Founders You Should Know - Aug 28 Showcase recap
Founders You Should Know - Aug 28 Showcase recap
The one where a singing cowboy bemoans the price of infra bills
“Bold move having Founders You Should Know in the middle of Burning Man week…” – FYSK founder 🙂
Our fall season opener of the Founders You Should Know showcase was set to fall smack dab in the middle of Burning Man week – on purpose. We did this intentionally to filter out all the people who aren’t serious about their careers. Ok just kidding – it was pure coincidence.
However, the founders and guests who came to our last event did demonstrate commendable work ethic and a commitment to advancing technological innovation by sticking around in the Bay through Fogust and giving up nudity, drugs, sex, and playa dust to join us for the evening.
The show was well-worth it. Not only did we get to hear from some incredibly inspiring founders of fast-growing, breakout startups, we staged our very own performance of “Oklahoma!” complete with a parody of the AI ecosystem in Silicon Valley, prancing horses, yee-hawing villagers, and a singing cowboy (thank you, Josh Hoeflich!)
If you chose Burning Man instead, it’s ok – we have a recap of the show for you below. We’re happy to suggest connections to any of these founders if you send us a short email blurb with a bit of context to share.
Apply now for our next showcase on October 2nd in New York! Invites go out early next week. Tell your friends – it’s going to be an epic show and we can’t wait to see you there.
Echo Labs
What it is: AI captioning for accessibility
Founder: Edward Aguilar
Open roles: Engineers, Marketing, Government relations
Shepherd Insurance
What it is: Commercial construction insurance
Founder: Mo El Mahallawy
Open roles: Senior Software Engineer, Staff Software Engineer and Product Manager
Factory
What it is: AI codegen to review, refactor, test, and document code
Founder: Matan Grinberg
Open roles: AI Engineer, Full-Stack Engineer and Forward Deployed Engineer
Julius AI
What it is: AI code interpreters
Founder: Rahul Sonwalkar
Open roles: Frontend Engineer, Infrastructure & Security Engineer, Full-Stack Engineer, Backend Engineer and Design Engineer
Etched
What it is: Transformer specific AI chip
Founder: Robert Wachen
Open roles: ML Engineers, Software Engineers, Hardware Engineers and System Engineers
Recall.ai
What it is: API for voice data
Founder: David Gu
Open roles: Systems Engineers
Stack AI
What it is: AI assistant to build enterprise office operations
Founder: Bernard Aceituno
Open roles: AI/ML Engineer, Backend Engineer, Frontend Engineer and Design Engineer
Danswer
What it is: Open source AI search for enterprise
Founder: Yuhong Sun
Open roles: Full-Stack Engineer, Customer Engineer and AI/ML Engineer
Gamma
What it is: AI generated presentations
Founder: Jon Noronha
Open roles: Backend Engineer, AI Engineer, Frontend Engineer and Product Designer