YC partner, deployment strategist lead, wearable intelligence
opportunities at breakout startups, co-founder searches, and early teams hiring
✨ Hey there this is a free edition of Next Play’s newsletter, where we share under-the-radar opportunities to help you figure out what’s next in your journey.
It has been really fun chatting with people in the Friends of Next Play Slack — it’s been inspiring seeing community members be helpful to one another. Check out these upcoming virtual gatherings:
If you are looking to meet like-minded people (co-founders, friends, mentors), check out Friends of Next Play. When you join, you get added to our private Slack community, as well as discounts to our favorite products (like Granola, Replit, Lovable, Superhuman, and many more). You can join here.
Co-founders and people to jam with:
Rob is a software engineer and technical architect building Kopa AI, a personal meeting coach with an AI software plugin for video conferencing. He’s looking for a non-technical co-founder. Reach out: rob@projectkopa.com.
Dov has over 2 decades experience in Longevity and AgeTech. He's looking for a co-founder as he’s building an ai-based b2b2c longevity coaching platform. Reach out: dovs@agemyway.com.
Max has been investing at Tribute Labs, and also built a number of side projects early in the digital asset ecosystem. He’s now creating a live daily Youtube show that covers current global affairs alongside politicians, academics, and media personalities. He’s looking for a co-founder/co-host of the show. Reach out: mxsiegman@gmail.com.
Andrew previously co-founded Live Chair Health. His co-founder Dr. Stephen Szeto is a Stanford and U of Toronto trained physician. They are building Wellcome Home, an ai-driven transitional support platform that enhances the discharge process in Acute Rehab Units. They are looking for a co-founder, ideally someone technical. Reach out: andrew.suggs15@gmail.com.
Early teams:
AnhPhu from Halo is building “wearable intelligence” that’s already gone viral (80m+ views). They are hiring a founding engineer, a content creator, and a growth marketing engineer. Apply here. (SF)
Nikhil from Kaizen Labs is hiring for many roles including a deployment strategist lead and sales development representatives. They are building software for government permitting that currently serves 25 million residents across the US. Apply here. (NYC)
Yusef from Roger Healthcare is hiring a founding account executive, a customer success manager, and software engineers. They are building an ai-powered platform for at-home healthcare. Apply here. (SF)
Alex from Regal previously helped grow Angie’s list to over $1.5b in revenue. They are now hiring a growth marketing lead. They are building an AI agent platform. Apply here. (NYC)
Amir from Revgentic is building “Cursor for sales.” They are hiring a founding engineer. Apply here. (London)
Victor from Luma is building an events platform. They have just 6 employees but support tens of thousands of events around the world. They are hiring a community operations person. Apply here. (Remote)
Max from Gumloop is hiring a head of operations and a head of growth marketing. They are building an AI automation platform. Apply here. (SF)
Idan from Anchor Browser just raised a $6m seed round for their agentic browser automation platform. They are hiring a founding GTM person to lead growth and marketing. Reach out: idan@anchorbrowser.io (NYC, Tel Aviv)
Mark previously founded Braze, a now $2 billion+ company. He’s now founded Tildei, an ai-powered conversational marketing platform. They are hiring a founding account executive. Apply here. (NYC)
Asaf from Parter just emerged from stealth with a $5.5 million fundraise to help transform hardware manufacturing. They are looking for a founding GTM person. Reach out: asaf@parter.ai. (NYC, Tel Aviv)
Theo from Remark is hiring a director of growth, a full cycle account executive, and engineers. They are building a platform that helps retailers bring the in-store shopping experience online. Apply here. (Boston)
Dimitri from Gradient Labs is building an ai-powered customer operations agent for financial services. They are hiring a head of marketing, a BDR, and engineers. Apply here. (NYC, London)
Gal from Stack is building a vertical business in a box for aspiring AI consultants. They are hiring a sales + community person. Apply here. (Remote)
Jan from Meadow Memorials is hiring a business operations lead. They are building a tech-enabled memorial service. Apply here. (Remote)
Bradley is hiring a founding marketing/social media person. He’s building Real Photos, an app for verifying whether or not photos are real (versus AI). Reach out: brad@real.photos. (Remote)
Here’s a list we put together of startups that just raised $1m-$5m that are actively hiring.
Scaling startups:
Elliot from Chalk is building a data platform for inference. They recently raised $50m, and have many open roles including a sales development representative, a recruiting coordinator, and software engineers. Apply here. (SF, NYC)
Ali from Covu is hiring a chief of staff, a head of people, engineers, and more. They are building an ai-powered insurance platform that grew to double digit ARR in just one year. Apply here. (SF, Remote)
Carl from Stepful is hiring a director of strategy and operations, and 23 other roles across all departments. They are building an online training program for healthcare institutions. Apply here. (NYC)
Hakob from Synthflow just raised a $20m series A and is hiring for 14 roles: sales, operations, design, and engineering. They are building a voice agent platform. Apply here. (NYC, Berlin, Remote)
Austin from Clarify is hiring a marketing person, an account executive, and engineers. They are building an ai-powered CRM, and just raised $22.5m. Apply here. (Remote)
Sammy from Eventual is hiring a technical product marketing manager, an AI developer advocate, and a product designer. They are building the “query engine of the future,” and just announced a $30m Series A. Apply here. (SF)
Akash from Velium just announced a $20m round, and they are hiring a chief of staff, a content lead, and a sales development rep. They are building an enterprise platform for launching AI products. Apply here. (NYC, Remote)
Jonathan from Maze is hiring a GTM engineer, a growth operations person, and a product designer. They are building an ai-powered cybersecurity platform. Apply here. (Remote)
Samir from Farsight is hiring account executives, a growth marketing lead, and engineers. They are building an automation platform for business leaders across the financial services industry. Apply here. (NYC)
Dani from Jam is hiring salespeople, a designer, and a senior customer success manager. They are building a platform to make engineering more productive. Apply here. (SF, Remote)
Here’s a list of 30 companies that recently raised $30 million.
Are you hiring? Send us an email hi@nextplay.so - we’d love to connect you to relevant candidates.
Investing and other:
Aaron previously was a YC partner for 8 years and now runs Magid, an advisory firm that’s helped founders raise $1.2 billion. He’s hiring a fundraising strategist to work closely with startup founders. Apply here. (NYC)
An anonymous VC at a $250M AUM NYC-based firm is exploring spinning out to build an AI-native, pre-Series A focused fund. He’s looking to chat with potential fund co-founders. Reach out to us—hi@nextplay.so—with context about yourself and we’ll connect if it’s a fit. (NYC, SF)
Charley from Pathlight Ventures is hiring an investment associate. Apply here. (NYC)
Dan from Every is hiring a Head of Storytelling. Every is a media and software company that publishes a daily newsletter about what comes next in technology. Apply here. (Remote)
Featured resources and products:
Freeideas.net: A platform with dozens of Free Ideas for you to explore building (and maybe laugh at as well).
The GTM Engineer: A newsletter we helped start with tons of actionable advice around how to break into the world of GTM engineering.
Emails for humans: A guide to writing better cold emails.
Note:
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Really great info, thanks Ben!