next play opportunities 7/2

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

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Co-founder searches / people to jam with:

• Greylock (the VC fund) has incubated a new company in the cybersecurity space. They have previously incubated several now public companies. They are looking for someone to join as a co-founder. You can learn more here.

• Rob, software engineer with 8 years of experience at growing startups (Uber, Databricks), is working toward going full time as a technical cofounder in the coming months. He is hoping to meet folks who are 1) located in/near Denver, CO; and/or 2) interested in vertical SaaS / applying AI to “legacy”/less-tech-forward industries. Reach out by email robertkhoury1@gmail.com.

• Jake is a software engineer at a health tech startup looking for a GTM cofounder. He’s in the early stages of prototyping a new tool for disaster recovery and data migrations in highly regulated industries.  Reach out at rottersman.jake@gmail.com.

• Matteo is looking for a technical co-founder (ideally in SF/Bay Area) to help build their new AI product for automating supply chain inspections. Already have LOIs with potential customers. Was previously in GTM at ByteDance/TikTok for cloud & AI products. Currently only him and co-founder (ex-Uber), both non technical. They previously bootstrapped a lead generation product to 6 figures within 8 months. Reach out to matteo.trentini1@gmail.com if interested.

• Former strategy consultant at McKinsey and Chief of Staff is looking to connect with others interested in the media space. If interested, reach out to hi@nextplay.so and we’ll try to connect.

• Former VP Product (Series D) in NYC looking to start something new. He has a couple of fleshed-out ideas (AI-related). Looking for a potential cofounder or a new friend to bounce ideas off. Feel free to reach out at erand89@gmail.com.

• Vineet has over 20 years of experience in the AI space and is now looking to launch a startup in the EdTech space. After getting his PhD in Artificial Intelligence at MIT CSAIL, he spent the first half of his career bootstrapping, raising funds, and helping grow startups. He has also spent another half of his career launching new products at Microsoft, Salesforce, and more. He is currently acting as the Chief AI Officer of a publicly traded company. He’s interested in meeting people with strong business and especially marketing skill sets. Reach out at vineet.sinha@gmail.com.

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Breakout startups:

• Increase is building a developer-first banking core from the ground up. They're hiring a software engineering generalist who loves to dig into the details of our financial system and build products that people love. Their founder Darragh was one of the first employees at Stripe. Reach out at jobs@increase.com.

• Urlik from Encord is hiring for their customer success team. They are building AI infrastructrue and onboarding loads of new customers as they scale in the US market. You can learn more about these roles here: Senior CSM and Technical CSM.  

• Dariya from Layer3 is hiring a biz dev/ecosystem expansion person to help keep up with recent demand. Layer3 helps people explore and earn crypto in one immersive place. Reach out to Dariya here.

• Joshua from Mintlify is hiring their first go to market person. Mintlify powers the docs for 2000+ companies, reaching 12m+ developers annually. You can apply here.

• Moxie helps entrepreneurs to launch, run, and grow their own aesthetics businesses with a combination of software and services. They are hiring for several roles, including a revenue operations and strategy lead. You can learn more here.

Early team:

• Alex Wang (CEO of Scale) and Zach Bryan (country singer) are looking for builders to help create a new form factor for history. They are thinking about how to use technology to help preserve humanity’s stories and pass them down to future generations (like an LLM-powered Wikipedia of sorts). You can learn more and apply here.

• Fifi from Aster is hiring a product designer. Aster is a patient management and practice management software tool, specially designed to help with early detection of pregnancy complications. Apply here.

• Jared from PromptLayer is hiring a front-end product engineer (in-person, in NYC!). PromptLayer is building the first platform for prompt engineering, where you can easily evaluate models and visually manage prompts. You can learn more here and reach out: jared@promptlayer.com.

• Gloria from Siteline’s mission is to modernize finance for construction, an industry that employs 1 out of every 10 workers, but lacks good software tools to get the job done. They are hiring a people ops manager. Learn more and apply here.

• David creates tools to increase muscle and decrease fat. Their first product will be a protein bar. They are hiring a director of retail. You can learn more and apply here.

• Jonathan from Medida is hiring a founding engineer. They are working on leveling up the housing renovation industry. They are self-funded and expect to be profitable in the next 12 months. They are hoping to build a culture that is perfect for future founders. You can reach out jonathan@medida.ai.

• TLDR is a collective of technical newsletters on startups, software engineering, AI, cybersecurity, marketing, product management, and more, with over 5 million subscribers. They are hiring a senior sales development representative. You can apply here.

• Mitchell from Basis is hiring their first generalist business person. Basis is building an AI platform for accounting teams. Reach out to Mitch@ofbasis.com.

• Kevin from Safeguards is hiring a chief of staff. They are looking to build the future of trustworthy AI, currently making tools that safely autocorrect LLM responses (which is particularly useful in high-stakes domains). You can apply here.

• Heard is an all-in-one financial solution for therapists that combines software and human support to handle bookkeeping, taxes, payroll, and more. They are hiring for several roles, including a director of sales and business development. You can apply here.

• Harry from Checkmate is hiring a junior account executive. Checkmate is a viral consumer shopping platform. They also help eCommerce brands better target their ideal customers. Learn more and reach out here.

• Martin from Invert is working to automate the design, execution, and analysis of bioprocesses. They are hiring a business development leader. You can learn more and apply here.

• Francesco from Typefully is hiring a software engineer. Typefully is a writing app for Twitter and LinkedIn content creators. You can learn more and apply here.

• Beacons builds creator tools. They make it really easy for creators to create websites and monetize. They are hiring a senior engineer. You can learn more here.

Scaled companies:

• Zoe from Anthropic is hiring an internal communications lead. Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. They are also hiring for a number of other roles (they also recently hired the former founder of Instagram to help lead product). You can apply here.

• Notion is hiring its very first UX writer. You can DM here to learn more.

Venture:

• Josh Kopelman is hiring a chief of staff to help him with making investments and working on special projects at First Round. First Round is an early-stage venture capital firm on a mission to build and serve the world's strongest community of entrepreneurs. For the first 90 days of the role, you will need to be in Philadelphia (but otherwise more flexible). You can apply here.

• Audacious Ventures is an early stage venture firm hiring an investment associate. Their mission is to find ambitious founders and partner with them at the earliest stages to help them achieve their visions. Learn more here.

• Adam from Bessemer Venture Partners is hiring a new investment associate in Tel Aviv. Send your resume and cover letter to galon@bvp.com.

• Four Cities Capital is an early-stage VC hiring an operations and investment associate. Learn more about the role and apply here.

• The Susa Ventures Fellows program is now open. If you are accepted (to the mainly in SF program), you will get access to training and mentorship on how to be a venture investor. Apply here.

• Nicole is hiring an associate and a principal to help her build Wischoff Ventures, an early-stage venture fund focused on fintech, supply chain, manufacturing and marketplaces. Learn more by emailing jobs@wischoff.com.

• Anamitra from Afore is hiring an investor to join their early-stage VC fund. They specialize in pre-seed deals, so you’ll need to find ways to source very early founders and imagine big visions alongside them. The role is based in San Francisco. You can apply here.

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