Mike Vernal

Fireworks is the fastest way to build, tune, and scale AI on open models. Ship production-ready AI in seconds on our globally distributed cloud infrastructure, optimized for your use case. Fireworks powers production workloads at companies like Uber, Doordash, Notion, and Cursor—delivering 15× faster speed, 4× lower latency, and 4× more concurrency than closed models.

Deno is a secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript.

Rippling is a workforce management system that eliminates the friction from running a business. Today, most companies struggle with everything from routine tasks, like running payroll, to cross-functional planning, like aligning on headcount. That’s because all their data related to people, processes, and systems is scattered in a hundred places. Rippling has every application you need to run your business—from applicant tracking and payroll to IT and expenses—in one place. But unlike other systems, Rippling sits on top of a unified platform. Data flows dynamically between Rippling’s applications, giving every team a shared source of truth, the power to automate processes, and access to the insights they need. This allows your business to execute better, faster. Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.2B from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock. Get help: rippling.com/contact Licensing details: https://app.rippling.com/licensing

At Gadget, were building a development platform designed to rid developers of the endless repetition of boilerplate and busywork, allowing them to build better software, faster. Were also always hiring. So if youre interested in working on technical problems with an accomplished team of builders, this is the place for you. Check out our latest job postings: http://gadget.dev/careers

Statsig is the all-in-one platform for product growth, helping businesses use data to ship faster and build better products. Over 3,000+ companies like OpenAI, Microsoft, and Notion use Statsig to automate experiments, manage feature rollouts, and drill down insights with product analytics. Founded in 2021 by ex-Facebook engineers, Statsig offers 30+ SDKs and enterprise-grade tools for engineering, product, and data teams. Deploy in your data warehouse or use as a fully-hosted solution for seamless scalability and control.

Generate and edit talking videos with AI.

Switchboard’s async-first collaboration platform is designed to help you move faster with fewer meetings. Instead of scheduling a meeting, you can share ideas, give feedback, and even make decisions asynchronously in interactive rooms. Each Switchboard room has a huge interactive canvas where you can add content and share ideas. This lets you visually organize all of the web apps, documents, and files you need. Your room then keeps your work open and ready for feedback, annotation, and conversations—either async or in a meeting. Switchboard brings people, applications, and conversations together in one shared space where you can use the tools you know and love. Accolades include Product Hunt #1 Product of the Day and a Golden Kitty, Forbes Cloud 100 Rising Star, The Webby Award for Productivity & Collaboration, Fast Company Most Innovative Companies, and last but certainly not least, one TIMEs Best Inventions.

Airtop provides intelligent browser automation for AI agents, enabling seamless web interaction, including login, navigation, and data extraction from any site, even those requiring complex authentication processes. With features like natural-language instructions, human-in-the-loop integration, high-performance scalability, and robust AI framework support, Airtop simplifies the development and deployment of AI-powered agents, making it an essential tool for AI-driven projects that require dynamic web interaction.

Census is the #1 Data Activation platform, powered by Reverse ETL. We transform the data warehouse into a hub for marketing and business operations, empowering everyone to take action with trusted, actionable data. No custom scripts or engineering favors required! Hundreds of modern companies like Sonos, Canva, Orangetheory Fitness, Fivetran, Figma, and Notion use Census to sync their customer data to the tools that business teams rely on, achieving outcomes like reducing Customer Acquisition Costs by 50%, personalizing marketing for 125 million users, and reducing support times by 98%. We’d love to help you achieve better outcomes with trusted data – let’s chat!

Interval lets developers build web apps for tasks like managing accounts, moderating content, and editing database records. All in your backend codebase, with zero frontend code.

Hey there! Were the world’s largest digital creation platform on a mission to empower the creator in everyone, everywhere. We offer AI-powered tools and a massive open-source content library, featuring stickers, templates and more, that enable creators of all levels to design, edit, draw and share content anywhere. Founded in 2011, Picsart was born out of the need for accessible yet powerful creative tools that anyone could use. This was something our founder wanted for both his daughter and the world, and it’s what continues to be at the heart of the platform. We want everyone to be able to create at the speed of culture, no matter their skill level or experience. To turn their inspiration into action and have fun doing it. Available in 30+ languages on mobile and web, we’re used for both personal and professional design — from consumers and content creators to businesses and enterprises. We’re headquartered in Miami with offices around the world, and backed by SoftBank, Sequoia Capital, DCM Ventures, Insight Partners and others.

Blues Wireless simplifies gathering and moving sensor data from your device or product to your cloud. Think of us as the “I” in IoT. We move data bi-directionally over the global cellular network (130+ countries) and Wi-Fi through hardware and software endpoints for the best out-of-the-box connectivity. We support all Microcontrollers and Cloud Application Endpoints, so you can build your product, your way.

Aven is reinventing consumer credit. Our mission is to provide the lowest-cost, most transparent, and most convenient access to capital. We use technology to unlock the wealth in your assets and give you credit for what you already own. Our first product is the world’s lowest APR credit card, backed by home equity. Using multiple patented technologies, we’ve reduced a process that typically takes 4–6 weeks and thousands of dollars down to as fast as 15 minutes and $0 to get. Since launching in 2019, Aven cardholders have saved over $200M. We’re proud to maintain a 4.9-star rating on Trustpilot across 5,000+ reviews. Were backed by leading investors including Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Caffeinated Capital, General Catalyst, NYCA, and Max Levchin. The team features leaders from top financial services and fintech companies—such as Goldman Sachs, Capital One, Square—as well as technology companies such as Meta, Microsoft, Google, Uber, and Tesla. Aven has been recognized on the Forbes Fintech 50 and the GGV Capital Fintech Innovation 50. And we’re just getting started.

Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, AI-powered platform. A leader in cloud physical security, Verkada unifies video security, access control, sensors, alarms, intercoms, and workplace tools through one connected platform—Verkada Command—empowering teams to act proactively and create safer, smarter environments.

a early-stage venture capital firm purpose-built for Software 3.0

Fireworks is the fastest way to build, tune, and scale AI on open models. Ship production-ready AI in seconds on our globally distributed cloud infrastructure, optimized for your use case. Fireworks powers production workloads at companies like Uber, Doordash, Notion, and Cursor—delivering 15× faster speed, 4× lower latency, and 4× more concurrency than closed models.

Deno is a secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript.

Rippling is a workforce management system that eliminates the friction from running a business. Today, most companies struggle with everything from routine tasks, like running payroll, to cross-functional planning, like aligning on headcount. That’s because all their data related to people, processes, and systems is scattered in a hundred places. Rippling has every application you need to run your business—from applicant tracking and payroll to IT and expenses—in one place. But unlike other systems, Rippling sits on top of a unified platform. Data flows dynamically between Rippling’s applications, giving every team a shared source of truth, the power to automate processes, and access to the insights they need. This allows your business to execute better, faster. Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.2B from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock. Get help: rippling.com/contact Licensing details: https://app.rippling.com/licensing

At Gadget, were building a development platform designed to rid developers of the endless repetition of boilerplate and busywork, allowing them to build better software, faster. Were also always hiring. So if youre interested in working on technical problems with an accomplished team of builders, this is the place for you. Check out our latest job postings: http://gadget.dev/careers