Coinbase CMO Joins OpenAI, Sriram Krishnan Leaves a16z, Wordware Announces 30M Seed

Free Agency

Welcome to Free Agency, where we share updates on notable career moves in tech. Whether someone is launching a new venture, joining a different company, stepping away to explore new opportunities, or otherwise making waves in the industry, we’re here to help you keep up. 

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Free agents

Sahil Hansalia has left his role as Machine Learning Engineer at 23andMe after over 5 years with the company and is looking for new opportunities.

Victoria Albert, a brand designer and art director with over 10 years of experience leading creative teams and projects, is exploring new opportunities. Most recently at Spring Health, she spearheaded a brand refresh in just three months.

Vaibhav Tamrakar is looking for roles in Revenue Operations in B2B setups. He has 10+ years of experience across B2B consulting, startups, and sales.

Just started

David Singleton has launched /dev/agents, a next-generation operating system for AI agents, alongside co-founders Hugo Barra, Nicholas Jitkoff and Ficus Kirkpatrick. The cloud-based OS aims to simplify agent development and is backed by Index Ventures and CapitalG.

Sam Bhagwat, Shane Thomas, and Abhi Aiyer have launched Mastra, a TypeScript AI framework designed to help developers prototype and productionize AI features using modern JS/TS stack. 

Ali Khokhar has emerged from stealth with Amigo, raising a $6.3M seed round co-led by General Catalyst and GSV Ventures, with participation from Comma Capital, Coho Deeptech and strategic angels. The company's MENTOR platform creates AI versions of service professionals like coaches and therapists to make their expertise more accessible.

Omri Casspi has launched Swish Ventures, a $60M early-stage investment fund. The fund focuses on building generational companies through concentrated investments in people and ideas.

Jon Miller, co-founder of Marketo and Engagio, has launched a new stealth AI startup in the B2B marketing space as Co-Founder & CEO. 

Maybern has emerged from stealth, founded by Ross Mechanic and Ashwin Raghu. The company is tackling fund management automation in the private capital market, focusing on streamlining complex calculations and performance reporting.

Harrison Telyan has launched Flowglad, a YC-backed startup offering an end-to-end toolkit for online business management, payment processing, and social proof building. 

Matthew Vega-Sanz has launched GAIL as Co-Founder and CEO, building "The Everything Workforce". Previously, he co-founded LULA, known as the "Stripe for Insurance," which supported over 5,000 businesses with insurance management tools.

Just left 

Kate Rouch has departed from Coinbase after 3 years as CMO, where she led marketing initiatives including the Super Bowl campaign and viral brand building efforts. She has taken on a new role as OpenAI's first Chief Marketing Officer, bringing her experience in transforming brand marketing into strategic advantages for frontier tech companies.

Sriram Krishnan, General Partner at a16z, has announced his departure after 4 years, planning to start a new venture at the end of the year.

Helen Crossley, Marketing Science Leader at Meta, has departed after 12 years with the company. She led Insights, FBIQ Consumer Research, and the Innovation Lab, and most recently worked with the Small Business Group and Mid Market Groups. 

Mason Hall has departed a16z after 3.5 years on the deal team to join Merit Systems where he'll be building tools, markets, and mechanisms for a new software creation and contribution economy.

Raiza Martin has departed from Google after 5.5 years, where she led NotebookLM from concept to a product serving millions of users. She's now working on a new venture with former colleagues Jay Spiel and Stephen Hughes.

Muskan Kalra has departed from Polygon after 4.5 years, where she led Developer Relations, scaled the Developer Ecosystem, and headed the Grants Program. 

Latifah G. has departed from Cruise. During her tenure, she served as an Executive Business Partner supporting Cruise’s Chief Technology Officer 

Alex Treece has departed from Coinbase after more than 3 years, where he served as Product Lead for promotional products including Learning Rewards and Coinbase Wallet Quests.

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