Founding Engineer

3.11.26 - Founding Members from Vast, Evervault, Rhoda, and Nitra

A Starlink Director, Vast’s first employee, Wayve’s Head of Simulation, and early builders from Rhoda AI and Evervault

3.6.26 - Top Founders of the Week

Repeat founders with $450M in Plaid exits, Mach CTO, Nylas founders ($160M raised), WorkOS-acquired founder, Flux CTO, and Encord's Co-Founder & Founding Engineer

3.5.26 - The Mach Industries Mafia

Former CTO, President, CISO, Founding Aerospace Engineer and other builders from Mach Industries.

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

3.3.26 - The Plaid Mafia

$450M of Plaid exits, repeat founders backed by 8VC, Menlo & Abstract, two $90M+ executives, a YC W26 AI infra founder, and Plaid leaders across ML, Credit Engineering & Financial Products

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

2.27.26 - Top Founders of the Week

Co-Founders of Cursor, Freeform, Fluidstack, Orum; creators of Stripe Checkout/Atlas/Connect/Dashboard; Playco CTO & Statsig founding engineer

2.23.26 - Fluidstack Founders, IQM’s CFO & a Freeform Co-Founder from SpaceX

Co-Founder & President @ Freeform, Co-Founders @ Fluidstack, SVP Product @ Cross River (GC-backed Founder of Seed); 0→€200M+ finance lead @ IQM

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

2.18.26 - The Kavak and Legora Mafias

Kavak co-founders, Legora’s founding SWE and country heads, a Vestwell co-founder in stealth, and Stripe/Figma managers building in stablecoins.

2.15.26 Top Founders of the Week

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.

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.

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.

1.29.26 - The Farcaster Mafia + Early Members from Outtake, Zocks, and Mine

Farcaster’s co-founders and early engineers post-acquisition, plus first hires and senior operators spinning out of Outtake, Decagon, Zocks, and Mine.

1.23.26 - Top Founders of The Week

Repeat founders within ClickHouse and Pennylane, Anchorage founding engineers, a Cosmos co-founder, and senior operators from Zipline and Baseten.

1.22.26 - Cosmos Founder Starting Anew and The Anchorage & BitGo Mafias

A Cosmos co-founder, Anchorage founding engineers, and repeat founders within BitGo.