This Week’s Talent Pools

Isomorphic Labs, an AI drug discovery company spun out of Google's DeepMind, raised $2.1B in Series B funding. Thrive Capital led, joined by GV, MGX, Temasek, CapitalG, and the UK Sovereign AI Fund.

  1. Sergei Yakneen in Lausanne (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Founding Team & CTO @ Isomorphic Labs (4.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: CTO @ SOPHiA GENETICS, SWE Manager @ Amazon, Heidelberg PhD CS

    3. Description: "Something new” since 5/26

  2. Colin Murdoch in London (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: President @ Isomorphic Labs (2 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: CBO @ Google DeepMind, Head of Business Strategy @ Thomson Reuters, Birmingham Masters EE

    3. Description: Stepped down to Strategic Advisor at both Isomorphic Labs and DeepMind 1/26

  3. Jason Zhang in London (Co-Founder @ Stealth)

    1. Role: SWE @ Isomorphic Labs (3 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: MTS @ OpenAI, SWE @ Bloomberg, Cambridge BA Natural Sciences, UCL MSc ML

    3. Description: Stealth since 2026

Turnkey, a four-year-old New York startup that provides wallet and key-management infrastructure for crypto applications, raised a $12.5M round from Archetype and Circle Ventures, with Bain Capital Crypto, Lightspeed Faction, Galaxy Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Variant. Total raised $65M+.

  1. Sam M. in US (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Co-Founder @ Turnkey (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Head of Product @ OP Labs, Head of Product Coinbase Custody, Northwestern BA CS

    3. Description: Left OP Labs 3/26

Vapi, a three-year-old San Francisco startup that handles customer phone calls with AI voice agents, raised a $50M round at a $500M+ valuation. Peak XV led, with M12, Bessemer, and Kleiner Perkins. Total raised $72M.

  1. Andrew Schwartz in Boston (Co-Founder & CTO @ Happiness)

    1. Role: Principal Architect @ Vapi (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder & CTO @ Dodgeball (acq by Spreedly), Co-Founder @ Lattice Engines ($75M from Sequoia, NEA → acq by D&B), Harvard PhD Math

    3. Description: "Building @ Happiness." Serial founder with two exits

  2. Andy Prevalsky in SF (Founder & CEO @ Rose Labs)

    1. Role: Staff SWE @ Vapi (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder & CTO @ Hotplate (YC, backed by a16z Connie Chan), UT Austin BS Math & ECE

    3. Description: "Pioneering Mass Agent Networks"

  3. Abizar B. in SF (Potential Founder)

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

    2. Other Experience: Founding Engineer @ Methid (Founders Fund backed), Founder @ Cottage, SWE @ Nearside (acq by Plastiq), Northwestern BS+MS CS

    3. Description: KP Fellow

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

Helsing, a German defense-tech sometimes referred to as Europe's Anduril, is in talks to raise ~$1.2B at an $18B valuation. Dragoneer and Lightspeed leading. Builds AI for autonomous defense systems including the HX-2 strike drone.

  1. Rafael Licursi, PhD in Paris (Co-Founder & CEO @ Stronghold AI)

    1. Role: Sr Signals Intelligence Researcher @ Helsing (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Military Pilot & EW Officer @ Brazilian Air Force, Institut Polytechnique de Paris PhD EE

    3. Description: "Stronghold AI is a pan-European company providing scalable sensing for the most contested environments”

    4. Contact: [email protected]

  2. Jonathan A. in London (Co-Founder & COO @ Stronghold AI)

    1. Role: Sr PM / TPM @ Helsing (3.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: PM @ Google, Co-Founder @ Leapbox Media

    3. Description: “Stronghold AI is a pan-European company providing scalable sensing for the most contested environments”

  3. Conrad Edwards in UK (Stealth)

    1. Role: Deployed AI Engineer @ Helsing (2.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Technical Lead & FDE @ Palantir, Stanford BS CS (Honors)

    3. Description: Founder stealth since 8/25

  4. Cedric Archambeau in Germany (Stealth)

    1. Role: Director of AI @ Helsing (2.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Chief Scientist Amazon SageMaker & Principal Applied Scientist @ Amazon/AWS, Louvain PhD Applied Sciences

    3. Description: Stealth since 1/26

  5. Keesiu Wong in Munich (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: PM @ Helsing (3 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder & CEO @ Design AI (acquired by Helsing)

    3. Description: Left Helsing 2025

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