Founders You Should Know Apr. 16th Recap 🗽🍎
FYSK takes on NYC!
We’ll be back in SF on May 21st with our last show before we break for summer. Apply now to hear more from the hottest breakout startups.
We’ve been hosting these shows for 3 years now, but last week’s show was something special — our third showcase in New York! While we love our SF crowd (and will see you soon in a few weeks 😉), New York brings a special energy that’s unmatched in the startup scene.
In New York, startups are still fringe enough to be cool — everyone at our showcase is rebelling against the classic NYC hedge fund or quant trader paradigm. Instead, they’re hungry to build something from the ground up, and scale it to reach millions of people.
Our showcase celebrated what’s unique about New York’s fast growing tech scene, and the breakout successes that have resulted. Tarek Mansour (Kalshi) shared how they handled the day 500 million users were placing bets on their app during last year’s election season. Andrew Adams explained why Headway is the mental health platform he wishes his college self could’ve had. Cobi Blumenfeld-Gantz clued us in on how Chapter’s Medicare platform & legislative advocacy is helping millions of retirees nationwide (and how he once dunked on Kevin Durant). These founders choose to stay, build, and grow in New York because it offers a special je ne sais quoi that you can’t find anywhere else.
Not seeing the breakout startup you’ve been following at our showcases? Nominate them, and they might just be sharing their story at our next show.
Kalshi
Kalshi is the first regulated exchange where you can buy and sell contracts on the outcome of events.
Founder: Tarek Mansour
Open roles: Across the board
Profound
Profound has developed the first analytics platform to help enterprise brands understand and improve how they show up in AI Search.
Founder: James Cadwallader
Open roles: Across the board
Glide
Glide redefines account opening and loan origination with seamless, AI-powered digital experiences.
Founder: Gautam Ajjarapu
Open roles: Across the board
Method Security
Method builds security products that deliver the full-spectrum capabilities that security teams need to win.
Founder: Sam Jones
Open roles: Across the stack
Graphite
Graphite is a streamlined, AI-native code review platform.
Founder: Tomas Reimers
Open roles: Across the board
Nuvo
Nuvo replaces manual forms with AI-powered application flows, real-time business and principal identity verification, and embedded credit insights—enabling confident decisions that protect and grow your business.
Founder: Sid Malladi
Open roles: Across the board
Headway
Headway is an online platform that connects individuals seeking mental health care with insurance-accepted therapists and psychiatrists.
Founder: Andrew Adams
Open roles: Across the board
SPRX
SPRX uses AI to prepare corporate R&D tax credits.
Founder: Dominic Vitucci
Open roles: Engineering, Product, Sales
Chapter
Chapter provides free Medicare advice from licensed, independent Medicare Advisors.
Founder: Cobi Blumenfeld-Gantz
Open roles: Across the board
Moment
Moment has developed the first Portfolio, Order, and Execution Management System built specifically for wealth management.
Founder: Dylan Parker
Open roles: Across the board
Apply now to join us at our May 21st SF showcase to see more founders like these.