Short Lists

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Doppler

Seed · @dopplerprotocol

Protocol Researcher

DeFi protocol building the next generation of onchain market infrastructure. Doppler designs novel automated market makers and liquidity mechanisms for token launches, enabling fair and efficient price discovery.

Remotemidengineeringproductai

1 candidate

1 verified

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Prime Intellect

B · @willccbb

Builder

Full-stack platform for agentic training infrastructure. Enables organizations to train frontier AI models using distributed compute and LLMs. Founded in 2023 by Vincent Weisser and Johannes Hagemann.

midengineeringai

1 candidate

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Housekling

Self-funded · @voynow

Builder

AGI for quant trading. Small, self-funded team building agentic quant research and trading systems.

Remotemidengineeringaidata

2 candidates

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Cal.com

B · @peer_rich

Scale Engineer

Cal.com is an open-source scheduling infrastructure platform that provides developers with APIs and embeddable widgets to add calendar functionality to their applications. Serving companies across healthcare, SaaS, and enterprise sectors, Cal.com eliminates the need to build scheduling from scratch while offering privacy-first, self-hostable alternatives to proprietary solutions. The platform has become the go-to scheduling layer for modern applications requiring flexible, developer-friendly calendar integrations.

Remotemidengineeringdevops

1 candidate

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Dupe

@ghoshal

Growth Engineer

Dupe is building the decentralized alternative to Amazon, powered by Solana. Founded by Bobby Ghoshal (@ghoshal), who previously grew WeWork from 1 country to 25+ and $47B valuation. Dupe enables peer-to-peer commerce with crypto-native payments, cutting out marketplace middlemen and giving sellers direct access to buyers.

midengineeringmarketingproduct

1 candidate

1 verified1 shortlisted

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Alpha School ATX

@CameronSorsby

Entrepreneurship Coach

Alpha School ATX builds education technology and training programs focused on accelerating learning outcomes for students. The company emphasizes hands-on, practical skill development with a mission to unlock human potential through innovative educational approaches. Co-founded by individuals with deep tech experience and mentorship from Y Combinator and other leading accelerators.

Austin, TXmidproductops

1 candidate

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Raindrop AI

@benhylak

Security Engineer

Raindrop AI develops AI-powered security solutions that help organizations detect and respond to threats in real-time. The company combines machine learning with security engineering expertise to protect enterprise infrastructure from evolving cyber risks. With leadership from former Apple Design and SpaceX engineering talent, they're building next-generation security tools for the modern enterprise.

midengineeringsecurity

1 candidate

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Tembo

@benjaminakar

Full Stack Engineer

Tembo builds a modern Postgres platform designed for developers who want to leverage the full power of PostgreSQL without managing infrastructure complexity. The company focuses on making Postgres more accessible and capable, serving developers and teams who need reliable, scalable database solutions. They emphasize solving hard technical problems with a lean, focused team.

midengineering

2 candidates