Welcome to Edition 150! Now at more than 13,300 subscribers, with open rates consistently above 63 percent. Thank you for sharing this newsletter with your friends, in your alumni groups, with your colleagues.
Quick aside for those interested in AI: Last week, I hosted my first Thursday Nights in AI event in 2024, after hosting guests like Adam D’Angelo, Drew Houston, and Amjad Masad in 2023. We kicked off the year with a panel of open-source leaders in AI, including the founders of LangChain (Series A by Sequoia), Unstructured.io (Series A by Madrona), and Chroma (Seed by Quiet Capital).
For the first time, we did a rapid-fire Q&A, combining company questions like “what is your company’s north star metric,” with questions like, “On a scale of 1-10, how much is your life as an early-stage founder like life portrayed on Silicon Valley the TV Show” (Average answer: 8). Watch the full panel HERE, and please consider subscribing to get more of our videos into your feed. We also had the founders do live demos for the first time (eg watch CEO Harrison Chase demo the state of LangChain in 2024 HERE).
As always, if you have a relevant job you’d want to share, let me know. And now, onto the jobs - Ali
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Chief of Staff roles:
Chief of Staff, Resemble AI (Generative AI, Series A, backed by Craft), San Jose, CA / Hybrid
Chief of Staff - Supply Chain, AMD (Semiconductor Manufacturing, Public), Austin, TX
Chief of Staff to the COO, SpotDraft (Legal Tech, Series A), Remote, US
Chief of Staff, Stellic (EdTech, Series A), San Mateo, CA
Chief of Staff, Tandem Workforce (HR Tech, Series A), NYC / Remote
Chief of Staff to CEO, ApolloMed (Healthcare, Public), Remote, US
Chief of Staff, Outset Capital, SF or remote
Chief of Staff, AssetWatch (Industrial Automation, Series A), Washington, DC / Remote
Chief of Staff, HelioScope, Aurora Solar (SaaS, Series D, backed by ICONIQ), Remote, US
Chief of Staff, Freedom House (Publishing, Nonprofit), Washington, DC / Hybrid
Chief of Staff to CEO, Maxwell (Social Clubs, Early-stage), NYC
Chief of Staff, Miaplaza (E-Learning, Early-stage), Remote, US
Chief of Staff, Opus Clip (AI, Early-stage), California / Remote
Chief of Staff, USDA (Government agency), Washington, DC
Chief of Staff, UserTesting (SaaS, backed by Accel), Remote, US
BizOps roles:
Business Operations Manager, DynamoFL (AI, Series A, backed by YC), SF / Hybrid
Operations Program Manager, Figma (Product Design, Series E, backed by Sequoia), SF or NYC / Remote
Director of Special Operations - Community, Chroma (AI, Seed, backed by Naval Ravikant), Remote
Operations Analyst, Flock Safety (Public Safety, Series E, backed by a16z), Remote, US
Analyst, FP&A Business Operations, Tesla (Electric Vehicle, Public), Sparks, NV
Head of Business Operations, Zipline (Logistics, Series F, backed by Sequoia), United Kingdom
Program Manager - Launch, Zum (Transportation, Series D, backed by Sequoia), Remote, US
FP&A Manager, Astranis (Aerospace, backed by a16z), SF
Growth / Ops, Big Whale Labs (Tech, Seed), NYC / Hybrid
Project Manager, Regulatory Strategy and Execution, Bunkerhill Health (Healthcare, Seed, backed by YC), SF
Strategy and Operations, Carefam (Healthcare, Seed), NYC / Hybrid
Operations Partner, Levy (Operations Support, Early-stage), US or CA / Remote
Core Experience Program Manager, Operations & Member Experience, MBA Intern, Chime (FinTech, backed by Sequoia), SF
Program Manager, Covariant (AI Robotics, Series C, backed by Index), Remote, US
Strategic Finance & Analytics, Descript (Software, Series C, backed by a16z), SF / Remote
Operations Manager, DoorDash (Food Delivery, Series H, backed by Sequoia), Seattle, WA
AI/ML Program Manager, Hugging Face (AI, Series D, backed by Lux Capital), Remote, US
Account Director, Platform Startups, OpenAI, SF / Hybrid
Head of Business Operations, Optery (Cyber, Seed, backed by YC), Remote, US
Marketing Operations Manager, Pave (SaaS, Series C, backed by Index), SF
Manager, Quality Operations, Pomelo Care (Healthcare, Series A, backed by a16z), Remote, US
Director of Operations, Revivn (Software, Early-stage), Brooklyn, NY
VC roles:
Associate, Y Combinator, SF Bay Area
Investment Associate, Neo, SF
Summer Fellowship, Costanoa Ventures, SF
Partner 20, Program Manager, Early Stage Venture Programs, Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Park, CA
Platform/Program Associate, Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, NYC
Associate, Frontline, London, UK
Associate, Learn Capital, Austin, TX
Associates and Senior Associates, Millennium New Horizons, California
Off-cycle Internship - Investment Analyst/Associate, Picus Capital, NYC
Investment Analyst, Reformation Partners, Miami, FL
Associate – Sapphire Partners Team, Sapphire Ventures, SF
Sapphire Partners Vice President, Sapphire Ventures, SF and Menlo Park, CA