Today’s Talent Pools

Shield AI, a San Diego-based developer of drone tech for the military, raised $2B at a $12.7B valuation led by Advent International.

  1. Vince Dutcavich in DC (Co-Founder & CTO @ Atropos Group)

    1. Role: Principal Engineer @ Shield AI (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Chief Engineer @ Anduril, Chief Engineer @ Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, Lead Test Engineer @ NAVSEA, Flight Test Engineer @ NAWCAD, Munitions Systems Specialist @ US Air Force

    3. Description: “Atropos is building the future of autonomous flight as a vertically integrated, design-build-test-and-operate service.”

    4. Funding: $6M Pre-Seed on 8/25

  2. Andrew Dimitruk in Dallas (CEO @ Ironflow AI)

    1. Role: COO @ Shield AI (7 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: CEO @ Ironflow AI, Associate & Engagement Manager @ McKinsey, USMC Cobra Attack Helicopter Instructor Pilot (graduated "Marine Top Gun," top 3%), MIT Sloan MBA

    3. Description: "Rebuilding America's industrial strength through AI-native systems"

  3. Christian Mochen & Carlo Dela Rosa in LA (Stealth)

    1. Role: Staff Engineer & Senior Quality Manager @ Shield AI (5.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Head of Build Engineering @ Mach Industries, Lead Cybertruck & Model Y Quality Engineer @ Tesla

    3. Description: "Redesigning component architecture and manufacturing capacity around national resilience"

    4. Contact: [email protected], [email protected]

  4. Rahul Kalakuntla in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Mechanical Design Engineer @ Shield AI (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Founding Robotics Engineer @ Theseus ($5M from First Round Capital), Co-Founder @ Apreneue

    3. Description: "Building generatively designed robots"

    4. Contact: [email protected]

  5. Jacob Zietek in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: AI Intern @ Shield AI (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Founding Team & ML Engineer @ Persona AI ($27M from Founders Fund & Index), Solo Founder @ Stealth (explored robot learning), 1st ML Hire & AI Engineer @ Armada, Purdue BS CS

    3. Description: "Investing in and working on robots" Engineering Fellow @ a16z American Dynamism

  6. Chase H. in Denver (Stealth)

    1. Role: Autonomy Applications Engineering Manager @ Shield AI (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Sr. Software Architect @ Blue Origin, Sr. SWE @ Relativity Space, Flight Software Developer @ NASA JPL

    3. Description: Stealth since 9/25

  7. Arjun S. in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: Autonomy Engineer @ Shield AI (2 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Staff PM @ Aurora, SWE @ Uber ATG (led driverless launch V&V), CMU MS Robotics

    3. Description: "Building in Healthcare"

Adonis, a four-year-old New York startup whose AI platform is designed to detect revenue cycle issues, recommend actions, and autonomously resolve claims for healthcare providers, raised a $40 million Series C round led by Quadrille Capital, with previous investors General Catalyst and Bling Capital also stepping up. The company has raised a total of $95+ million. PYMNTS has more here.

  1. Sina Chehrazi in NYC (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Co-Founder & CEO @ Nayya (Adonis CEO’s former startup; $100M from Iconiq & Felicis)

    2. Other Experience: 6th FTE & Biz Dev @ Demyst ($65M raised), Attorney @ Kirkland & Ellis, Georgetown JD

    3. Description: Transitioned from CEO to chairman in January. Potential second act precursor.

    4. Contact: Site, Twitter

Qualified Health, a San Carlos, Calif.-based AI platform for health systems, raised $125M in Series B funding. NEA led, joined by Transformation Capital, GreatPoint Ventures, Cathay Innovation, Menlo Ventures and insiders SignalFire, Frist Cressey Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Healthier Capital, Town Hall Ventures, and Intermountain Ventures.

  1. Chinmay Belthangady in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: SVP AI @ Qualified Health (2 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Founding VP Data Science & ML @ PrognomiQ ($145M raised), Early Team & Research Scientist @ Google X / Verily ($2B raised), Harvard Postdoc, Stanford PhD Applied Physics

    3. Description: Stealth AI startup since 1/26

Oasis Security, an Israeli startup that helps manage non-human accounts, raised $120M in Series B funding. Craft Ventures led, joined by Sequoia Capital, Accel, and Cyberstarts.

  1. Amir Shaked in Tel Aviv (Co-Founder & CTO @ Stealth)

    1. Role: VP R&D @ Oasis Security (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: SVP Engineering @ HUMAN, SVP R&D @ PerimeterX, Director @ Israel PM's Office Technology Unit, SWE @ Kaltura, TAU MBA + BSc Physics/Economics

    3. Description: Stealth since 12/24

    4. Contact: Site, Twitter

Doctronic, an NYC-based telemedicine practice, raised $40M in Series B funding. Abstract and Lightspeed led, joined by insiders USV, Seven Stars, Mantis, and Tusk Ventures.

  1. Hashim Hayat in NYC (Founder @ Steve)

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

    2. Other Experience: Founder @ Walturn, Cornell MEng, NYU BS

    3. Description: “AI laboratory building operating systems for the AI era.”

    4. Contact: [email protected]

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