(1st November) GitLab Product executive building AI-powered video collaboration tool
++ 2x founding team at venture-backed startups (Tiger, CRV, YC, Goodwater-backed) building "Mighty (browser) for design"
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Geeks of the week
Startup Name: Outerbase
Geography: US
One-liner: The interface for your database.
Founder(s) Background: Senior Software Engineering Manager @ Walmart Global Tech, Senior Product Designer @ DigitalOcean, Founding Designer @ Containership (acquired by Hitachi Vantara).
Raised $$ / Backed By (Public Source): NA
Startup Name: Aragon
Geography: US
One-liner: Design graphics, 10x faster, 10x cheaper.
Founder(s) Background: Engineer #3 @ Fractional ($20m raised, backed by CRV, Goodwater, YC (W21)), Employee #1 @ Virtually ($2M raised, backed by Tiger Global, YC(S20), Eric Ries, Li Fan, Andreas Klinger).
Raised $$ / Backed By (Public Source): NA // Still in stealth
Startup Name: Synura
Geography: Global
One-liner: Collaborative video planning and editing app that helps streamline your creation flow and offers automatic, AI-powered edits.
Founder(s) Background: Director of Product (CI/CD) @ Gitlab, Global Release Management & Engineering Director @ Nike
Raised $$ / Backed By (Public Source): NA