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Can you believe we’re nearing the end of 2025? What a year it has been! Wanted to give a major thank you to everyone in the Next Play community. I have heard countless stories this year of people finding jobs, co-founders, and like-minded peers via the network, and I cannot wait to see what good we can accomplish in the new year.
Until then, hope this edition is helpful. There are so many interesting companies hiring. I would encourage you to end the year on a strong note and send out a cold email or two. (
And if you’d like a bit of a boost, a good way to start the new year is to check out Friends of Next Play. You’ll get invited to our Slack where you can jam on ideas, get invited to events, and talk with new people. You can join here.
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Co-founders and people to jam with:
Ramin is a founding designer and currently the head of design at a fintech company. He’s exploring something new and looking for a co-founder. Reach out: ramin@pattern23.ai.
David was previously a VP at JP Morgan. He’s looking for a cofounder, especially someone technical, for his new product which is a memory layer enterprise AI tool for financial institutions. He already has $1m+ in signed contracts. Reach out: dlmaloof@gmail.com.
Ben is a senior engineer with MongoDB exploring building AI-native products. He’s interested in building AI developer experience tools including automated evaluation and optimization tools for engineering AI workflows. Reach out: ben@benr.build.
Nisha worked on applied AI at Atlassian and has a background in data science and machine learning. She’s exploring building new products and is looking for a co-founder. Reach out: nriyer25@gmail.com.
Reminder: here’s a list we made of some of our favorite side project ideas.
Early teams:
Dan from Every is hiring a GM for their AI writing product Spiral which currently has $10k MRR. Apply here.
Afton previously founded Modern Fertility which sold for over $225 million. Now she’s working on a new stealth women’s health company is hiring a chief of staff. Apply here. (SF, LA)
Zachary from Portal is building a platform that lets companies to give product demos without needing prospects to sign in or download anything. They are hiring a founding product engineer. Apply here. (SF)
Evan from Pacagen is hiring a product manager. They are building products that help relieve people of allergies. Apply here. (NYC)
Ben from Lightning Rod Labs is building custom AI agents trained to predict your company’s targets. They are hiring a head of engineering and an AI/ML engineer. Apply here. (Remote, NYC)
Prita from ALEX AND ANI is building a D2C jewelry brand. They are hiring a COO and a head of business development. Apply here. (Remote)
Carl from Mirelo is hiring a founder’s associate and a product manager. They just raised a seed round for their AI sound development platform. Apply here. (Berlin, Remote)
Riya from Sequence is building an AI revenue platform for finance teams. They are hiring an onboarding manager, a salesperson, and a founding marketer. Apply here. (NYC, SF, London)
Assaf from Jiga is hiring an account executive. They are building a hardware sourcing platform. Apply here. (Remote)
Salar from Sweatpals is building a workout community and app. They are hiring a partnerships director and a growth marketing manager. Apply here. (Remote, NYC)
Tyler from Resquared is hiring an account executive. They are building a lead generation platform specifically designed to reach local businesses. Apply here. (Remote)
Deniz from Tamarind Bio is building a computational drug discovery platform. They are hiring a technical recruiter. Apply here. (SF)
Here’s a list we made of 26 early teams (under 10 people) hiring.
Are you hiring? Send us an email: hi@nextplay.so. We would love to help you meet some great candidates.
Scaling startups:
Brooke from HappyRobot is hiring a revenue operations lead. They are building an AI for manufacturing and logistics operations. Apply here. (SF)
Sam from EvenUp is building a specialized AI for personal injury firms. They are hiring for 74 roles: customer success, product, sales, and more. Apply here. (Remote, SF, Austin)
Wiley from DOSS is building an ERP designed for automation. They are hiring operations people, GTM people, and a head of talent. Apply here. (SF)
Justin from Truemed just raised $33 million for their platform that lets people shop with their health savings accounts. They are hiring a product manager and a launch manager. Apply here. (LA, SF, Austin, NYC)
Andy from Lovable has 57 open roles: business operations, marketing, and people. They recently raised $330 million at a $6.6 billion valuation for their AI app and website development platform. Apply here. (Boston, Stockholm, SF)
Michael from Figure is hiring a Chief People Officer. They are the leading home-equity line of credit lending platform in the US. Apply here. (Remote)
Eilon from echo just raised $50 million to scale their secure cloud-native infrastructure platform. They are hiring a demand generation manager, a writer, and salespeople. Apply here. (Tel Aviv, SF, Austin, Boston)
Julia from River is hiring a social media marketer and a video producer. They are building a platform that lets you invest in bitcoin. Apply here. (Remote)
Stacey from Replit is hiring for 44 open roles including talent, design, and operations. They are building an app development platform that recently reached a $3 billion valuation. Apply here. (SF)
Tom from Zendesk is hiring a venture capital ecosystem manager. They are building a customer support platform. Apply here. (Remote, Austin)
Samuel from Edison is building an AI platform for scientific R&D. They are hiring strategic partnerships people, forward deployed engineers, and a technical product manager. Apply here. (SF)
David from Ben just raised $27.5 million to scale their AI-native platform for global employee benefits. They are hiring a strategic partnerships lead and an accounts associate. Apply here. (London)
Daragh from Imprint just raised $150 million and is hiring growth marketing leads and a people operations person. They are building a co-branded financial products platform. Apply here. (SF, NYC)
Jake from Serval is building an AI platform for IT teams that just raised a round from Sequoia. They are hiring a GTM engineer, a head of talent, and salespeople. Apply here. (SF)
Here’s a list we made of 36 startups with $10m–50m funding and hiring.
Investing and other:
Eric Newcomer writes a popular Substack that covers the tech and VC industries. He’s hiring a community lead. Apply here. (Remote, SF, NYC)
The Information is hiring reporters to focus on VC, AI, and Meta. Apply here. (SF, NYC)
eBay Ventures is hiring a manager. Apply here. (Toronto)
EarlyBird VC is hiring a community associate. Apply here. (London)
Featured resources and products:
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We appreciated seeing all the interest in Insider, our next experiment helping top tech people like a talent agent would. We’re working to expand capacity.
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