Today’s Top Talent Pools
Snorkel AI, a provider of AI training data, raised $350M at a $3.5B valuation, co-led by Insight Partners and S32, with Greylock, GV and Wells Fargo participating.
Charles Srisuwananukorn in SF (Co-Founder @ Jaccard AI)
Role: Head of Applied ML, Head of ML Lifecycle @ Snorkel AI (2 yrs)
Other Experience: Founding VP of Engineering @ Together AI ($305M Series B), Sr. SWE Manager, Siri Knowledge @ Apple,
Description: Founded Jaccard AI 2/26
Contact: [email protected]
Will Hang in SF (Potential Founder)
Role: SWE @ Snorkel AI (2 yrs)
Other Experience: Co-Founder & CTO @ include.ai (backed by Sequoia, Gradient, Pear VC —> cquired by Retool), Research Engineer, Google Brain @ Google, Research Engineer @ DeepMind
Description: Left Snorkel AI 2/24
John Allard in SF (Potential Founder)
Role: Staff SWE, Senior SWE @ Snorkel AI (3 yrs)
Other Experience: Member of Technical Staff @ OpenAI, Senior SWE @ Camio, University of California, Santa Cruz
Description: "2026 sabbatical"
Manan Shah in SF (Founder/CEO @ Backbone)
Role: ML Engineer @ Snorkel AI (<1 yr)
Other Experience: Founding Member @ Kumo.AI ($37M from Sequoia, ICONIQ)
Description: “The clinical intelligence behind healthcare payments.”
Contact: [email protected]
Ann He in SF (CEO & Founder @ Numinous Labs)
Role: SWE @ Snorkel AI (<1 yr)
Other Experience: Research Engineer @ DeepMind, Affiliate @ Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, Stanford University
Description: Founded Numinous Labs 6/25
Funding: Supported by the a16z x Anthropic startup program
Contact: [email protected]
Smit Shah & Marty Moesta in SF (Co-Founder @ Enata)
Role: Principal SWE / Director of Engineering @ Snorkel AI (4 yrs)
Other Experience: Principal Engineer @ Martian, Senior SWE @ Google
Description: “The second brain for field sales”
Contact: [email protected]
Sam Gorman in SF (Founder @ Rivet)
Role: Senior SWE @ Snorkel AI (3 yrs)
Other Experience: Co-Founder @ Peerlift, Product Designer @ Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford
Description: "Rivet is an AI design tool that explores dozens of interfaces with you.”
Contact: [email protected]
Kanyes Thaker in SF (Co-Founder & President @ Hyper)
Role: Applied ML Engineer II @ Snorkel AI (2 yrs)
Other Experience: Autonomy Lead - Motion Planning @ Matic
Description: “The self-driving company brain”
Contact: [email protected]
Nithin Krishnamurthi in SF (Stealth)
Role: Staff SWE, Senior SWE @ Snorkel AI (2 yrs)
Other Experience: SWE @ Databricks, SWE @ Microsoft
Description: Stealth since 5/26
Contact: [email protected]
Kristina Liapchin in New York (Co-Founder and CEO @ Anandaya)
Role: Founding PM Team & Lead PM @ Snorkel AI (2.5 yrs)
Other Experience: Lead PM, AI/ML @ Hyperscience
Description: "Building the infrastructure layer for IRL wellness experiences around the world.”
Contact: [email protected]
Leo Winiecki in SF (Stealth)
Role: SWE @ Snorkel AI (1 yr)
Description: Stealth since 6/26
Eugene Kim in LA (Co-Founder @ Kindilo)
Role: Data Scientist, LLM @ Snorkel AI (1 yr)
Other Experience: Data Scientist, LLM @ Handshake, Data Scientist @ Tencent, Quantitive Trader @ La Primera Capital Investments
Description: "Kindilo is an AI-powered customer experience and operations platform for local service businesses.”
Contact: [email protected]
Humza Iqbal in Mill Valley (Potential Founder)
Role: Applied Research Scientist @ Snorkel AI (4 yrs)
Other Experience: Data Scientist @ SECURITI.ai, Education Officer @ ML at Berkeley, Research Assistant Bajcsy Group @ UC Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley
Description: "I don’t just commit to the bit I git commit to it"
