(0107) Ex-Big Tech senior engineers and repeat entrepreneurs building AI-first startups

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People

• Benjamin Barrell (Amsterdam)

  • Software engineer at Toptal for 8 years while running Spruce Digital on the side. Now CEO of Phrasing to help people learn languages.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

• Harsh Sharma (Haryana, India)

  • DTU student and full stack developer working at a stealth startup. Founded Stepous labs and won 5 hackathons. Also works as a freelancer with experience in web3 and Solana development.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

• Jack Merullo (Providence)

  • PhD from Brown University, previously interned at Google and Ai2. Now founding research scientist at Goodfire working on AI interpretability.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

• Karl-Gustav Kallasmaa (London)

  • NLP and machine learning engineer turned repeat founder, previously CTO and co-founder at Nabu AI and Pistachio. Currently building LLM Optimization (LLMO) in stealth mode.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn