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We’re continuing to improve the membership. When you join, you get added to our private Slack, where you’ll see more discussion about trending topics like AI and productivity, more invitations to in-person/virtual events, and more opportunities to make (hopefully helpful!) connections. You can join here.
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Co-founders and people to jam with:
Tyler has bootstrapped Meter Energy, a platform to help people get solar energy plans, to 50 new customer per week. He’s looking for a cofounder with consumer marketing experience. Reach out: tyler@meterplan.com.
Sam is a software engineer. He just quit his job to explore ai design tools full time and is looking for a cofounder who has a strong appreciation for making high quality things. Reach out: samjgorman@gmail.com.
We just put together a new list of people looking for co-founders here.
Early teams:
A stealth early stage startup is hiring a founder’s associate to help shape the core business and scale GTM. They have VC backing and are building a “department store for the AI era.” Apply here. (London)
Asaf from Parter is hiring an account executive. They are building an ai-powered part management platform for hardware teams. Apply here. (NYC)
Francis from Trestle is building a data management system designed to help non-profits collect and report data to the government. They are hiring a founding engineer and a founding product designer. Apply here. (NYC)
Nitin from Supanote is hiring a founding growth person. They are building a platform that automates operations for behavioral health companies. Apply here. (Remote)
Tess from Spade is hiring an enterprise account executive, a head of engineering, and a senior backend engineer. They are building payment infrastructure that provides real-time merchant intelligence for the card ecosystem. Apply here. (NYC)
Here are recommendations on startups to join from Felicis Ventures Partners Tobi and Mischa.
Neon, a startup we’ve featured previously on Next Play, just became the #1 social app for platform that pays people to talk on the phone. They are hiring founding engineers. Apply here. (NYC)
Daniel from Exponential is building a platform to help healthcare admissions teams management referrals. They are hiring an associate product manager and a senior software engineer. Apply here. (Remote)
Virio went from $0 to $500k ARR in less than 90 days. They are building an ai-powered marketer for businesses. They are hiring someone to help lead content strategy for their clients. Apply here. (SF)
Austin from Howie just announced a $6m fundraise to scale their ai-powered secretary that helps you manage your calendar. They already have 1000+ customers. They are hiring engineers and designers. Apply here. (Seattle)
Anu from Tight is hiring a senior sales leader. They are building an embedded accounting platform. Apply here. (DC)
Raj from Sage is hiring a VP of software engineering and software engineers, as well as a lead product manager. They are building a senior living caregiving operating system. Apply here. (NYC)
Bill from Clip Automation is building a platform that helps digitize manufacturing organizations. They are hiring several founding engineers. Apply here. (Remote)
Chris from Autopilot has reached $800m AUM for their investment management platform. They are hiring an ads person to help them scale from $10m to $100m ARR. Apply here. (Remote)
Chris from Hanover Park is building an ai-native ERP for funds that already has over $7 billion in assets. They are hiring a founding product lead and a fund accountant. Apply here. (NYC)
Vincent from Prime Intellect is hiring a chief of staff/operations lead and a founding GTM lead. They are building an open super intelligence lab. Apply here. (SF)
Here’s a list of startups specifically looking to hire former founders.
Are you hiring? Send us an email: hi@nextplay.so - we would love to connect you to great candidates and promote you in the newsletter.
Scaling startups:
Nassim from Bastion is hiring a head of product. They just raised $40m from Coinbase Ventures for their stablecoin infrastructure platform. Apply here. (NYC)
Matteo from Eight Sleep has 44 open roles including a mechanical engineer, a social media manager, a recruiter, and more. They are building a suite of products that help people sleep better. Apply here. (SF, Miami, NYC, Remote)
Ben from Moxie is hiring a senior finance manager. They are building a platform to help people launch, run, and grow their own aesthetics businesses with a combination of software and services. Apply here. (Remote)
Parker from Valence just raised a $50m Series B to scale their AI coach for work. They are hiring for nearly every department: sales, community, strategy, product, and more. Apply here. (NYC, London, Toronto)
Abhilash from Crust Data said their new account executives closed $200k ARR in just the last 15 days. They are hiring two more AEs for their b2b data platform. Apply here. (NYC)
Matan from Ivix turns publicly available data into a tool to help fighting financial crime. They recently raised $60m. They are hiring marketing managers, engineers, sales engineers, and an ai team lead. Apply here. (Tel Aviv, Remote, NYC)
Daryna from Quo just announced a $100m fundraise. They are building a collaborative phone system with over 90,000 customers. They are hiring a senior revenue operations manager and engineers. Apply here. (Remote)
Harish from Augment is building an ai assistant for the logistics industry. They are hiring a senior growth marketing manager and a software engineer. Apply here. (Chicago, SF)
Matt from Doctronic just raised $20m for their ai-powered doctor. They are hiring a customer success manager, a head of business operations, and a project manager. Apply here. (Los Angeles, NYC, Remote)
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James from Greenlite just announced a $49.5m Series B to scale their ai-powered permitting system. They are hiring for every department: sales, engineering, recruiting, finance, and more. Apply here. (NYC)
Jackie from Lead Bank is hiring a strategic partnerships manager, a financial analyst, and a product manager. They just raised a $70m Series B for their banking as a service platform. Apply here. (Remote, SF)
Matan from Factory just raised a $50m Series B for their agentic development platform. They are hiring an enterprise account executive. Apply here. (SF, NYC)
Chris from Modular announced a $250m fundraise for their ai infrastructure platform. They are hiring a technical writer, a program manager, and engineers. Apply here. (Remote)
Here’s a list we made of Sequoia-backed companies open to hiring remote.
If you are hiring, you should send us an email: hi@nextplay.so. In just the past week, we’ve helped several companies hire great people, and would love to help you out, too.
Investing and other:
Softbank is hiring an analyst to focus on portfolio valuations and monitoring. Apply here. (SF, London)
Pear VC is hiring a finance manager. Apply here. (SF)
EarlyBird VC is hiring an associate to focus on investor relations. Apply here. (London, Munich)
First Round Capital is hiring a venture investor. Apply here (SF)
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