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People

• Rohan Kalahasty

  • Caltech student that previously started an eye-tracking startup as a teen, currently in ZFellows and working in stealth for the last 4mo.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

• Kevin Cherian

  • Experienced engineer at several types of companies (Eightfold, Rubicon, Databricks) now “building something new” as a member of South Park Commons for the last 5mo.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

• Juan Carlos Garza Rodriguez

  • Engineer and YC W23 alum, now working in “stealth mode” in the AI/LLM space.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

• Thomas Rialan

  • Quant turned repeat founder (previous startup reached $10M ARR). New project is in brain computer interfaces and some initial funding from South Park Commons and Long Journey Ventures

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

• Adam Fletcher

  • Experienced engineering leader. Founded bit.io (acquired by Databricks). No specific signs he’s looking to found another startup, but follows by VCs put him on our radar.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

• Santy Gegenschatz

  • Ex-account strategist at Google, did a bootcamp, and now working on Lebenmaster (AI that helps you achieve your goals).

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

Funded Founders Followed

• https://x.com/mshwery

• https://x.com/ToolflowAI

• https://x.com/thepalashshah (YC W25)

• https://x.com/ramigh (YC W25)

• https://x.com/_adishj (YC W25)

• https://x.com/KenOfFoundation

• https://x.com/akyshnik (YC W25)

• https://x.com/torreyleonard

• https://x.com/RealJoshKhan

• https://x.com/_e_d_v_

Investors Followed

• https://x.com/nandeetmehta

• https://x.com/noahkiwilliams

• https://x.com/MadhaniAmsal

• https://x.com/KrishnaKGupta

• https://x.com/thefintechfund

• https://x.com/barry_zyj

Engineers Followed

• https://x.com/hiroshi_18181

• https://x.com/_hyf0

• https://x.com/Dunqingg

• https://x.com/sapphi_red

• https://x.com/overlook_motel

• https://x.com/mauriciord

• https://x.com/dhtikna

• https://x.com/dballona

Researchers Followed

• https://x.com/rajpalleti314

• https://x.com/yujin_tang

• https://x.com/layer07_yuxi

• https://x.com/ryansehrlich

Notes

• 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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