Trending Founder Directory

Founders gaining momentum with the most VC follows in the last month.

Charlie O'Neill

Patent attorney turned co-founder of Parsed Labs. DPhil from Oxford. Currently works as an Associate Patent Attorney at a law firm while building something new.

Web3ResearchLegal

Recently Followed by 24 Top VCs🔥 24 VCs

Thais Castello Branco

@thaiscbranco_

CEO at Taste Labs, working on Taste AI to combat AI-generated low-quality content. Previously on the founding team at Exa AI Labs.

Founder

Recently Followed by 21 Top VCs🔥 21 VCs

Daniel Kornum

@dkfromdk

Former COO at Citadel Securities and McKinsey consultant turned AI founder, currently building a stealth startup. Previously founded CareerLoop. Also a former professional StarCraft player and world record holder in rowing.

Web3ResearchOperations

Recently Followed by 20 Top VCs🔥 20 VCs

Jietang

@jietang

Professor at Tsinghua University and founder of Zhipu AI, focusing on AGI and large language models.

Research

Recently Followed by 17 Top VCs🔥 17 VCs

John McElhone

@johnmcelhone

Thiel Fellow and founder of American Turbines. Previously co-founded and led CropSafe as CEO.

Funded

Recently Followed by 14 Top VCs🔥 14 VCs

Rron Rexha

@rronrex

Founder and CEO of Arca.

Founder

Recently Followed by 12 Top VCs🔥 12 VCs

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