Great ideas rarely emerge from isolation

Marcel

Marcel is the founder of Apache Impala, which he started when he joined Cloudera in 2011 and for which he was the architect/TL until 2017. Before Cloudera, he worked on database technology at Google and several startups. He has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UC Berkeley.

Joe

Joe is building the co-pilot for in-app monetization. Previously, he led product at Epic!, world's #1 reading app for kids. He was the first employee at Toppr.com and led product from inception to acquisition.

Ning

Ning came from Meta FAIR where he worked as a research engineer on speech/text translation and multimodal LLM. Ning is exploring the intersection of AI applications and SMS platforms.

Kara

Kara works with sports entities to build strategy tied to commercial development and athlete marketing. She is currently a Senior Advisor to Riot Games, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Team, and Division Street, Nike Founder Phil Knight’s new athlete marketing startup. She is also the co-author of Pure Grit: Stories of Remarkable People Living with Physical Disability.

Adrienne

Adrienne is currently investing (real estate, data + dev tools) and exploring new ideas in the search fund / investing space. Previously, Adrienne was a Product Manager designing the in-car experience at Tesla, an APM at Google, and an associate at Bridgewater.

Emily

Repeat founder with deep product and SaaS experience. Exploring my next venture in the climate-space (particularly in Energy, Built environment). I live in SF with my husband and mini sheepadoodle but am the proud owner of a 617 phone number.

Remi

Remi is currently a web3 founder fellow at SPC. Previously, Remi worked as a software engineer at Google and Microsoft, was the founding member of a Defi protocol (Parallel Finance - raised seed and Series A), and has a complementary background in product management and venture capital.

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.

Tim

Tim is a repeat founder interested in how AI can improve how we build and operate software, teams and startups. Previously, Tim was CEO at cLabs, built cloud services at Apple, and founded Acunu, an analytics company. Tim has a PhD in CS from Cambridge.

Priya

Aspiring Founder. I want to make things better using technology, typography, and color. ex-Apple.