Great ideas rarely emerge from isolation

Dhruv

Co-Founder and former CEO of Elsewhere, the Brooklyn live music company + club. Legislative and policy advocate for music, nightlife, and small business at city, state, and federal levels. Born in Mumbai, raised in CT. Yale undergrad, first career in endowment-style asset management. Lover of jazz, oceans, surfing, sailing, SCUBA, yoga, meditation, cooking, civics, and motorcycles. Talk to me about mental health, neurological disorders, and headaches. Or just about anything. Curious about all, and love to nerd out.

Jonathan

I make apps people ❤️. formerly cofounder @Timehop, built an entertainment company on top of airpods (http://pairplayapp.com) and the Lumo drawing iPad app + built http://ExitstrategyNYC.com + former designer @Snapchat

Phil

Co-founder of Baseten, building infrastructure to deploy and serve machine learning models in production. Previously co-founded Shape (acquired by Reflektive) and worked on ML at Gumroad. Holds a PhD in mathematics from the University of Sydney.

Sahil

Sahil is a customer-focused engineer with an extensive background in AI, recommender systems, and marketplaces. He has served an engineer and an eng leader at Facebook and Uber, working on News Feed, Video Growth, as well as Uber’s Dispatching Algorithms.

Bryan

After a PhD in AI/ML, cofounded a unique fintech—Angaza—to make solar energy and smartphones radically more affordable in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. Helped millions of households connect to electricity and internet. Now focused on AI again.

Cinjon

I have a PhD in machine learning focusing on vision. I also have a deep understanding and experience in crypto. And I run a circus studio in Dumbo. Go to cinjon.com for writings.

Chris

Previously co-founder of a fitness CV company that sold to Peloton. Currently exploring startup ideas in the generative AI space., Previously co-founder of a fitness CV company that sold to Peloton. Currently building interactive media using AI.

Geoff

Founder of Apollo GraphQL, MeteorJS, Monument, and others

Ben

Ben is the co-founder and CTO at Bevel. Previously he was a background in systems engineering and pricing infrastructure at Opendoor. Studied Networked & Social Systems Engineering at UPenn and is passionate about building data-informed, user-first products.

Susannah

Susannah works in operations for SPC. Previously, she was a technical recruiter. Prior to that, she competed on the varsity swim team at Dartmouth College.