Snackpass-acquired founder & Google Fiber founding product team building AI automation platform for cloud savings.
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Geeks of the week
Startup Name: Pump
Geography: US
One-liner: Pump brings you group buying discounts and utilizes AI to arbitrage cloud expenses 24/7.
Founder(s) Background: Tech Lead at Instabase & AWS, CEO at Sleek (backed by Lightspeed, acquired by Snackpass), Product hire #3 at Google Fiber.
Startup Name: Truckbase
Geography: US
One-liner: Dispatch software for small carriers to eliminate lost BOLs and improve time-to-cash.
Founder(s) Background: Head of Business Operations (1st business hire) at Check (Series C; $100m raised; backed by Index, Bedrock, Thrive).
Startup Name: Steamship
Geography: US
One-liner: Build, scale, and monitor AI Agents.
Founder(s) Background: Head of Machine Intelligence at Instabase, Founder at Cloudstitch (acquired by Instabase).