$350M Chemistry Fund Launch, Ex-Yext Co-Founder’s AI Startup, Key Hires at Ramp, Perplexity, and Base

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Corey Adler, currently GC at SwagUp, is exploring new opportunities. A Michigan graduate with a solid balance of legal and business acumen, Corey has a strong background in the sports business sector. He’s open to roles such as Chief of Staff or other strategic positions where he can make a significant impact.

Ex Division I athlete, Former Founder, GTM/Ops trained looking for an Investor role at an early stage venture firm. Location-agnostic but with preference for the SF Bay Area. Reply to this email for an intro. 

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Brian Distelburger, co-founder of Yext, has launched Windmill alongside co-founders Max Shaw and Mark Tanner. The NYC-based startup aims to solve the challenge of talent density in organizations by developing AI superpowers for managers. Windmill's approach focuses on using AI to help managers spend less time on administrative tasks and more time leading their craft.

Zachary Hargreaves has joined The House Fund as Managing Partner. Previously at Founders Fund, Zachary brings his venture capital experience to support early investments in Berkeley startups.

Mark Goldberg, Ethan Kurzweil, and Kristina Shen have launched Chemistry, a new venture capital firm that has raised $350 million for its debut fund. The founding team brings together alumni experience from leading VC firms Index Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, and a16z. Chemistry will focus on Seed and Series A startups.

Cole Callinan, former Head of Product and Business Operations at Rose AI, has launched a new startup. He’s now hiring a founding engineering team and is looking for first principles thinkers ready to take on a 0-1 challenge. Reach out to him directly if you are interested.

Mira Murati, former CTO of OpenAI, is planning to raise $100 million for her new AI startup. The company aims to develop proprietary models for AI products, with Barret Zoph from OpenAI expected to join the team.

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Joyce Zhang has departed from Stripe to pursue her passion as a full-time dating coach for high performers. Drawing from her experience coaching over 90 clients and developing her methodology over five years, Joyce is launching her own coaching business. Her venture aims to help 1,000 high performers find exceptional relationships through her systematized approach, which condenses years of research and testing into a three-month program.

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