Vetted Founders

Gaurav Narasimhan

Screened

Executive AI platform leader specializing in autonomous agent systems for enterprise SaaS

Redwood City, CA26y exp

“Real estate entrepreneur who has previously raised capital from friends and family and has engaged directly with VC firms including A16z. Demonstrates unusually strong founder commitment, having worked two full-time jobs for the past six years while pursuing entrepreneurial goals, with hypothesys.ai described as the outcome.”

“Partnerships/integrations leader with experience running multiple simultaneous ISV launches and executive-level cross-functional cadences. Created a CEO-backed, data-driven partner/integration prioritization scorecard that helped increase partnership revenue 13.5x, and has operated in high-confidentiality environments supporting major global product launches (Samsung).”

Ryan Crabbe

Screened

Junior Full-Stack/Mobile Engineer specializing in React Native and NestJS

Remote1y exp

“Built an AI-powered restaurant menu rewriting app that generates diet-constrained menus from photos, with a backend designed around bounded contexts and a lightweight CQRS approach. Demonstrates strong multi-tenant PostgreSQL design (RLS, tenant-scoped queries) and performance tuning (partitioning, keyset pagination, composite/partial indexes), plus AI workflow orchestration using Redis/BullMQ and Vercel AI SDK with structured outputs and evals; reduced p95 latency ~35–50% via racing LLM requests and caching.”

“Full-stack, design-minded developer who builds interactive, motion-forward experiences and translates complex creative coding (Three.js/p5.js/GLSL) into accessible UI for non-technical clients. Delivered an end-to-end manufacturing quality control image system for ChargePoint (React dashboard + AWS) and has hands-on field research experience from Hyundai EV user interviews; currently leading development of a virtual gallery for Creative Coding NYC.”

HUGH BOYLE

Screened

Executive marketing leader specializing in brand, digital, and agency transformation

Grapevine, TX18y exp

“Experienced corporate operator with a co-founder bringing 50+ combined years of relevant large-company experience, now building a bootstrapped AI/SaaS/Data Infrastructure startup. They have spent the past year developing a detailed business plan, playbook, and investor materials with support from Accenture's startup assessment tools, and are just beginning to engage VCs from a position of strong preparation.”