Infrastructure

Founding Engineer

+11

Mar 6, 2026

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6 min read

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

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

Mar 2, 2026

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8 min read

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

Freeform

+15

Feb 22, 2026

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6 min read

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

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

Neara

+10

2.17.26 - PolyAI’s COO, a Repeat YC Founder, and Senior Talent from Braintrust & Temporal

Feb 16, 2026

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4 min read

2.17.26 - PolyAI’s COO, a Repeat YC Founder, and Senior Talent from Braintrust & Temporal

PolyAI’s COO and Head of ML, Temporal’s product and engineering leads, Braintrust's Head of Biz Ops, plus a 7-year DeepMind researcher now building in robotics.

AI Infrastructure

Feb 12, 2026

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8 min read

2.12.26 - The Databricks Mafia

Acquired founders, MosaicML leaders, Spark architects, and MLflow authors building across security, inference, and infrastructure

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.

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.

ClickHouse

Jan 19, 2026

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5 min read

1.20.26 - ClickHouse-Acquired Founder and Sequoia-Backed Founder On the Map

Repeat founders within ClickHouse and Pennylane, alongside early product, AI, and GTM leaders emerging from ElevenLabs, Terralayr, and Ethos.

Crypto

+10

Jan 11, 2026

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4 min read

1.12.26 - The Discord Mafia

Discord’s founder transitioning to the board, its first product hire, senior product, data, and business operators, plus early PM and engineering talent spinning out post-IPO filing.

Infrastructure

3.6.26 - Top Founders of the Week

3.4.26 - Nylas Co-Founders and WorkOS Builders

3.3.26 - The Plaid Mafia

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

2.20.26 - Top Founders of the Week

2.17.26 - PolyAI’s COO, a Repeat YC Founder, and Senior Talent from Braintrust & Temporal

2.12.26 - The Databricks Mafia

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

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

1.20.26 - ClickHouse-Acquired Founder and Sequoia-Backed Founder On the Map

1.12.26 - The Discord Mafia

Stealth Founders