Applied AI

Founding Engineer

+10

3.4.26 - Nylas Co-Founders and WorkOS Builders

Mar 3, 2026

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5 min read

3.4.26 - Nylas Co-Founders and WorkOS Builders

Nylas Co-Founders ($160M raised), WorkOS & Aurora-acquired founders, YC W26 AI founder, and founding engineers from 14.ai & Smack Technologies

Founding Engineer

3.2.26 - Flux & Encord Co-Founders + Founding Operators from Dots and Rowspace

Mar 1, 2026

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4 min read

3.2.26 - Flux & Encord Co-Founders + Founding Operators from Dots and Rowspace

Co-Founders & COO / CTO of Flux; Encord Co-Founder & CTO; Dots’ 1st FTE & Founding Engineer; and Rowspace’s 6th FTE

Sante

+18

Feb 19, 2026

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8 min read

2.20.26 - Top Founders of the Week

Head of ML at PolyAI, Stash’s co-founder post-sale, Lily Robotics and Jyve repeat founders, and Grafana’s post-acquisition builders

Simple AI

+13

2.11.26 - Repeat Greylock and Founders Fund-Backed Founders Exploring Second Acts

Feb 11, 2026

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4 min read

2.11.26 - Repeat Greylock and Founders Fund-Backed Founders Exploring Second Acts

Spinouts from Monaco and Bretton, Twilio Co-Founder free agents, and Garner data leadership building in AI, robotics, and healthcare.

Harvey

Feb 9, 2026

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7 min read

2.10.26 - The Harvey & Runway Mafias

Sequoia-backed repeat founders leaving Harvey and founding members of Runway, Cohere, and Pika

Autonomous Driving

+21

Feb 5, 2026

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8 min read

2.6.26 - Top Founders of the Week

12 Repeat Founders, Co-Creator of Veo, and Founding Engineer of Parallel Web Systems

Founding Engineer

+17

2.4.26 - Repeat Founders with $200M Exit, USV-Backed Founder, and Celestial AI's CTO

Feb 3, 2026

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5 min read

2.4.26 - Repeat Founders with $200M Exit, USV-Backed Founder, and Celestial AI's CTO

Repeat founders from the Day AI founder’s prior startup, a USV-backed founder, Celestial AI's CTO, and early builders from Uptool, Kindred, and Claroty.

Frontier AI

+14

2.2.26 - Poetiq + Kaia Health Founders and Founding Engineers from Fieldguide, Concourse, and RobCo

Feb 1, 2026

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5 min read

2.2.26 - Poetiq + Kaia Health Founders and Founding Engineers from Fieldguide, Concourse, and RobCo

Poetiq’s co-founder, Kaia Health’s founding team post-acquisition, and early engineers from Fieldguide, Concourse, and RobCo.

Founder

+10

Jan 13, 2026

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4 min read

1.14.26 - The Etched Mafia

Senior MTS and founding ML scientists from Etched, defense AI founders from Harmattan, and early product and AI leaders emerging from Aikido Security and Converge Bio.

Applied AI

3.4.26 - Nylas Co-Founders and WorkOS Builders

3.2.26 - Flux & Encord Co-Founders + Founding Operators from Dots and Rowspace

2.20.26 - Top Founders of the Week

2.11.26 - Repeat Greylock and Founders Fund-Backed Founders Exploring Second Acts

2.10.26 - The Harvey & Runway Mafias

2.6.26 - Top Founders of the Week

2.4.26 - Repeat Founders with $200M Exit, USV-Backed Founder, and Celestial AI's CTO

2.2.26 - Poetiq + Kaia Health Founders and Founding Engineers from Fieldguide, Concourse, and RobCo

1.14.26 - The Etched Mafia

Stealth Founders