Great ideas rarely emerge from isolation

Trisha

Trisha is the co-founder and CEO of Unit21. She was previously an early engineer at Affirm, and subsequently PM. She studied Computer Science at Penn. She loves to paint.

Amanda

Amanda is CEO and Co-Founder of Unseen AI. Her experience is physics and signal processing, applied to develop purpose-built multi-channel acoustic devices found on autonomous cars by GM and Zoox. Prior to AVs and consumer electronics, her focus was simulation for architectural acoustics. Projects included shape/finish optimization of 36 recording studios for Warner Music Group, 16 Apple Stores, the Apple Campus.

Sanjay

I like playing basketball and poker. Talk to me about hiring contractors / consultants for your startup.

D.

Co-founder of Tonita, reimagining online commerce search. Previously spent over a decade at Google as a Research Director with a focus on search, machine learning, and applied research at scale.

Michael

I'm a full-stack engineer based in SF currently building AI tools for executive coaches at Encore. I also dabble in 3D printing/ electronics. Previously at LiveRamp, Fin, TripAdvisor, Brown

Nic

Former SPC staff & professional sailor. A background in building ops, sales, & marketing stacks at very early stage companies.

Zo

Liberal arts student turned AI engineer motivated about using technology to enable entrepreneurship. Spent ~3 years at Spotify working on generative audio and recommendation systems. Spent longer deciding on my favourite sushi. 🥢

Michael

Michael is the co-founder and CTO at Column Tax, building software to make taxes radically simpler. Previously worked on simulation systems for self-driving cars at Waymo, Uber ATG, and Aurora.

Samantha

Samantha is a software engineer with previous experience in fintech & AI. She is currently working on projects in the crypto space.

Deon

Deon is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Forethought, the leading generative AI platform for customer support automation. Previously served as CEO, scaling the company over seven years. An early engineer at Pure Storage and Dropbox, he brings deep technical expertise to building AI-first enterprise products.