Today’s Talent Pool

True Anomaly, a Centennial, Colo.-based developer of autonomous spacecraft and software for U.S. national security, raised $650 million in Series D funding led by insiders Eclipse and Riot Ventures at a $2.2 billion post-money valuation.

  1. Ari Rosner in NYC (Co-Founder & CEO @ Airbase) - Series A Lead

    1. Role: 2nd FTE & Chief Engineer @ True Anomaly (3 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Mechanical Engineer @ NASA JPL, Analyst @ Riot Ventures, Caltech BS

    3. Description: "Software platform for spectrum licensing, coordination, and intelligence"

    4. Funding: $5M led by a16z, with Squadra Ventures and FYSK on 3/26.

  2. Kayden Ozdemir in SF (Co-Founder @ KHARROS)

    1. Role: AI Systems @ True Anomaly (3 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: AI Defense Technology Innovation Fellow @ US Department of War, TVC Team Lead @ UCSC Rocket Team, Astrophysics Researcher @ UC Observatories, UC Santa Cruz BS Astrophysics & Applied Math & Economics

    3. Description: "Testing AI for defense."

  3. Eric S. in US (Stealth)

    1. Role: Deputy Chief Engineer, Missile Defense @ True Anomaly (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Principal Technical Program Engineer @ Missile Defense Agency, Sr Technical Program Engineer @ US Navy

    3. Description: Stealth since 4/26

  4. Christina Cook in Colorado (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: CRO @ True Anomaly (1.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Business Development @ Palantir, Consultant @ BAE Systems, Consulting Associate @ Cambridge Associates, Princeton AB International Relations

    3. Description: Left True Anomaly 1/26

Actively raised a $45M Series B from TCV and First Harmonic, with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, First Round Capital, and Alkeon Capital.

  1. Sayan Chaudhry in NYC (Building)

    1. Role: 1st Eng & Product Engineering Lead @ Actively (3 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Product Engineer @ Scale AI, SWE @ Lyft, CMU MS & BS CS

    3. Description: Stealth since 2/26

    4. Contact: [email protected]

Liquid announced an $18M Series Seed led by Neo and Left Lane Capital, with participation from Paradigm, General Catalyst, and other top VC firms — bringing total raised to over $25 million.

  1. Finn Hulse in NYC (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Team @ Liquid (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Founder @ Deskhead ($1M raised), Quantitative Trader @ SIG, Dartmouth BA Mathematics

    3. Description: Left Liquid 2026

China has ordered Meta to abandon its planned $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus AI, escalating scrutiny of cross-border deals involving Chinese tech.

  1. Glen Gao in NYC (Stealth)

    1. Role: Fellow @ Manus AI (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Founding Engineer @ Mysten Labs, SWE @ Meta and @ Novi Financial, UT Austin MS Computational Science & BS

    3. Description: "Frontier of agent capabilities."

  2. Kevin Fang in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Fellow @ Manus AI (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Founder in Residence @ StartX (F25), SWE @ Replo, CMU BS CS & Business Administration

    3. Description: Left stealth startup 4/26

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