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Here's a new list of 32 startups with small teams (<25 people) backed by top tier funds, who are now HIRING: 1) Augmodo - retail workforce management (US remote) 2) Collate - AI-driven documentation platform (Bay Area) 3) Starcloud (YC S24) - space data centers network (Redmond) 4) Mainframe - autonomous operating system (Bay Area / Remote) 5) TaxGPT - AI tax research tool (Bay Area / North America remote) 6) Braintrust - AI application evaluation platform (Bay Area / US remote) 7) Wordware (YC S24) - multimodal AI application platform (Bay Area) 8) Rox - sales productivity automation platform (Bay Area / Bangalore) 9) Matter Intelligence - hyperspectral sensor technology (US remote) 10) Midas - on-chain treasury trading (London / Berlin / Remote) 11) Gumloop - visual AI automation framework (Bay Area) 12) Tandem - office-sharing matching algorithms (Bay Area) 13) HappyRobot - voice AI logistics (Bay Area / Madrid / US remote) 14) Neon - customizable game webshops (Bay Area / NYC / London / Amsterdam) 15) Raspberry AI- AI fashion design software (Bay Area / NYC / Seattle) 16) General Galactic - renewable synthetic fuels (LA) 17) Continue - open-source AI code assistant (Bay Area) 18) Actively AI - automated outbound sales solution (NYC / Bay Area) 19) Tofu - personalized B2B marketing tools (Bay Area) 20) Seen Health - tech-enabled healthcare (LA / Alhambra) 21) Resend - developer-centric email platform (Americas remote / EU remote) 22) Twenty - open-source CRM platform (Paris) 23) Vooma - automated order entry platform (Bay Area / Chicago) 24) Alpen Labs - bitcoin-based financial applications (NYC / Remote) 25) MirrorTab - hologram security solution (Bay Area) 26) StackAI- LLM application development platform (Bay Area / NYC / US remote) 27) Formal - protocol-aware security proxy (Bay Area) 28) Tyba - energy storage optimization (Bay Area / Chicago / LA / Remote) 29) Hue. - shoppable beauty content (US remote / Canada remote) 30) Flipturn - EV charging management (NYC / US remote) 31) Trayd: Construction Payroll - construction payroll automation (NYC) 32) Stream - workers' compensation document processing (Bay Area) Adding direct links to their career pages in the comments ?? follow me for more lists like this every week: Ben Lang ? thank you to Harmonic (startup database) for helping me source the list

Spotify Alumni Turned Founders A new wave of ex-Spotify talent is launching startups. Here are some of the biggest, via Harmonic: ?? Terminal 3 – Web3 digital identity & data management | Gary Liu, Joey Liu, Malcolm Ong ?? vendi – AI-powered sales automation | Aron Levin, Kristofer Sommestad ?? ??ContentRadar – AI-driven content creation for LinkedIn & X | Katia Yakovleva ?? Agentio – AI-powered advertising platform for creators | Thomas Gayno ?? Valo – AI-powered Salesforce analytics | Mikko Peltola ?? Minimist – AI-driven resale automation | Stephan Hofmann, Henrik Feldt ?? Tandem Health – AI-generated medical records | Oliver Molander ?? Markets EQ – AI for financial sentiment analysis | Sean Austin ?? Piramidal – AI for neurology diagnostics | David Langer, Kris Pahuja Which one is your favourite? ?? Data powered by Harmonic, the startup discovery engine

?? ???????????????????? ?????? ???????????????? ?????? ????! ?? These startups are making waves—scaling fast, attracting top talent, and capturing serious investor interest as we head into Q2. The Harmonic Hot 25 ranks the hottest early-stage companies based on aggregated investor interest from the hundreds of VCs using Harmonic to find their next investments. Huge congratulations to the teams and founders shaping the future! ?? Check out the top 10 below — and click the link for the full list! ?? LangChain?—?Ankush Gola,?Harrison Chase ?? Lovable?—?Anton Osika,?Fabian Hedin ?? Hadrius?—?Allen Calderwood,?Som Mohapatra,?Thomas Stewart 4.?Didero?—?Tim Spencer,?Lorenz Pallhuber,?Tom Petit 5.?Profound?—?Dylan Babbs,?James Cadwallader 6.?Norm Ai?—?John Nay 7.?Browser Use?—?Gregor ?uni?, Magnus Müller 8.?Basis?—?Mitchell Troyanovsky, Matt Harpe 9.?Zocks | AI for Advisors?—?ákos Ratku, Mark Gilbert 10.?Artisan?—?Sam Stallings,?Jaspar Carmichael-Jack

Andrew Padilla, Partner at Alumni Ventures, recently shared his insights on venture capital, AI, and founder success. Here are three of the most thought-provoking takeaways: ?? The over-correction in venture can kill big ideas "By focusing too heavily on metrics like capital efficiency, revenue, and traction, investors risk overlooking companies with truly disruptive potential." ??? AI is a tool, not the solution "AI is a powerful tool that can unlock new levels of productivity and insight, but it shouldn't overshadow the core problem you’re solving. At Alumni, part of AI’s strength lies in its ability to analyze and synthesize data from sources like Harmonic." ?? Balancing experience and na?veté "I’ve been a founder myself, and I’ve made my share of mistakes. The true value of that experience lies in learning to avoid those mistakes the second time around… But I also appreciate the na?veté that comes with youth: the drive to create something world-changing often requires it." Andrew and the AV team leverage Harmonic to stay ahead—spotting breakout founders, tracking traction metrics, and staying ahead to spot their next fund returner.

"DATA AND GRAPHS UPDATED IN THE ARTICLE BELOW" Big teams are no longer a sign of a successful company. Yet for now you still need people to scale a successful AI company. I looked at 30 leading AI unicorns to see how close (or far) we are from achieving the "$1B one person startup". ?? Full deep dive here: https://lnkd.in/e9fX57uN The idea that with AI you can augment all roles relevant to a startup. Based on this review its not happening anytime soon. But we are seeing astonishing numbers from the new generation of AI companies. ???????? ?????? ????????????????: ?? Midjourney reached $200?? ??????? without any venture funding and fewer than 50 employees. ?? ????????.??????, ????????????, ?????? ?????????? exemplify explosive revenue growth with tiny teams (less than 30). ?? 14/30 ???? ???????????????? ???????? ?????????????? ?????? ???????????????? ?????????? $200???and 3 are above $3M per employee!? ?? ????????????????-?????????????? ???? ?????????????????? with a self-serve motion require fewer employees vs B2B focused startups which need more people for GTM functions. ?? ???????? ???? ???????????????? ?????????? ???????? $10?? ?????? ????????????????, with the average being around $3.5M. ?? ???? ???????????????????? ?????????????? ???????? ???????? ??????????: Valuations per employee exceed $200M at Midjourney and just short of $20M per employee highlighting unprecedented efficiency and potential in AI-driven businesses. And finally - who would want to build a unicorn alone anyway? Don't miss the full post ?? (link in comments) Thanks to Harmonic for providing the data ????

?? Outbound drives opportunity. Small firms drive impact. AI reshapes everything. We sat down with Michael Parker of Costanoa Ventures to talk about what’s next for startups and venture. A few insights stood out: ?? “Sometimes the best opportunities aren’t the ones that come to you, but those at the far edges of your network that you have to go out and find.” ?? “The best AI-native startups will generate massive value with lean teams and efficient financing, widening the gap between the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots.’” ?? “I’m confident that staying small and agile is the best way to deliver long-term value to founders. It’s where real partnership happens.” Michael and the Costanoa team rely on Harmonic to discover startups at key moments—being first to founder, following key hires, and monitoring traction signals are examples of how they stay ahead of the curve.

Great post by Rubén Domínguez Ibar, creator of The VC Corner, highlighting exciting startups where the founders have a previous exit on their resume. Sourced on Harmonic —?the complete startup database!

“We never would have seen the company otherwise.” – Les Craig, GP at Next Frontier Capital, on how searching across Harmonic's people and company data allows them to find hidden gems. We loved exploring NFC’s process and seeing how data, merged with regional knowledge and operational expertise, drives its investment success in the Rocky Mountain area. Key insights from the case study: ?? Depth of Data: Most tools miss early-stage or stealth companies, but Harmonic uncovered them—even in less-tracked regions like Montana. ??♂? Efficiency Gains: “Our three-person sourcing team now operates like a team three to five times its size.” ?? Deeper Analysis: “I can now ask more complex questions and focus on advanced data processing rather than manual searches.” Want the full story? Check out the Case Study (link in the comments).

You know Harmonic as the source of truth for startup data. Now, it’s the source of truth for all your deal flow data. Custom fields let you keep track of any information that matters. ??? Organize your sourcing by attaching deal stages to each opportunity… and view them kanban style. ?? Link to memos written by the Harmonic research agent to quickly understand market dynamics. ?? Sort investment opportunities based on team scores calculated by your data team. …or whatever else makes sense for your investment process. Organize your sourcing and augment your analysis with all the data. Now available at your fingertips. Check out an overview here: https://lnkd.in/gsZ4NfkP

Here's a new list of 34 startups with tiny teams (<25 people) backed by top tier funds, who are now HIRING: 1) /dev/agents - operating system for AI agents (Bay Area) 2) Counsel Health - virtual medical consultations (US remote/NYC) 3) Fastino - enterprise language models (Bay Area/US remote) 4) vlayer Labs - zero-knowledge data verification (Warsaw/Europe remote) 5) Amigo - b2b AI clones (NYC) 6) juna.ai - AI industrial process control (Berlin) 7) Sapien - autonomous financial analyst (Bay Area) 8) Kalder - card-linked cashback rewards (NYC) 9) Browserbase - headless browser management (Bay Area) 10) Verax AI - AI model production monitoring (Tel Aviv) 11) Stuut - automated accounts receivable (NYC) 12) Lumen Orbit (YC S24) - data centers in space (Redmond WA) 13) NeuBird.ai - AI IT operations (Bay Area) 14) Baselayer - business identity verification (NYC) 15) Matter Intelligence - advanced sensor imaging (Bay Area) 16) Neon - d2c platform for games (NYC/Bay Area/London/Amsterdam) 17) Sphere - cross-border payment solution (Global remote) 18) Agentio - creator content advertising (NYC) 19) Argil (YC S24) - AI video generation (Paris) 20) OpenYield - bond trading marketplace (NYC/Remote) 21) Yuma AI (YC W23) - AI customer service for e-commerce (US remote/France remote/Barcelona/Paris) 22) Simplismart - deep learning automation (Bangalore) 23) Vooma - AI order processing (Bay Area/Chicago) 24) Truewind - automated accounting workflows (Bay Area) 25) Realta Fusion - linear fusion reactor (Madison WI) 26) HappyRobot - voice AI for logistics (Bay Area) 27) Seen Health - elder healthcare (Los Angeles/Alhambra) 28) SkySQL - managed database service (US remote/India remote/Bulgaria) 29) MirrorTab - hologram security isolation (Bay Area/remote) 30) Brellium - automated chart review (NYC) 31) Modulo Bio - treatments for neurodegenerative diseases (San Diego) 32) Mach9 - 3D geospatial processing (Bay Area) 33) ContraForce - security incident automation (Austin/London/Sydney) 34) Adfin - automated invoice management (London/Romania) Adding direct links to their career pages in the comments ?? follow me for more lists like this every week: Ben Lang ? thank you to Harmonic (startup database) for helping me source the list