Founders You Should Know - Sept 20 Showcase recap
some AI companies, some non-AI companies...
Dear Founders You Should Know friends,
It’s been a busy month for Founders You Should Know – we just returned from a trip to New York where, despite the excessive rainfall and flooding, we hosted an FYSK happy hour with our friends at Shine Capital. For those of you who have been asking us to host a showcase in NY, it’s happening! Stay tuned for an upcoming date, most likely in March.
For the September FYSK showcase, we took your feedback seriously and featured some non-AI first companies. We featured a mix of fintech, govtech, data infra, security, and a home chef operations startup. Technology accelerates growth in every sector and we’re excited to showcase companies that improve our lives in various ways. But of course, if you’re excited to join an AI startup, we’ve got those as well 🙂
Check out our recap of the last showcase below, and if you’d like to connect with any of these founders, send me a forwardable email blurb and I’m happy to suggest the connection.
If you’re looking for a new role, APPLY NOW for our next FYSK on October 25th in SF.
Warmly,
Jen and the FYSK team
Runway
What it is: Makes understanding business and financial data easy by automating and simplifying complex data for better decision-making
Founder: Siqi Chen
Open roles: Full-stack Engineer, Frontend Engineer, Senior/ Staff Product Designer, Marketing, GTM positions
Orby AI
What it is: Automates repetitive tasks by learning work patterns and executing them automatically
Founder: Bella Liu
Open roles: Research Scientist, Software Engineer - Data Engineer, Software Engineer - Frontend, Software Engineer - Full Stack, Software Engineer - ML Engineer, Product Manager, Product Marketing, Business Development
ConductorOne
What it is: Secures identity in cloud apps and infrastructure through centralized identity governance and access controls
Founder: Alex Bovee
Open roles: Engineers, Product Designer, Product Manager
Milo
What it is: Offers personalized task management using AI, integrating with SMS, Email, and Google Calendar, enhanced with reminders and structured information.
Founder: Avni Patel Thompson
Open roles: Senior Engineers and Founding Designer
Lepton AI
What it is: Simplifies running AI applications efficiently at scale with a cloud native platform.
Founder: Yangqing Jia
Open roles: AI/ML Engineers, Developer Evangelists
Eat Cook Joy
What it is: Offers private chefs to cook personalized meals for busy families in their kitchens
Founder: Zainab Ghadiyali
Open roles: Co-founder with background in business development and sales
Ansa
What it is: Provides a specialized platform for microtransactions, featuring branded customer wallets and API integrations
Founder: JT Cho
Open roles: Engineers, Founding Product Designer, Client Success
Supergood
What it is: Monitors and automatically remediates issues with third-party APIs
Founder: Alex Klarfeld
Open roles: Founding Engineers
Polimorphic
What it is: Converts government paperwork into digital, automated processes using AI, making public services more accessible and convenient
Founder: Parth Shah
Open roles: Head of Growth, Account Executives, Engineers
Cleanlab
What it is: Offers a no-code, automated platform that enhances data quality for analytics and machine learning applications.
Founder: Jonas Mueller
Open roles: Software Engineer (Backend), Executive Assistant, Software Engineer (Frontend), Head of Engineering, Software Engineer (Infrastructure / DevOps), ML Ops Engineer, Product Design Lead
Convai
What it is: Enables NPCs to understand and respond dynamically to users in games and virtual worlds using AI
Founder: Purnendu Mukherjee
Open roles: Senior Unity Developer, Principal Scientist - Generative AI Research, Senior Frontend Developer, Deep Learning Engineer, Data Scientist, Video Editor
MotherDuck
What it is: Offers serverless, easy-to-use data analytics platform based on DuckDB, on a mission to make analytics ducking awesome
Founder: Jordan Tigani
Open roles: Back-end Engineers, Forward Engineer, Surfaces Engineer, Designer