| ✨ 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.
Quick highlight from last week: Cameron reached out to let us know that he met his cofounder and CTO Shama through Friends of Next Play. After connecting over a shared vision, they’ve since built an MVP for their “Noom for Money” platform Impause. If you’d like to meet like-minded people (potential co-founders, mentors, friends, etc.), check out Friends of Next Play. When you join, you get added to our private Slack group, invited to weekly events, and extra useful content. You can join here. Join Friends of Next Play
Co-founders and people to jam with: Tom is a software engineer (background at companies like Affirm) exploring building a cross-border payments + embedded finance platform using stablecoins. He’s looking to speak with people excited by fintech. Reach out: mail@tomhadley.link. Roslyn has been a founding product designer and marketer at several now successful startups (including one acquired by Databricks and another backed by Sequoia). She’s exploring building an ai-native project management tool - something like an automated Asana with the ability to delegate tasks to AI agents. She’s open to chatting with people interested in building delightful products, ideally in SF. Reach out: coutinho.roslyn@gmail.com. Steven was a staff software engineer at Weebly for many years, and has since been an engineering leader and startup investor. He’s looking to chat with people interested in applying AI to various industries (like operations). Reach out: sroussey@gmail.com. Kovin was the founding electronics engineer at Sanctuary AI ($400m+ raised) and a senior electronics engineer at 1x ($100m+ raised). He’s looking to build a new at home health-tech product for monitoring stool and urine (think of having a lab integrated in your home). He’s looking to connect with people interested in health-tech, or anyone who’s dealing/knows people dealing with IBD. Reach out: 3vinwu25@gmail.com.
Early teams: Yashar from Notora AI is hiring a founding head of marketing and growth. They are on track to hit $1m ARR with their AI agent development platform. Apply here. (Remote) Paul from Blacksmith grew from $1m to $4m ARR in the past 3 months. They are building a platform that helps engineers run Github actions faster. They are hiring an account executive, a chief of staff, and a business operations lead. Apply here. (SF) Yash from Glacis is hiring a founding go-to-market lead. They are building an ai-powered supply chain platform. Apply here. (Ho Chi Minh City, Remote) Ryan from Primer is building a micro-schools platform. They are hiring a government relations lead. Apply here. (Remote) Aldea is building voice AI for clinical and expert applications. They are hiring a software engineer, a copywriter, and a head of marketing. Apply here. (Miami, NYC, Remote) Thunderbird is building an ai-powered platform to automate knowledge workflows for physical-world tasks like manufacturing. They are hiring a founding AI/ML focused engineer. Apply here. (SF) Israel from TailorMed is hiring a director of sales. They’ve raised $40m to help lower costs for healthcare patients. Apply here. (Remote) Alex from Neon is building a platform that lets users make hundreds of dollars per year by securely selling their anonymized data. They are hiring a head of mobile engineering. Apply here. (NYC) Eve from Alinea just reached an $18m+ annualized revenue run rate (+840% YoY). They are building a personalized investing app, and are looking for graphic design and marketing interns. Apply here. (Remote) Martin from Miso is building an ai-first consumer travel platform. They recently raised $3m and are hiring engineers. Reach out: martin@miso.com. (SF, NYC) Dylan from Mindbloom is building a psychedelic medicine provider - they have delivered over 700,000 sessions to patients. They are hiring a data and analytics lead and a product marketing lead. Apply here. (Remote) Siva from Lyzr is hiring a VP of Sales. They are trying to build the AWS of AI agents. They reached $2m ARR in just 6 months, and are now scaling. Apply here. (NYC) Anis from Attention.com just announced they closed $1m in one month. They are building an AI agent that learns from your best sales conversations, and hiring people to help them grow. Reach out here. (NYC) Stuart from Rivo has grown to $4.4m ARR (+143% YoY) with just 3 software engineers. They are building a conversion platform for e-commerce brands and are hiring a design engineer. Apply here. (Remote) Archie from Fyxer AI has gone from $1m to $14m ARR in < 6 months (with a goal of hitting $50m before the end of year). They are building an ai-powered email platform. They are hiring GTM engineers, a people lead, and a social media manager. Apply here. (London, NYC) Here’s a list we made of 36 of the fastest growing companies.
Hiring? Send us an email: hi@nextplay.so. We’d love to feature you in the newsletter and connect you co candidates. Scaling startups: Ben from Moxie is hiring a senior business operations manager. They are a series B startup building an all-in-one platform to power MedSpas. Apply here. (Remote) Nicolas from Rillet just raised a $70m for their AI-native ERP. They are hiring for every role: customer success, design, partnerships, marketing, and more. Apply here. (NYC, SF) Samantha from Overstory is building an ai-powered climate tech platform that helps utilities optimize resources to mitigate vegetation risk. They are hiring a head of machine learning, a product manager, a VP of marketing, and a customer success manager. Apply here. (Remote, Amsterdam, Boston) Victor from Slash is hiring a content lead, a recruiter, and a head of customer success. They just raised $41m for their all-in-one business banking platform (that integrates with Base). Apply here. (SF) Winston from Harvey just announced they surpassed $100m ARR, with 42.5% of the AmLaw 100 as customers. They are building an AI platform for law firms, and are hiring in every department: recruiting, engineering, strategy, sales, and more. Apply here. (SF, NYC, London) Victor from Marketer.com reached $5m ARR in 8 months with their AI growth engine for Shopify stores. They are hiring an account executive. Apply here. (SF) Kennan from Icon is hiring a growth lead to help them go viral, and reach their goal of becoming the fastest company to hit $100m ARR. They are building an AI-powered ad platform. Apply here. (NYC) Justin from August Health is hiring a billing implementation manager and a data analyst. They are building an AI-enabled platform for better care and operations in senior living communities. Apply here. (Remote) Sarah from Trunk Tools just raised a $40m round for their AI platform for the construction industry. They are hiring customer success managers, recruiters, generalists, and more. Apply here. (Remote) Felix from Gigs is building a platform that helps brands (like Klarna) launch their own mobile service. They are hiring for every role across operations, data, and GTM. Apply here. (Remote) Reminder to complete your free Next Play profile (<5 minutes). We manually look at each new person and try to connect you to relevant companies.
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