Today’s Top Talent Pools

Antioch raised a $32M Series A led by Greylock, with BoxGroup and Icehouse, for simulation in physical AI per Axios Pro Rata.

  1. Colton Swingle in NYC (Stealth)

    1. Role: Co-Founder @ Antioch (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Software Engineer @ Google DeepMind, Graduate Research Assistant @ Stanford

    3. Description: Stealth since 7/26 “Building Physical Autonomy”

Factory, an SF-based AI coding startup, raised $200m at a $5b valuation from Blackstone, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Insight Partners, Evantic Capital, Sound Ventures, NEA, Mantis VC, and Clearlake per Axios Pro Rata.

  1. Justin Tang in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: Member of Technical Staff @ Factory (1.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Senior Software Engineer @ Databricks, Software Engineer @ Google, Software Engineer @ Oracle

    3. Description: Stealth since 3/26

  2. Ben Tossell in Ampthill (Founder @ Ben's Bites)

    1. Role: Head of Developer Relations @ Factory (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Founder & CEO @ Makerpad (acquired by Zapier), General Partner @ Ben Tossell's Rolling Fund

    3. Description: Left Factory 3/26, runs Ben's Bites

    4. Contact: [email protected]

  3. Vijay Neelakandan in SF (Founder @ Framez AI)

    1. Role: Head of AI Infrastructure @ Factory (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Director of Engineering @ Etsy, Head of Engineering @ Google

    3. Description: “Turn anything your team knows into a personalized feed.”

    4. Contact: [email protected]

Savvy Wealth raised a $100M Series C led by Halo Fund, with Thrive Capital, Index Ventures and Industry Ventures.

  1. Edwin Stanley in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Engineering Manager, Founding Engineer @ Savvy Wealth (4 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Founding Engineer @ Wage, Software Engineer @ Facebook, Software Engineering @ Slack

    3. Description: Left Savvy Wealth on 11/25

  2. Rohan Reddy in NYC (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Software Engineer, Engineer #6 @ Savvy Wealth (2.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Senior Software Engineer @ Ramp, Software Engineer @ Yext

    3. Description: Left Ramp on 9/26

Clarion, the New York company building AI agents that answer the calls and messages clinics miss, announced a $10M seed, following an earlier $5.4M from Accel, Y Combinator and Sequoia scouts. Founded in 2023 by physician Ryan Gallagher, previously on the founding teams at Two Chairs and Ophelia, and Jeffrey Lamothe, who built voice AI at Amazon Alexa, it now serves tens of thousands of patients a month across more than 84 EHR systems.

  1. Ajit K. in NYC (Co-Founder & CTO @ Sonder Labs)

    1. Role: Senior Software Engineer @ Clarion (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Member of Technical Staff @ Anterior, Product Engineer @ Anterior, Founding Full-Stack Engineer @ Catapult (Blockchain Capital-backed), Co-Founder & CTO @ Hollo (Microsoft Imagine Cup 2020 World Champion)

    3. Description: Founded Sonder Labs 7/26, in a16z speedrun SR007

Manus AI is seeking a $4B valuation in a new $500M fundraise as it resumes independent operations, per TechCrunch on 18 September. That follows Meta's reported $2B acquisition last December, which has since unwound.

  1. Kolento Hou in United States (Founder @ Emergences Labs)

    1. Role: Building @ Manus AI (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Training @ Second Me, Building @ Baidu, Founding @ MakerSpathe, NYU Applied Psychology

    3. Description: Founded Emergences Labs 1/26, backed by a Cosmos Institute AI for Human Autonomy grant

    4. Contact: [email protected], Site

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