Today’s Talent Pools

Physical Intelligence, an SF-based developer of AI software for robots, is in talks to raise around $1B at an $11B valuation from Founders Fund, Lightspeed and insiders Thrive Capital and Lux Capital, per Bloomberg.

  1. Mohith Mothukuri in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Founding MTS @ Physical Intelligence (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Sr. Mechatronics Engineer & 1st SF FTE @ Anduril, Spacecraft Engineer @ Varda Space, 8VC Engineering Fellow

    3. Description: Left PI in 2025 with no updates

    4. Contact: [email protected]

  2. Manuel Yves Galliker in Zurich (Stealth)

    1. Role: MTS @ Physical Intelligence (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Team Lead Controls & Embedded @ 1X, Sr. Robotic Controls Engineer @ Caterra, Fighter Aircraft Group Leader @ Swiss Air Force, ETH Zürich MS Robotics & Control

    3. Description: CEO & Co-Founder @ stealth since 11/25

Mistral AI, the French AI lab, has raised $830M in debt to build a new data center near Paris powered by Nvidia chips.

  1. Leocadia Barcena in Madrid (Stealth)

    1. Role: Engineering @ Mistral AI (2.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: AI Engineer @ Google DeepMind, Principal Engineer @ Sana, Engineering Manager @ Klarna, SWE @ N26, ESCP Master's, IE BS Computer Engineering

    3. Description: Stealth since 5/25

  2. Gregory Linford in Paris (Stealth)

    1. Role: SWE @ Mistral AI (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Tech Lead @ Proton, Senior SWE @ Amazon Prime Video, SWE @ BBC, 42 Paris

    3. Description: Stealth since 3/26

  3. Wendy Shang in NYC (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Research Scientist @ Mistral AI (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: MTS @ Character.AI, Research Engineer @ DeepMind, Vision SWE @ Meta, PhD @ University of Amsterdam

    3. Description: Left Mistral AI on 4/25 with no updates

    4. Contact: Site, Twitter

  4. Elaine Kim in UK (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Model Behavior Architect @ Mistral AI (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Model Teacher @ OpenAI, Business Ops Manager @ Correlation One, Stanford BA, Stanford Law

    3. Description: Left Mistral on 12/25. Status says "Coming soon"

  5. Marie-Anne Lachaux in France (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Founding Member & AI Research Engineer @ Mistral AI

    2. Other Experience: GenAI / FAIR Research Engineer @ Meta (co-developed first Llama models), Télécom Paris MEng, UCL MSc

    3. Description: Left Mistral 12/24

  6. Jessica Chudnovsky in SF (Student)

    1. Role: Research Scientist @ Mistral AI (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: AI Research @ Stanford SAIL, CS Teaching Assistant @ Stanford

    3. Description: Stanford MS student (class of '26)

Sett, a developer of AI agents for the gaming industry, raised $30M in Series B funding. Greenfield Partners led, joined by insiders F2 and Bessemer Venture Partners.

  1. Ron Kozokin in Tel Aviv (Stealth)

    1. Role: Founding Team, R&D & Product @ Sett

    2. Other Experience: Senior SWE @ Noname Security, SWE @ TailorMed, R&D Engineer @ Israeli Military Intelligence, Open University of Israel CS

    3. Description: Co-Founder & CPO @ stealth since 1/26

    4. Contact: [email protected]

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