Great ideas rarely emerge from isolation

Nikhil

Love shipping software products in the intersection of software engineering and machine learning. , Love building software. AI/ML Engineering Leader. Worked on a team at Apple which built RAG at Web Scale. Have worked on natural language understanding for Siri, Cortana, Bing, Kinect.

Sean

Sean Howell, was CEO of Hornet, where he built a 40M-user LGBTQIA+ social network, and co-founder of Buffalo Market. Sean applies lessons from consumer tech to SaaS, leveraging his global experience to create impactful, user-friendly solutions.

Andrew

I am the cofounder and CEO of Ascend, a fintech startup that handles payments and financing for the $1T insurance industry. Previously, cofounder Sheltr (acquired by Hippo Insurance), early employee (2014) at Instacart.

Achyut

Current: Working on making data more accessible in web3. Previously: Machine Learning at RelyanceAI; Data Scientist at Amazon, PayPal. Love experimenting with productivity hacks

Jonathan

Jonathan is the Head of Design at Eigen Labs and co-founder of VectorDAO, working at the intersection of crypto, design, and product. Previously led design teams at Coinbase.

Dhruv

Dhruv is an ex-Googler with experience working on Machine Learning problems involving language and privacy. He likes thinking about big problems from first principles, appreciates thoughtful design in tech, and enjoys writing.

Tim

Tim Shi is the Co-Founder and CTO of Cresta, where he helped pioneer the use of generative AI in the enterprise, launching a GPT-based product in 2019. A former Stanford AI researcher and early OpenAI team member, his work on web-based reinforcement learning helped shape modern digital agents. Under his leadership, Cresta powers major companies like Verizon and United Airlines, delivering hundreds of millions in ROI.

Deanna

Deanna leads Customer Marketing at Writer. Previously, she was head of Product Marketing at Stripe and VP of Marketing at Wealthfront.

Joshua

Building Vectorsmith, a new kind of model and vector store for truly intelligent search. Previously 9.5 years at Asana, prior to that a lot of music.

Rhys

Building something to help farmers and ranchers implement regenerative agriculture. Former synbio PhD, founder, hedge fund associate, and eng leader