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Assort Health, a three-year-old SF startup that automates patient access workflows for healthcare providers, raised a $120M Series C at a $1.2B valuation. Menlo Ventures led, joined by Lightspeed, Felicis, First Round Capital, and Chemistry. Total raised: $222M+.

  1. Meyhaa Buvanesh in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: Director of AI Deployment & Success @ Assort Health (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Early Product Research Team @ Hippocratic AI ($141M from General Catalyst, a16z), Research PM @ Cornell Tech, Founder @ Nolana Health, Cornell Tech Dual MS

    3. Description: "Building an applied research lab for emotional intelligence"

  2. Kate Yeh in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: SWE @ Assort Health (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Founding Engineer @ Bland ($100M+ from Dell Technologies Capital, Emergence, Scale, YC), Founding Engineer @ Stealth (DeepUnit), New Verticals S&O @ DoorDash (3rd hire, $0—>$XXM ARR), NYU Stern BS

    3. Description: Left Assort Health 5/26

  3. Saurish Srivastava in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: SWE Intern @ Assort Health (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: MTS @ xAI, Venture Partner @ Contrary, Princeton CS

    3. Description: Left xAI 5/26

  4. Aashish Kumar in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: Sr SWE @ Assort Health (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Sr Staff SWE @ Built, Staff SWE @ Palo Alto Networks

    3. Description: Stealth since 1/26

Cadence, a six-year-old NYC startup that monitors patients with chronic diseases at home using supervised AI agents, raised a $100M Series C led by Spark Capital, with Thrive Capital, General Catalyst, Coatue, and B Capital.

  1. Duncan Abbot in NYC (CEO @ Zenbul Labs)

    1. Role: Founding Engineer & PM @ Cadence (4.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: CEO @ Gwydion, UMich MS Robotics + BS EE

    3. Description: "AI-designed metamaterials that dampen data center noise while allowing airflow"

  2. Chip Stine in NYC (Co-Founder & CEO @ Greatly Health)

    1. Role: Founding Team & Business Ops @ Cadence (3 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Research & Incubations @ Thrive Capital, Sr Manager Network Partnerships @ Oscar Health, Consultant @ Aon, Wharton MBA, UPenn BA

    3. Description: "Evidence-based integrative care for cancer patients — 16% improvement in survival, 69% reduction in hospitalization"

    4. Funding: Backed by Pear VC, Commonweal Ventures, Flare Capital Partners

  3. Ashwyn Sharma in SF (CEO & Co-Founder @ Vocal Bridge)

    1. Role: Staff Research Scientist @ Cadence (3 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Founder-In-Residence @ AI Fund, Sr Research Scientist @ Otter.ai, Applied Research Scientist @ Facebook AI, Lead SWE @ Salesforce (Einstein Voice AI), Georgia Tech MS CS

    3. Description: "Giving voice to every app and agent"

Coval, a two-year-old SF startup that helps enterprises test and improve voice and chat agents, raised a $28M Series A led by Norwest, with Base10, Twilio Ventures, and YC. Total raised: $31M.

  1. Sasha M. in SF (Potential Founder)

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

    2. Other Experience: SWE @ Picogrid, NYU BS CS

    3. Description: Left Coval 7/25

Muon Space, a Mountain View satellite constellations startup, is raising $250M with Eclipse Capital expected to lead.

  1. Dallas Masters in Boulder (CEO @ Paiload)

    1. Role: VP, Signals of Opportunity Program @ Muon Space (4 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: EO/GNSS Director @ Spire, CU Boulder PhD Aerospace

    3. Description: "AI-native satellite data products — turning signals collected by satellites into calibrated geophysical and intelligence products"

  2. Tucker McClure in Seattle (Founder @ Gradient Aerospace)

    1. Role: Systems Engineer @ Muon Space (3.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: GNC & Dynamics Team Lead @ Zipline, Systems Engineer @ Lockheed Martin, GNC Engineer @ Bigelow Aerospace, Cornell MEng Aerospac

    3. Description: "Bespoke GNC simulation environments and embedded software for aircraft"

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