(0106) From Principal to Founder: Senior ICs Trading Terminal Titles for Term Sheets

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People

• Daniel Ajayi (Cambridge)

  • MIT CS grad and co-founder of Sorce (300k+ downloads). Previously interned at Citadel Securities and NVIDIA, and co-founded Ossy AI.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

• Andy Szybalski (Honolulu)

  • Former Sr Director of Product Design at Uber Eats, now co-founder of Cove, a visual workspace for thinking with AI. Also works as design advisor, builder, and investor.

  • LinkedIn

• Chen Ziv (France)

  • IR specialist and growth executive currently working on something new. Serves as Chief Growth Officer at a stealth startup while maintaining a long-running role in global investment relations at Creativogue since 2014.

  • LinkedIn

• Chris Bee (Seattle)

  • Fractional CTO and advisor working with various startups. Previously served as interim CTO at Superhuman and CTO at Lessen. Has experience at Zillow, Uber, and Amazon.

  • LinkedIn