Repeat founders, ai-powered platforms, Stanford dropout
opportunities at breakout startups, co-founder searches, and early teams hiring
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Co-founders and people to jam with:
Jimmy is a design/software engineer who previously founded a YC company. He’s looking for interesting ideas to work on and help build. Reach out: sicong.liu98@gmail.com.
An anonymous VC who previously worked in PE and at a private market data company is looking to brainstorm around an events business for private market investing. Reach out to hi@nextplay.so with a blurb and we’ll try to connect you.
Zarif is a software engineer with an electrical engineering background at hardware companies is currently in part-time grad school at Stanford and is thinking of dropping out to start a personal robot vacuum company. Looking to meet people interested in robotics. Reach out: zarifurzarif@gmail.com.
Adam was previously a founding design engineer and is looking to build an all-in-one app for language learning. Adam taught himself fluent Korean and is now learning Chinese and Italian. He’s looking for a cofounder and wants to build something much better than the status quo. Reach out: adamvnovak@gmail.com.
Looking for a co-founder? Join Friends of Next Play and send us an email hi@nextplay.so. We’d love to try and connect you.
Early teams:
The founders of Dyna Robotics previously sold their company to Instacart for $350m. They recently raised $23.5m to build an intelligent robotic arm that empowers businesses by automating repetitive, stationary tasks. They are hiring across the board: a founding account executive, software engineers, and researchers. Apply here and reach out: joty@dynarobotics.ai. (SF)
Lorikeet is building a customer experience platform that claims to be better than all their competition (Sierra, Intercom, Decagon, etc.). They are hiring for business operations, growth, people, and engineering. Apply here. (Remote, Sydney)
Sam from Claim is a dining and shopping rewards platform. They are hiring a content creator, a growth marketing lead, and a marketing manager. Apply here. (NYC, Remote)
Max from Minoa is building a platform to change how companies sell. They recently signed customers like Personio and are growing at double digit month-over-month rates. They are hiring senior software engineers. Apply here and reach out: richard@minoa.io. (SF)
Mada and Alex from Upside are building a system of record for revenue attribution and GTM truth. They recently closed a seed round and are hiring “staff-level ICs” - particularly data engineers. Apply here and reach out: jonas@upside.tech. (SF)
Sadiqa from Prudentia Sciences is hiring a lead product manager. They recently raised $7m for their ai-powered drug development platform. Apply here. (Boston)
Eric from Stream is building a generative AI platform for workers compensation processing. They are hiring operations associates and software engineers. Apply here. (SF)
Alicia from Suppco is building a platform to help you track your supplement intake. They are hiring a social media and community manager. Apply here. (Remote)
Rishabh from Latent is building a generative AI platform for healthcare operations. They are hiring a partnerships manager, a recruiter, and a design engineer. Apply here. (SF)
Gamma is an ai-powered presentation generator that has reached tens of millions of revenue with less than 30 people. They are hiring staff and design software engineers. Apply here. (SF)
Mina from Sandbar is building a new human-computer interface designed to help humans better “navigate the world around and inside us.” They hiring a product designer. Apply here. (NYC)
We would love to connect you to interesting companies - make sure you have created a free profile on our new platform here. You can also use the platform to search for new opportunities by location, role, and more.
Scaling startups:
Katie from Tarro is building an ai-powered platform that reduces operational tasks for brick-and-mortar restaurants. They are hiring a senior product manager and a product operations specialist. Apply here. (SF, Hybrid)
Dani from Jam is building a platform that helps companies fix bugs fasters. They have 200,000+ users and are used by 32 of the Fortune 100. They are hiring for product marketing and developer relations. Reach out: dani@jam.dev. (SF, Remote)
Lindsey from Base Power Company is hiring a growth marketer and a platform engineer. They are building a next-generation power company, and have recently raised over $200m. Apply here and reach out: lindsey@basepowercompany.com. (Austin)
Jonathon from Air Garage is building a parking lot management/automation platform that operates over 300+ parking lots in 38 states. They are hiring a sales development manager. Apply here. (SF, Remote)
Notion is hiring a business development / ecosystem manager. Notion’s mission is to make it possible for every person, team, and company to tailor software to solve any problem. Apply here. (SF, NYC)
Gabriel from Rogo just raised a $50m Series B for their AI platform for financial professionals. They are hiring for 18 roles: engineers, growth marketers, ops people, and more. Apply here. (NYC)
Yang from Seen Health is building an elder care platform. They have 21 open roles: strategy and operations, outreach, social work, and more. Apply here. (Los Angeles)
Min-Kyu from Ivo is building an enterprise contract review and legal platform. They are hiring for every department: customer success, product design, engineering, sales. Apply here. (SF)
Srinath from Regie.ai is building an AI sales engagement platform. They are hiring a customer success manager and software engineers. Apply here. (Remote)
Deepti from Boon is hiring for every role: designers, engineers, product manager, strategists, and salespeople. They are building an AI workforce for freight and operations. Apply here. (SF, Remote)
FanDuel, the leading mobile gambling company in the US, is hiring a new ventures director. Apply here. (NYC)
Aaron from SingleFile is building a streamlined compliance filing platform. They are hiring account executives, sales directors, and software engineers. Apply here. (Remote)
Jason from Orum is hiring a senior product manager, software engineers, and a customer onboarding manager. They are building an AI assistant and agent for your revenue team. Apply here. (Remote)
Kurtis from Pinwheel is building a payroll API. They are hiring for customer success, partnerships, and talent. Apply here. (NYC)
Here’s a list of companies to join recommended by Pear VC.
Looking to meet candidates? Send us an email: hi@nextplay.so. We would love to be helpful and connect you to great people.
Investing and other:
Tim, the founder/Executive Chairman of FiscalNote (a 600+ person company!), is hiring a Chief of Staff to work on investing via Inauguration Capital. Apply here. (NYC, Seoul)
Hayley from First Round Capital is hiring a chief of staff. Apply here. (NYC)
Marco from Ansa Capital is hiring an early-stage tech investor. Apply here. (NYC)
Featured resources and products:
Emails for Humans: A guide to sending more effective, more human cold emails.
Exec 101: A guide to being a great executive in your first 30 days.
Bookshelf: An app to help you track what you read.
Leveraging AI productively: A tactical guide to AI for non-technical people.
Note:
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Thanks for reading and thank you to everyone who has engaged with the community. If you are thinking about what to do next, just know there are many ways to get involved with Next Play - going to in-person events, engaging in the Slack community, meeting co-founders, finding new roles, and more. We genuinely want to become the best place for people to find their “next play” - so reach out to us with an email (hi@nextplay.so) if there’s anything we can do for you, or if you have ideas around what we could be doing to better support the ecosystem.
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