next play 3/12

AI-powered call center, investment associate, writers, and more under-the-radar opportunities

Hello!

Welcome to next play’s monthly newsletter, where we share under-the-radar opportunities to help you figure out what’s next in your journey.

Opportunities

• A friend (technical, former early Coinbase) is building an AI-powered call center. He is looking for another co-founder who is also technical, leaning towards experience with machine learning and artificial intelligence. If you know anything about call centers, or could be a good fit for this, just reply to this email and will connect if it makes sense.

• There are a few fast-growing companies hiring engineers worth checking out: Jam (remote), Clay (New York), PromptLayer (New York), Howie (remote), and Saronic (Austin). Tell them we sent you.

• Eliezer Steinbock is looking for a non-technical co-founder for Inbox Zero. He's building an app to help automate people's email inbox, grown to thousands of users in the first two months since launch. He's looking for a cofounder with a proven track record, and interest in productivity. You reach out at elie@getinboxzero.com (remote is okay!).

• Uncommonly Bold (a writing agency that works with many top startups) is hiring writers. Email carter@uncommonlybold.com if you are interested (both part and full-time available).

• A few top founders are hiring product designers. Check out Foundry (developer infrastructure founded by Jared Davis) and Roam (fintech founded by Raunaq Singh).

• A friend is looking to hire a recruiter—someone who likes helping companies hire top talent—to help build a new type of recruiting firm. Background in recruiting is helpful but could also be in operations or sales. Reply to this email and will connect if it makes sense.

• Nicole Wischoff is hiring an investment associate for her fund. Looking for curious and driven people to help her build a venture firm from the ground up.

• Novella is trying to change the way insurance is sold, specifically the most complex insurance products, using AI. Looking for a first full stack engineer to join their engineering team. To lean more, email max@bynovella.com (NY or Israel).

• CopilotKit is building an open-source AI Copilot development platform, with 3.6k GitHub stars and 4k monthly installs, they’re growing fast. The team is looking to bring on a CTO with cloud-native expertise, a passion for developer experience, and strong ability as a hands-on leader coordinating complex 0 to 1 work across teams. Reach out directly atai@copilotkit.ai (remote).

• Jonathon Triest, over at Ludlow Ventures is hiring an investment associate to join their 5th fund. He’s prioritizing emotional intelligence over experience, looking for someone who is a talent finder and can see magic in people/teams before anyone else. Reach out directly Jt@ludlowventures.com.

If you have any opportunities to share (jobs, co-founder search, side projects, etc.), reply directly to this email with a context blurb and we will consider including it next month!

next play note:

• The next play network is growing. We have upcoming gatherings around the world (Boston, Bangalore, London, Austin, and more). If you’d like to help host in your city, reply to this email. Appreciate you sharing with your friends.

• We are significantly ramping up the matching within the network—as a reminder, all the matching is done by hand 🙂 Stay tuned!

• We just launched the next play Twitter account. Also be on the lookout for the next play podcast…coming soon.

Ben Lang + next play