(0003) engineers, interns, and more

Nov 15, 2024

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People

JB Bakst
- Engineer for close to 6yr at Airtable and then took a break. Currently exploring what to work on.
- Twitter / LinkedIn
Thomas Gauvin
- PM at Cloudflare, previously Microsoft. He has a number of side projects and is being looked at by some VCs, although it is not clear that he’s looking to found anything.
- Twitter / LinkedIn
Fardeem Munir
- Engineer with about 4yr experience (Centered and Ramp), with many side projects including a religious meditation app. Not many clear founder signals except for VC connections.
- Twitter / LinkedIn
Ron Boger
- Ex-Google X, previous medical startup MedHacks, and experience in the VC space. Currently doing a PhD at a bio lab.
- Twitter / LinkedIn
Jeffrey Zang
- Nokia intern, very involved in the Toronto hackathon scene. Nothing public shows he’s working on a startup, but he’s on the radar by some top pre-seed firms.
- Twitter / LinkedIn
Matthew Lettini
- Ex-harvest product designer, now making various apps as part of a collective. Recently launched Jelly, a shared inbox tool.
- Twitter / LinkedIn
Eli Badgio
- Building AI document processing with Extend. Previously built a couple of other AI tools and worked in engineering at Opendoor and SAP.
- Twitter / LinkedIn
Mike Mallazzo
- Biz dev, growth, and partnerships experience at for a variety of companies. Not clear that he’s looking to start his own company, but connecting with VCs online.
- Twitter / LinkedIn

We curate interesting people that have some signals that they might be interesting founders either now or in the future. They are not guaranteed to be currently founding or interested in investment.
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