Today’s Talent Pools

Sekai, a Sunnyvale-based platform for creating mini-apps via text prompts, raised $20M in Series A. Khosla Ventures and Connect Ventures led, joined by a16z, Mayfield, A*, MVP Ventures, 359 Capital, Parable VC, and 645 Ventures.

  1. Arthur Cheung in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: Co-Founder & COO @ Sekai (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: COO @ NCT Corporation, Director PM @ TikTok

    3. Description: "Building Something Fun with AI"

  2. Zu Chen in US (Stealth)

    1. Role: Head of Ops & Growth @ Sekai (2 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Head of PM @ NCT Corporation, Strategy Analyst @ ByteDance

    3. Description: Stealth since 2026

  3. Lily Zhao in LA (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: PM @ Sekai (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Founder @ Resonate (YC W26), Prompt Engineer @ Story.com, BD @ Instacart, Analyst @ Oaktree Capital, Cornell BS

    3. Description: Left Resonate 2/26

Fonoa, an Ireland-based business tax platform, raised $110M in Series C. Headline led, joined by Eurazeo, Forestay Capital, and insiders Index Ventures, OMERS, Coatue, and Dawn Capital. Also acquired PwC's Indirect Tax Edge platform.

  1. Ivan Ivankovic in Croatia (Founder @ Tendify)

    1. Role: Co-Founder & COO @ Fonoa (4 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Founder & CEO @ TrustPath, Sr Ops & Logistics Manager @ Uber

    3. Description: "Turning the €2T EU procurement market into one searchable, AI-powered feed"

    4. Contact: Site

  2. François Xavier Bacourt in Lisbon (Founder @ Manzas)

    1. Role: Founding PM & Head of Product @ Fonoa (5 yrs)

    2. Description: "Faster and defensible sourcing decisions without the spreadsheet chaos"

Pax AI, a Brazilian public safety startup, raised $40M in seed funding led by Greenoaks and Benchmark.

  1. Gabriel Salomão Cunha in São Paulo (Stealth)

    1. Role: Founding Team MTS @ Pax AI (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Full Stack SWE @ Nexforce

    3. Description: “We are exploring how people truly learn, what drives lasting behavior change, and how technology can turn those insights into better educational experiences.”

Picogrid, an El Segundo-based defense sensor connectivity startup, raised $45M Series A. Bessemer led, joined by Washington Harbour, GSBackers, and insiders Initialized Capital, Starburst Ventures.

  1. Sasha M. in SF (Potential Founder)

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

    2. Other Experience: Founding Engineer @ Coval (YC S24), Undergrad Researcher @ NYU, NYU BS CS

    3. Description: Left Coval 7/25

StackAI, an AI workflow platform, acquired by Asana. Previously raised ~$20M from Lobby Capital, Life Extension Ventures, Gradient Ventures.

  1. Toni Lopez in SF (Co-Founder @ Karumi)

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

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder @ Cactus AI, Founding Dev Experience Engineer @ Seaplane IO ($15M from Sequoia), Sr Applied AI Engineer @ IBM

    3. Description: “Karumi is an AI agent that can hop on a live video call with your prospects and deliver tailored product demos — 24/7, in any language.”

    4. Funding: Backed by Y Combinator (F25).

    5. Contact: Twitter, Site, [email protected]

  2. Sergio Ayala Miñano in US (Co-Founder @ Traza)

    1. Role: Founding Engineer @ StackAI (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Founder @ Eseaeme, Product/Engineering @ Edison, Forward Deployed Engineer @ Hexxcell (Imperial spinoff), R&D Engineer @ SUEZ, Investor/LP @ Enzo Ventures, UC3M MEng Industrial Engineering

    3. Description: "Building AI workers to slash OPEX in Supply Chain"

    4. Funding: Raised $2.1M from Base10

Portkey, an SF-based AI gateway startup, acquired by Palo Alto Networks. Previously raised ~$18M from Elevation Capital and Lightspeed.

  1. Donovan L. in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: Sales Director @ Portkey (1.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: 8th FTE & Head of Sales @ Gitalytics (acq by GitHub), Head of Sales @ Netlify, 16th FTE @ OpenDNS (acq by Cisco)

    3. Description: Stealth since 2026

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