(0036) experienced leaders turned founders

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People

• Shahvir Sarkary

  • Product designer (Tesla, Opto, 8VC) turned founder, currently exploring ideas including personal AI hardware, an AI assistant for VCs, and a talent directory.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

• Grant Gordon

  • Ex-Sequoia scout before working in product. Just started working in stealth.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

• Tim Kellogg

  • Ex-Amazon engineer with a couple of prior startups now building Dentropy to use AI to help ADHD minds focus.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

• Matteo Trevisan

  • Experienced leadership coach now building Greater Human an AI coach for personal development.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

• Andrew Jefferson

  • Engineer with a lot a lot of experience (including VP Eng / CTO positions). His LinkedIn says “founder” and he’s posting a lot about AI on Twitter.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

• Ebaad

  • Currently raising for TalkToApps (already has a small check from f.inc). There isn’t a ton of information available about him or the startup, which seems AI voice focused.

  • Twitter

• Rami Banna

  • Ex-Google PM (5yr), current Stripe product lead (approaching 4yr). No clear signals that he’s founding, but he’s interested in the startup space and getting VC follows.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

Funded Founders Followed

• https://x.com/imogen_l (YC)

• https://x.com/PrakashSanker3

• https://x.com/DemoSkalkotos

• https://x.com/vincentjiang777

• https://x.com/ShivdevRao

• https://x.com/the_real_zanhttps://x.com/kwgeoghan

• https://x.com/IgorZIJ

• https://x.com/usmanm

Investors Followed

• https://x.com/GaruthAcharya

• https://x.com/JoshWRooney

• https://x.com/cjquinn10

• https://x.com/kirti_varun_a

• https://x.com/caroline_fiegel

• https://x.com/PatternVentures

• https://x.com/jameslpardee

• https://x.com/ArthurSchJames

Engineers Followed

• https://x.com/Reshurum

• https://x.com/GoreSometimes

• https://x.com/HessianFree

• https://x.com/davidrfgomes

Researchers Followed

• https://x.com/lakabuli

Notes

• We curate interesting people that have some signals that they might be interesting founders either now or in the future. They are not guaranteed to be currently founding or interested in investment.

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