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Sarah Chen

Founder & CEO · VideoAI Pro

Building AI-native video creation tools. Previously at Google DeepMind.

VideoAI ProClipGenius
AI VideoSaaSOpen to partnerships
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Marcus Webb

Co-founder · Promptly

Democratising prompt engineering. YC W24 alum.

Promptly
PromptsB2BFundraising
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Aisha Patel

Founder · CodePilot AI

Ex-GitHub engineer. Making AI coding tools accessible to every developer.

CodePilotDevAssist
Dev ToolsOpen SourceHiring
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Theo Larsen

CEO · DesignMind

Bridging the gap between designers and AI. Design-led product thinking.

DesignMindUIGen
AI DesignPLGAdvisory board
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Priya Nair

Founder · InsightBot

Data scientist turned founder. Making analytics conversational.

InsightBot
AnalyticsEnterpriseOpen to acquisition
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Jordan Kim

Co-founder & CTO · AutoDraft

Former ML lead at OpenAI. Building the future of automated content.

AutoDraftContentFlow
Content AIAPI-firstSeries A
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Distribution partner for EU market

VideoAI Pro

Seeking a growth-stage partner with EU presence to co-market our AI video suite.

AI VideoEURevenue share

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Acquisition$180k

Strategic acquisition — AI writing tool

Confidential

Profitable SaaS, 2.4k MRR, AI writing niche. Founder seeking exit.

AI WritingProfitableMRR

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Investment$500k

Pre-seed round open — AI coding copilot

CodePilot AI

Raising $500k pre-seed. Strong traction, 800 active devs, YC interview stage.

Dev ToolsPre-seedYC
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