Today’s Talent Pools

Standard Bots, an NYC-based AI-native industrial robotics company building six-axis robotic arms that learn through demonstration, raised $200M Series C at a $1B valuation. General Catalyst and RoboStrategy co-led. Customers include Amazon, Lockheed Martin, NASA, and the US Army.

  1. Irving Fain in NYC (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: CEO & Founder @ Bowery Farming ($647M+ raised from GV, GGV, Temasek, Fidelity; SB Founder's previous co-founder)

    2. Other Experience: CEO & Co-Founder @ CrowdTwist (acq by Oracle), Brown BA English

    3. Description: Left Bowery Farming 11/24

  2. Allan (Amnon) Fisch in Toronto (Stealth)

    1. Role: President & Co-Founder @ LeapPay (acq by Funding Circle; SB Founder's previous co-founder)

    2. Other Experience: Co-CEO & Founder @ Moonshot Brands (YC W21), CEO & Co-Founder @ Mavencare ($7M from DN Capital, FJ Labs; acq by Bayada Health), CEO & Co-Founder @ Homesav (acq by Rebellion Media), Wharton MBA, Cardozo JD

    3. Description: Stealth since 4/25

  3. Ben Biran in NYC (Co-Founder @ ACRONYM)

    1. Role: Director of Engineering @ Standard Bots (2.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Director of AI Engineering @ Zapier, Harvard BA

    3. Description: "Building a shared context layer for revenue and product teams"

    4. Contact: [email protected]

  4. Joe D. in NYC (Co-Founder & CTO @ ChatRank)

    1. Role: Head of Software @ Standard Bots (2.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Team Lead @ Stripe, Tech Lead @ Slack, Tech Lead @ Flatiron Health, Stanford BS CS

    3. Description: "AI visibility and search optimization"

  5. Dan Grover in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: 1st Product FTE & Head of Product @ Standard Bots (4 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: PM @ Meta, PM @ WeChat, Northeastern CS

    3. Description: Left Standard Bots 4/26

    4. Contact: Site

  6. Josh E. in NYC (Founder & CEO @ BotBlox)

    1. Role: Chief Electronics Engineer @ Standard Bots (3.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: VP Electronics @ Morgan Stanley, Univ of Manchester MEng EE

    3. Description: "Enabling the wired data backbone of modern autonomous systems"

Beacon, an AI holding company led by ex-Instacart execs, raised $225M Series C. General Catalyst and HarbourVest led, joined by Lightspeed, Intrepid Growth Partners, Valiant Peregrine, BDT & MSD Partners, Journey LP, and Sator Grove.

  1. Roshan Srinivasan in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: Head of Growth & AI @ Beacon (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder & CEO @ Camphor (PearX W24), 1st PM & Head of Product @ Smartcar ($36M from a16z, NEA), UC Berkeley BS Industrial Eng

    3. Description: Stealth since 6/26

    4. Contact: [email protected]

Stainless, a New York startup that automates SDK generation for APIs, was acquired by Anthropic for $300M+. Backed by Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. Stainless SDKs powered OpenAI, Google, Cloudflare, Replicate, and Runway. Anthropic will wind down all hosted Stainless products.

  1. Shane O'Sullivan in Dublin (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Engineering Manager @ Stainless (3.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder @ Maskmail, Head of Engineering @ Promise, Sr Engineering Manager @ Stripe, Sr Engineering Manager @ Facebook, U Limerick MS AI & Robotics

    3. Description: Left Stainless 5/26

    4. Contact: Site

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