Cursor, Stripe, and Function Health are hiring
Plus, early-stage founders using AI to generate custom video music, accelerate drug discovery, and change the way people learn
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CJ Simon-Gabriel just raised a $41M seed to build Mirelo, an AI platform that generates custom sound effects & music to match your videos in seconds. He’s now hiring a Founder Associate to work directly with him on a diverse range of projects that support his role as CEO. Looking for someone ambitious with a strong sense of ownership and a “nothing is below me” mindset. Apply here.
Gabriele Corso just raised a $28M seed to build Boltz, a platform that combines frontier AI models and intelligent agents to accelerate drug discovery. He’s hiring a SWE in Product to build the user-facing systems that make Boltz Lab intuitive, powerful, and indispensable for scientists designing new medicines. Apply here.
Alexis Gauba (serial founder, last company was acquired by Coinbase) just raised a $15M seed to build Raindrop, a monitoring platform that helps AI engineers discover and track issues with their agents. She’s hiring founding team-members in SF right now, including a Founding ML Engineer and a Product Engineer. Apply here / email Alexis to learn more.
Former Spotify exec Nir Zicherman just raised $16M to build Oboe, an AI course-generation platform where users can instantly create courses tailored to their learning goals. He’s hiring a Head of Growth Marketing to define how Oboe attracts, acquires, and converts learners. This is a hands-on, acquisition-focused role, where you’ll write Oboe’s growth marketing playbook from the ground up and run lots of experiments. Apply here.
Dillon Erb (serial founder, last company was acquired for $111M) just came out of stealth with a $15M fundraise for Autonomous, a superintelligent financial advisor with 0% advisory fees. The platform takes elite investment strategies used by the ultra-wealthy and makes them accessible to anyone. He’s hiring technical staff members in NYC right now - apply here / DM him to learn more.
Serial founder and ex-Google PM Divya Dhar Cohen just came out of stealth with her startup Becoming - a developmental intelligence AI that predicts how organisms change over time. She’s hiring a Developmental Systems Lead in SF to help make externally sustained developmental systems run stably, repeatably, and predictably. Email Divya to learn more.
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Alfred Johnson (serial founder, Stanford + Harvard grad, and previous Blackrock exec) has raised $77M+ to build Crux, a capital markets platform supercharging the clean economy. He’s hiring the team’s first AI Product Engineer to reimagine the way transactions happen in clean energy finance, starting with diligence. Apply here.
Bobby Samuels just raised another $30M for Protege, an AI data platform unlocking access to trusted, real-world data at scale (Series A+, $65M in total funding). He’s hiring a Founding Product Manager, Healthcare to fully own product development for the healthcare suite, from conception to rollout. Looking for someone with execution bias who thrives in ambiguity - bonus if you have experience managing EHR/EMR data. Apply here.
Pablo Palafox just raised a $44M Series B for HappyRobot to transform enterprises with AI workers. He’s hiring a Data Engineer in SF to build foundational data products, develop reliable metrics dashboards, and deliver insights to the full company. Apply here.
ML engineer Victor Perez is building Krea, a one-stop shop for GenAI creatives (Series B, $83M in funding). He’s hiring a Growth Marketer to own and scale Krea’s top-of-funnel and lifecycle growth. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys shipping, testing, and iterating quickly, and who has seen how strong growth foundations are built at mid-to-late stage startups. Apply here.
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Cursor is hiring two Community Program Managers right now. One opportunity is to build out the Ambassadors program - create playbooks, support local community events, and define the roadmap. The other role focuses on college campuses - to get Cursor into the hands of CS students at top universities, partner with school orgs and professors, and own the student discount program. DM Ben Lang to learn more.
Function Health is hiring a Lead Product Manager, AI to define and lead model capability roadmaps, guide responsible AI development & deployment, and drive research-product integration. Looking for someone gritty, self-motivated, and meticulous in attention to detail. Apply here.
Stripe is hiring a Head of User Content Studio in SF to build a team of 5+ video & podcast producers from inside and outside Stripe, report on progress to leadership, create novel storytelling formats, and anchor the team’s taste. Apply here.
Carta is hiring a Product Design Lead to drive the design direction for key features used by fund managers, investors, and other customers. Looking for someone who deeply understands user needs and help build a strong human-centered design culture. Apply here.
Mercury is hiring a Principal Product Designer, Experiences to rework the core product navigation, redefine global patterns like search and chat, and refresh the visual language of Mercury’s design system. Looking for a visionary craftsperson and a systems architect who can set the standard for exceptional craft while also ensuring that the elegance is scalable. Apply here.
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