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People I think will be stars

byZach Davidson

  1. Max Glik

    one of the most well connected ppl i've met

    Zach Davidson

  2. Kanan Rengaraju

    Founder of Apthorp

    real g who moves in silence - he meet companies and founders before anyone else

    Zach Davidson

  3. Joe Coll

    Using Big Computers - Prev: Witness + Framework Ventures

    1. Witness

      Co-Founder / COO

      2023-08 – 2025-12

    2. Framework Ventures

      Principal Investor

      2021-05 – 2023-06

    3. index

      Senior Project Engineer - Advanced Operations

      2018-09 – 2021-05

    osprey might be a bird - but he's a bird you should know

    Zach Davidson

  4. Dara

    dara built ai clones before it was cool; he's a winner

    Zach Davidson

  5. luiso

    one of the most impressive community builders in tech

    Zach Davidson

  6. Jesse Vermeulen

    Co-founder and design engineer at Outpace Studios

    one of the best designers i know

    Zach Davidson

  8. Ian Korovinsky

    Hack the North co-director · Baseten

    1. Baseten

      Research Engineering

      2026-05 – Present

    2. Hack the North

      Co-Director

      2024-11 – Present

  1. Liam McNamara ⁂

    Co-founder of Matrix Biotech, building at-home biomarker testing

    building the data layer for longevity

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  2. Rahul Rana

    Investor at Solari Capital; author of Making Moonshots

    1. Solari Capital

      Senior Associate & Chief of Staff

      Present

    2. Not Boring

      Writer

      Present

    literally wrote the book on deep tech - and now he's building and backing the future

    Zach Davidson

  3. Nikhil Srinivasan

    Founder & CEO at Infinite, building compliant stablecoin payment infrastructure for global businesses.

    nikhil knows payments businesses better than anyone i've met; one to watch for sure

    Zach Davidson

  4. Anirudh Pai

    General Partner, Robot Ventures

    1. Robot Ventures

      General Partner

      2025-08 – Present

    2. Realm Alliance

      Co-Founder

      2022 – Present

    3. Dragonfly

      Partner

      2022 – 2025

    one of the best company selectors and supporters i've met

    Zach Davidson

  5. Christopher Wallace

    Building software for making things at Official Unofficial, Inc.

    impressive product thinker + cracked builder

    Zach Davidson

  7. Matt Janiga

    General Counsel at Modern Treasury

    1. Lithic

      General Counsel and Compliance Officer

      Present

  8. Rohan

    Founder of Internet, a design and venture company building consumer products and software.

    1. Internet

      Founder

      2026 – Present

    2. Independent

      Graphic Designer

      2020-02 – Present

    3. Zeca Studio

      Graphic Designer

      2021-05 – 2022-01

  1. Sigil Wen

    Founder and CEO of Conway Research; Thiel Fellow

    1. Extraordinary.com

      Founder and Executive Chairman

      Present

    2. Conway Research

      Founder and Chief Executive Officer

      Present

    3. Underdog

      Creator

      2026 – 2026

    cracked builder

    Zach Davidson

  2. Mene Mazarakis

    Fund Manager at Mene Capital

    1. Mene Capital

      Fund Manager

      Present

    2. The Eigenprize

      Co-organizer

      Present

    one of the most well connected people i know - everyone loves him

    Zach Davidson

  3. Jay Drain Jr.

    Founder & Managing Partner, Relay Digital

    1. Relay Digital

      Founder & Managing Partner

      Present

    2. Andreessen Horowitz

      Partner

      2022 – 2026

    3. Maven Ventures

      Investor

      2020 – 2022

    easily one of the most helpful people in crypto

    Zach Davidson

  4. Rachel Braun

    Producer covering technology and business; founder of Braun & Brains.

    amazing podcast producer and content creator

    Zach Davidson

  5. steeve ⚡️

    Business and growth executive; formerly Vice President, Expansion at FERMÀT

    one of the best gtm leaders i know

    Zach Davidson

  6. Mina Fahmi

    Co-founder & CEO at Sandbar

    1. Sandbar

      Cofounder & CEO

      2023 – Present

    2. Meta

      Product Manager

      2020 – 2023

    3. CTRL-labs

      Product Manager

      2019 – 2019

    mina is a creative product builder who cares deeply about craft - i cant wait to get my sandbar ring

    Zach Davidson

  8. Dhruv Gupta

    Product at a16z

    1. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

      Product

      2026-08 – Present

    2. Cosign

      Co-Founder

      Present

    3. Jane Street

      Strategy and Product Intern

      2026-05 – 2026-08

  1. Amir Fischer

    Founder of Noar Ventures; host of Generating Alpha

    1. Noar Ventures

      Founder

      Present

    2. Generating Alpha

      Host

      Present

    one of the most impressive podcasters i've seen

    Zach Davidson

  2. Richard Zheng

    New Media at a16z; creative director, marketer, photographer, and founder

    1. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

      New Media

      2025 – Present

    2. Aviato

      Head of Marketing

      2025

    richard is one of the hardest working people i've ever met. super high slope

    Zach Davidson

  3. emma

    1. aurient

      Founder

      2025-12 – Present

    emma is a marketing queen

    Zach Davidson

  4. Signüll

    Founder of Signull Labs, building Skye

    maybe the best poaster on the planet

    Zach Davidson

  6. Wojciech Kulikowski

    Founder of Boski; European startup investor

    1. Boski

      Founder

      2026-05 – Present

    incredible builder and even better friend

    Zach Davidson

  7. Pedro Lucca

    Founder, Mutuals Inc.

    1. Mutuals Inc.

      Founder

      2026 – Present

    2. Company Picnic

      Founder & CEO

      2023 – 2026

    3. Moonvalley

      Product

      2023 – 2023

    pedro’s been building ai characters before it was cool

    Zach Davidson

  8. Lauren Messner

    Operations at VUUM

    1. Protein That Sparkles

      Chief of Staff

      2024-11 – 2026-09

    2. Better Tomorrow Ventures

      Investing

      2021-03 – 2024-09

    3. Wells Fargo

      Financial Analyst

      2020-07 – 2021-03

    lauren is one of those people who founders consistently name as the most helpful, and one of those operators who is a swiss army knife, handling the work of multiple people. it's only a matter of time before the world knows her name

    Zach Davidson

  1. Sakib Jamal

    Investor and Gallery Ventures advisor; co-author of The Young VC’s Handbook

    1. Gallery Ventures

      Advisor

      Present

    incredible selector and supporter of founders

    Zach Davidson

  2. Luc de Leyritz

    General partner at Re7 Social

    1. Re7 Social

      General Partner

      Present

    luc is so impressive and not enough people know him yet - keep an eye on him; he'll be one of the greats!

    Zach Davidson

  3. marc

    marc is building one of the coolest new consumer companies i've seen

    Zach Davidson

  4. LDF

    Growth generalist at LayerZero

    marketing queen

    Zach Davidson

  5. Eshita

    Co-host of Dry Run

    great ops leader + podcaster

    Zach Davidson

  6. Bobby Thakkar

    Propaganda builder; investor at Strobe Ventures

    1. Strobe Ventures

      Investor

      Present

    amazing product builder and growth marketer

    Zach Davidson