Today’s Top Talent Pools

Unacademy, once one of India's most valuable edtech startups, was acquired by rival upGrad for ~$206M in an all-stock deal — roughly 94% below its $3.44B peak valuation from 2021. The SoftBank, Tiger Global, and General Atlantic–backed company raised ~$880M across 13 rounds. Co-founder Gaurav Munjal stays on as CEO ("We raised at a peak, but sold at a fraction of that. I'm not going to dress these facts up."), and early technical and product leadership is departing to build.

  1. Hemesh Singh in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Co-Founder & CTO @ Unacademy (9.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Member @ South Park Commons, CTO @ Flatchat

    3. Description: Left South Park Commons on 2/26

    4. Contact: Twitter

  2. Pulkit Mendiratta in Amsterdam (Stealth)

    1. Role: Early Engineer @ Unacademy (2.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: SWE @ Databricks, Engineer @ Flipkart

    3. Description: "Consumer tech, legacy, trust, voice AI"

  3. Deepak Singh in SF (Building @ MapleCare AI)

    1. Role: Senior Director of Product Management @ Unacademy (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Founder @ pmcurve, Sr Group Product Manager @ Flipkart, Head of Growth Products @ MX Player

    3. Description: "The growth platform built for home care"

    4. Contact: Site

  4. Ashish Dogra in SF (Chief Agent Officer @ Paysmith)

    1. Role: Team Lead @ Unacademy (3 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Founder & CTO @ VerbaFlo ($9M from Pi Labs, Haatch, Navigate Ventures)

    3. Description: "Banking for the agent economy"

    4. Contact: Site

Crusoe, the Denver AI factory company, raised more than $3B in a Series F co-led by Atreides Management and Valor Equity Partners, finalised this week at a valuation of roughly $30B. That is triple the $10B it set in its October 2025 Series E and takes total funding above $5.6B across 16 rounds.

  1. Tamanna Sait in SF (Co-Founder & CEO @ NEYON AI)

    1. Role: VP Engineering, Cloud @ Crusoe (2.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Director, Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure @ Airbnb, Engineering Director, Cloud Infrastructure Engineering @ Netflix, Engineering @ Meta

    3. Description: “Simplifying AI factory operations.”

    4. Contact: [email protected]

  2. Jungho Ahn in SF (Co-Founder & CTO @ NEYON AI)

    1. Role: Software Engineer @ Crusoe (1.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Software Engineer @ Airbnb, Chief Architect @ QL Ventures, Software Engineer @ Snap Inc.

    3. Description: “Simplifying AI factory operations.”

    4. Contact: [email protected]

  3. Christian Bhatia Ondaatje in United States (Co-Founder & CEO @ Aranya)

    1. Role: Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Computing @ Crusoe (2 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Founding Platform Engineer @ Hyperbolic ($7M seed from Polychain, Lightspeed), Co-Founder & CEO @ Atoka

    3. Description: “Kubernetes is an incredible kernel, but now it needs an OS. We are building clusterdOS - the first 'personal cluster operating system”

    4. Contact: [email protected]

  4. Vegim B. in Chicago (Co-Founder & CEO @ Moonlite AI)

    1. Role: Director of Cloud Infrastructure @ Crusoe (2 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Chief Information Officer @ Aquatic Group, Engineering Manager @ Coinbase, Head of Infrastructure @ Teza Technologies

    3. Description: “Moonlite Delivers a Cloud-Native Experience On-Prem”

    4. Contact: [email protected]

  5. Jacob Bland in SF (Cofounder & CEO @ Saldor)

    1. Role: Software Engineer @ Crusoe (2.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Software Engineer Intern @ Square, Software Engineer Intern @ Menlo Security

    3. Description: “One place for purchasing and accounts payable”

    4. Contact: [email protected]

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