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Last week, we heard about two people recently meeting their now co-founders through the Next Play community. Love to hear stories like this. Quick reminder that if you’re looking to meet like-minded people, you should check out Friends of Next Play. We’re constantly adding new events, new product discounts, and new conversations to the Slack community. You can join here. Talk soon! Join Friends of Next Play
Co-founders and people to jam with: Hiring? Reach out: hi@nextplay.so. We can connect you to some great candidates who are actively interested (but secretly looking). Early teams: Bryant previously founded/was CTO of Webflow, which grew to a $4 billion+ valuation. He’s now building a new company and looking for a chief of staff and engineers. Apply here. (SF, Remote) Ben from Lightning Rod Labs is hiring a Chief of Staff and an AI/ML engineer. They are building a platform that trains AI to help predict the future. Apply here. (Remote, NYC) Caoimhe from Anam is hiring a growth marketer. They are building AI avatars that look very human. Apply here. (NYC, London) Tara from Tightrope is building a platform that helps you turn any website into an integration. They just raised a $7m seed round. They are hiring people for their founding team, especially engineers. Apply here. (SF) Lea from Beside is hiring an inside sales representative. They are building an AI voice platform. Apply here. (NYC) Simcha from TriEdge Investments runs a family office that’s incubated an AI-native asset management platform: Hypha. They are hiring for several roles including a chief of staff, software engineers, and forward deployed engineers. Apply here. (NYC) Grey from Bevel is building an all-in-one health app that has thousands of 5 star ratings on the app store. They are hiring an iOS engineer and a part-time content creator. Apply here. (NYC, Remote) Eliana from Joyful Health is hiring a founding growth lead and a chief of staff. They are building a platform to automate revenue recovery for healthcare organizations. Apply here. (NYC) David from Maxwell Social is building a social club and creative studio. They are hiring salespeople. Apply here. (NYC) Alex, the founder of Morning Brew, is hiring a generalist intern to work on his AI transformation company Tenex. Apply here. (NYC) Rich, a talent partner at Sequoia, has a portfolio company he says is “growing incredibly fast and looking to expand its recruiting team.” Apply here. (NYC) Here’s a list we made of 33 fast-growing companies that are currently hiring.
Scaling startups: Rachel from Posh is hiring for 15+ roles: community, launchers, customer success, data analytics, sales, and more. They are building an IRL events/community platform that’s facilitated $300m+ in transactions for 7m+ users. Apply here. (NYC) Paul from Fleetworks is hiring for 10+ roles: operations people, deployments strategists, and product managers. They are building voice agents to automate coordiation in the freight industry. Apply here. (Chicago, SF) Quinten previously sold his fintech startup to Walmart for $300m. Now he’s building Tolans, a friendly AI companion that 200k+ people talk to monthly. They are hiring a chief of staff and engineers. Apply here. (SF) Rachel from Arketa is hiring salespeople, talent people, and a marketing director. They are building a booking platform for fitness businesses. Apply here. (NYC, Remote, London) Crishia from Sierra is hiring for every department: recruiting, engineering, operations, sales, and more. They raised $350m at a $10b valuation last year for their AI customer support platform. Apply here. (SF, London, NYC) Parker from Numeric is hiring a GTM engineer and a head of outbound (and 21 other roles!). They are building an AI accounting platform. Apply here. (SF, NYC) Sonia from Pano AI is building an AI-powered wildfire detection platform. They are hiring a VP of marketing. Apply here. (Remote) Kat from Solidroad is hiring GTM and product people. They are building an AI customer engagement platform. Apply here. (SF) Emilia from Wander is building a luxury vacation rental platform. They are hiring salespeople. Apply here. (Remote) Willem, an investor in Base Power Company, is helping them hire a special projects growth marketing lead. They raised $1b last year. Apply here. (Austin) Dan from Marble Health wants to double his GTM team (AEs, BDRs, and more). They are building a personalized therapy platform for students. Apply here. (NYC) Ryan from Kalshi recently raised $1 billion at an $11 billion valuation for their prediction markets platform. They are hiring PMs, recruiters, and more. Apply here. (NYC) Felisha from Cloaked is hiring an engagement product manager and a customer support specialist. They are building a consumer data protection platform. Apply here. (NYC) Zach founded Bridge, a stablecoin platform, and sold it to Stripe for $1.1 billion. They now run like a mini-startup inside Stripe, and they are hiring AEs, account managers, operations people, and more. Apply here. (NYC, SF) Jake from Airbnb is hiring a GTM engineer. Apply here. (NYC) Jacob from Legora raised at a $1.8 billion valuation last year for their ai legal platform. They are looking for a technical chief of staff and someone to help supercharge their team with AI tools. Apply here. (Stockholm) Here’s a list we made of 24 companies currently hiring with $100m raised.
Investing and other: Featured resources and products: We post a bunch of events in the Friends of Next Play Community. You can check out the roundup here which includes invites to linkedin workshops, negotiation classes, virtual happy hours, and more. Separately, and a bit random, If you’re in London, check out Dessert Quest, an event coming up in February. How to spot a breakout startup: All the signals you should look for when vetting your next opportunity. Magic pills: A quick story that’ll make you think. Best blogs for tech people: Our favorite blogs (written by humans!) around career advice and startups.
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