Today’s Top Talent Pools

Arcee AI, the US company building open-weight foundation models, closed a Series B led by Vista Equity Partners, Cambium Capital and Emergence Capital, valuing it at more than $1B. AI10 Ventures, Hitachi, IAG, M12, P7 and Wipro also participated.

  1. Jacob Solawetz in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Co-Founder & CTO @ Arcee AI (2 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Founding Engineer @ Roboflow ($62M from Craft, GV, Y Combinator)

    3. Description: Stepped out of the CTO role 8/25

    4. Contact: [email protected]

  2. Bin Zhou in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: Head of AI Engineering @ Arcee AI (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Founding Engineer, Head of Infrastructure @ Spindl (acquired by Coinbase), Engineering Leader @ Circle, Venture Fellow @ Scale Asia Ventures

    3. Description: Stealth since 2026

  3. Christian Baker in NYC (Co-Founder @ Lease IQ)

    1. Role: Senior Director @ Arcee AI (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Director @ Hebbia AI, Enterprise Sales Director, Global @ WeWork, Product Manager @ American Express

    3. Description: Founded Lease IQ 10/25

    4. Contact: [email protected]

Thatch, an SF-based health benefits company, raised $108m in Series C funding at a $1b valuation from The General Partnership, Index Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, General Catalyst, and a16z per Axios Pro Rata.

  1. Dheera Vuppala in NYC (Stealth)

    1. Role: FTE #15 & Software Engineer @ Thatch (2 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Product Engineer @ Ascend

    3. Description: Stealth since 7/25

    4. Contact: [email protected]

  2. Daniel Nicholls in Denver (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Head of Platforms, Platforms GTM Lead @ Thatch (3 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Enterprise Platforms @ Stripe

    3. Description: Left Thatch 8/26

Adaptive is the AI-native project accounting platform for construction, founded 2022, roughly 1,000 customers and an NPS of 80. It has raised $26M from Emergence, a16z and operators behind Brex, Ramp, Square and Shopify, and was named Best Business Software Solution at the 2026 NAHB International Builder Show.

  1. Kamran Khan in NYC (Stealth)

    1. Role: Founding Head of Product & Strategy @ Adaptive (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder & CPO @ Revel AI

    3. Description: "Building in Healthcare x AI."

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