Great ideas rarely emerge from isolation

Patrick

Ex-Instagram, Meta, VMWare, Microsoft, and Dept of Energy supercomputing. Two startup exits. Deep expertise in distributed storage and low-level infrastructure for scientific computing and distributed systems. Led engineering at multiple startups and built Instagram Ads. Currently into PCB design, FPGAs, signal processing, and embedded systems. I like building electronic art and chilling outdoors.

Vishal

Vishal is the co-founder and former CTO of Leap, building products to address loneliness among older adults. Previously co-founded Screenhero (acquired by Slack), where he later led real-time communications as a Senior Engineering Manager.

Jason

Co-founder and CEO of Storytime, focused on building new ways to engage audiences through audio. Former Head of Partnerships at Expo and a long-time builder and educator at Stanford.

Zack

Zack is founder of ClearMotion, where he led the company from first prototypes of its proactive ride system to over $1B in global automotive sales. His background bridges deep tech, software, and real-world systems. He’s now focused on building at the frontier of robotics, physical simulation, and applied AI— working to create the next generation of platforms that shape how we interact with the world.

Brian

Brian is a software engineer at Stainless, previously at Anthropic where he helped launch Claude.ai and unify API infrastructure. He previously co-founded Kenchi and led key product lines at Stripe, including Stripe Connect.

Sashank

6+ years of launching games, with experience designing and tuning complex in-game economies. Currently exploring infra to help games & consumer apps scale. Excited to swap learnings around monetizing consumer apps :) (ex-BCG, King, MPL)

Kevin

Co-Founder and CEO @ Doppel.xyz. Formerly Staff Eng / EM @ Lyft, SWE @ Uber building Dispatch / Airspace platforms and shipping products. Georgetown alum based in SF, from Boston originally. I love playing basketball and spending time with my wife and dog

Vishal

Founder, Embedding.store • SPC Fellow • ML at Twitter, Microsoft • Singer, Songwriter

Nikhil

Love shipping software products in the intersection of software engineering and machine learning.

Michael

CTO @ Rallyboard