Today’s Talent Pools

Focused Energy, a German laser-fusion developer, raised $240M in Series A from RWE, SPRIND, European Innovation Council Fund, and insider Prime Movers Lab.

  1. Scott Mercer in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: CEO @ Focused Energy (2 yrs)

      1. Other Experience: Founder & CEO @ Volta Industries ($200M+ raised, IPO via SPAC, acq by Shell)

    2. Description: Left Focused Energy 8/25

Baseten, a San Francisco AI inference infrastructure startup, is in talks to raise $1B at an $11B valuation, 2x+ from 3 months ago. Grew from $200M to $600M ARR in Q1.

  1. Alex Gillmor in Boston (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Founding Engineer @ Baseten (2 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Founding Engineer @ Lateral, Staff SWE @ Ironclad, ML Eng @ Yelp, Brown MS CS

    3. Description: Left Lateral 4/26

  2. Nithanth Ram in NYC (Stealth)

    1. Role: Intern @ Baseten (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Grad Associate @ Lux Capital, Partner @ Dorm Room Fund, AI Fellow @ Deepgram, CMU MS AI/ML

    3. Description: "Something new!" since 9/25

MaintainX, a San Francisco-based maintenance and operations platform, is being acquired by Autodesk for $3.6B. Previously raised $400M+ from Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer, and August Capital.

  1. Jason Ma in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Product @ MaintainX (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Director Gen AI @ Scale AI, Product @ Dover, PM @ Oracle, MIT BS Mechanical Engineering

    3. Description: "Exploring after scaling Scale." Left Scale 2/25

Trajectory, a one-year-old San Francisco startup developing continuous AI model retraining software, raised a $15M seed at $115M valuation. Conviction led, with Bessemer, Radical VC, BoxGroup, Jeff Dean, and Fei-Fei Li.

  1. Kevin Fang in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: MTS @ Trajectory (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Founder in Residence @ StartX, Fellow @ Manus AI, SWE @ Replo, CMU BS CS+Business

    3. Description: “currently working on maps + fine-tuning rl models in sf.”

    4. Contact: Site

Garner Health, a care navigation platform, raised $100M in Series E at a $2.74B valuation. Index Ventures led, joined by Kleiner Perkins, Redpoint, Thrive, Sequoia, Founders Fund, and Kaiser Permanente Ventures.

  1. Monik Sheth in Philadelphia (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: 1st FTE & Founding VP of Operations @ Garner Health (2 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder & CEO @ Ultralight (acq by Greenlight Guru), Director Ops @ Maven Clinic

    3. Description: "Sabbatical." Left Greenlight Guru in 2026

  2. Danielle Clanaman in NYC (Stealth)

    1. Role: VP of Data Product @ Garner Health (2.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Lead Data Scientist @ Google, Analyst @ Blackstone, TA @ Wharton, Analyst @ JPMorgan

    3. Description: "Building in healthcare & AI"

  3. Justinas Banys in NYC (Stealth)

    1. Role: Director of Data @ Garner Health (3 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Sr Analyst @ Analysis Group

    3. Description: Stealth since 1/26

  4. Caroline Babbin in NYC (Stealth)

    1. Role: VP of Finance @ Garner Health (4 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Pricing & Strategy @ Transfix, Sales & Trading @ Goldman Sachs, Stanford GSB MBA, U of Alabama BS MIS

    3. Description: Stealth since 2026

  5. Shivam Goyal in NYC (Co-Founder @ Merble)

    1. Role: Sr PM @ Garner Health (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Interim Head of Product @ Tellus, Digital PM @ Gartner, Dartmouth BE, UT Austin MS CS

    3. Description: "AI Loan Officer."

    4. Funding: Backed by Evolution VC Partners & Entrepreneur Roundtable Association.

  6. Rohan Goswami in NYC (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: GM Provider @ Garner Health (4.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Sr Manager Network Strategy @ Oscar Health, Sr Associate Consultant @ Liberty Mutual, Yale BA Economics+Biology

    3. Description: Left Garner 1/26

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