture & Co-Design Leader @ Google, VP Systems Eng @ Avogy (2 yrs), VP of Eng @ NetSpeed Systems, Sr Director @ NVIDIA & Sun Microsystems

    3. Description: “Bootstrapping something new” since 5/24

  5. Juan L in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: VP of Global Supply Management @ SambaNova (4 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Sr Director of Global Supply Management @ Micron, Fellow of Supply Chain Optimization @ Sandisk

    3. Description: “Bootstrapping something new” since 5/24

  6. Brian Wang in SF (Founder @ VouchID)

    1. Role: Principal SWE @ SambaNova (3 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Founding Eng @ Endorsify (acquired), Berkeley CS

    3. Description: “VouchID is a privacy‑first verification layer for the internet”

  7. John-David Castillo in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: VP of Ops @ SambaNova (2.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Director of IT @ Zoox and Palo Alto Networks, Sr Manager @ NVIDIA

    3. Description: Stealth since 7/25

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