(0087) What is Discord's old VP of Product working on now?

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Early Stage Founders

• Michael Yamnitsky

  • Founder of a stealth startup while serving as Senior Advisor at Insight Partners. Previously Managing Director at Insight Partners for 2 years. Has board experience and venture capital background.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

• Vibhu Sapra

  • AI engineer building multiple apps in stealth in San Francisco. Unclear if interested in venture funding.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

• Zane Kind

  • CEO and co-founder of Silknode, a Tumblr replacement, based in NYC. Limited public information available about professional background or previous experience.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

• Kfir Eyal

  • Experienced sales exec (PaySafe, Jasper, BetterHelp) now building in stealth for something in health tech for the last 3mo.

  • LinkedIn

• Joe Blau

  • Ex-Amazon/Uber engineer now building in stealth. His last position was at Atomize, so he may be working in crypto.

  • LinkedIn

• Sumeet Vaidya

  • Uber and Discord engineering leader now building Crafting to help manage cloud environments for enterprises. Has some initial funding.

  • LinkedIn

• Sergei Sorokin

  • Discord’s VP of Product (from 2021-2024) who entered South Park Commons 5mo ago.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

Already Funded Founders Followed

• Andrei Craciunescu (Twitter, LinkedIn) - RiskCube, a YC-backed AI commercial insurance broker, and previously worked in Risk & Analytics at WTW

• Joseph Brennan (Twitter, LinkedIn) - Founder Collective and previously co-founded and served as co-CEO at Zoba

• Tony Dang (Twitter, LinkedIn) - Infisical, a YC-backed company focused on security infrastructure

Investors Followed

• Olivia O'Sullivan (Twitter, LinkedIn)

• Marwan Refaat (Twitter, LinkedIn)

Engineers Followed

• Ashish Sardana (Twitter, LinkedIn)

• Michael Foster (Twitter, LinkedIn)

• Mikael Haji (Twitter, LinkedIn)

• Raouf Chebri (Twitter, LinkedIn)

• Shane Kennedy (Twitter, LinkedIn)

• Victor Wibisono (Twitter, LinkedIn)

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