Today’s Talent Pools

Sunday, a developer of humanoid robots for household tasks, raised a $165 million Series B round led by Coatue, with Bain Capital Ventures, Fidelity, Tiger Global, Benchmark, Conviction, and Xtal Ventures also participating. axios.link/40xyLSa

  1. Ganymed Stanek in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Founding EE & Head of EE @ Sunday (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Staff EE @ Waymo, MTS @ Embark Trucks, Manager Embedded Systems @ Zoox, 1st FTE & HW/FW Manager @ Peloton, Lead Engineer @ Panasonic, Systems Engineer @ Stanford, MS EE @ ETH Zurich

    3. Description: Left Sunday on 1/26

  2. Litian Liang in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Founding Engineer @ Sunday (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Research Assistant @ Stanford, Graduate Researcher @ UC San Diego, MS CS @ UC San Diego

    3. Description: Left Sunday on 10/25

    4. Contact: Site, [email protected]

Rox AI, an SF-based sales automation startup, raised funding at a $1.2 billion valuation led by insider General Catalyst, per TechCrunch. axios.link/4s4ABWF

  1. Hari Nayak in Seattle (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Founding Engineer @ Rox (1.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder & CTO @ Groundswell, Early Engineer & Director of Engineering @ StreamSets, Principal Engineer @ Informatica

    3. Description: Left Rox on 9/25

    4. Contact: [email protected]

  2. Lawrence Li in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: SWE @ Rox (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: SWE @ Ramp, MIT

    3. Description: Left Rox on 9/25

Travis Kalanick has launched Atoms, a robotics company that will absorb his ghost kitchen business CloudKitchens and build specialized industrial robots for sectors including food, mining, and transportation, with plans to acquire autonomous mining vehicle startup Pronto. TechCrunch has more here.

  1. Eyal Cohen in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: Head of HW Engineering & Operations @ Waabi (3 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Founder & CTO @ SparkAI ($6.77M from Primary Venture Partners, K5 Global, Compound → acquired by John Deere), VP Engineering @ Pronto AI, Director Engineering @ Uber ATG, Engineer @ Otto, Sr. Manager Engineering @ Apple SPG

    3. Description: Stealth since 6/25

    4. Contact: [email protected]

Chowbus, a 10-year-old Chicago company that builds POS systems, integrated marketing tools, and AI-driven software that help independent restaurants manage operations and grow their businesses, raised an $81 million Series E round co-led by Prysm Capital and Left Lane Capital, with Dutchess and Fika also contributing. More here.

  1. Kenny Tsai in Chicago (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: COO @ Chowbus (1.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder & COO @ UNICORN ($5.8M Seed), COO @ JUMP Bikes (acquired by Uber for ~$200M), ~50th FTE & Director & GM @ Uber

    3. Description: Left UNICORN in 2025

    4. Contact: Twitter

  2. Jieying Zheng in Chicago (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: SVP, Head of Product @ Chowbus (1.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: CPTO @ Bellhop ($52M from Canaan, Binary, Advance Venture Partners), Head of Product @ Groupon Goods

    3. Description: Left Bellhop on 1/26

  3. Jing Guo in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Director of Engineering @ Chowbus (6 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder @ Papersimple, Senior SWE @ Grubhub, SWE @ Cars.com, Senior SWE @ ThoughtWorks

    3. Description: Left Chowbus on 3/26

Factorial, a 10-year-old Barcelona company that helps businesses manage employee leave, payroll, recruitment, and training through a single HR software platform, is reportedly raising a $200 million round at a $2 billion valuation, according to Bloomberg. Tech Funding News has more here.

  1. Pau Ramon Revilla in Barcelona (CEO @ Ramensoft)

    1. Role: Co-Founder & CTO @ Factorial (7 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: CTO @ Redbooth ($20M raised)

    3. Description: "Human-first blogging and newsletter platform"

    4. Contact: GitHub, Twitter

  2. Josep Jaume Rey Peroy in Barcelona (Co-Founder @ Ramensoft)

    1. Role: Senior Engineering Director @ Factorial (3.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: CTO & Co-Founder @ Codegram, Contract Engineer @ Barcelona City Council

    3. Description: "Human-first blogging and newsletter platform"

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