Good People, Davos Edition

The World Economic Forum wrapped up in Davos this week. One of our clients presented there, a seed-stage startup showing Fortune 500 executives how AI agents can cut enterprise transformation timelines in half.

This edition: 8 opportunities across AI agents for enterprise IT, document intelligence at billion-page scale, and a new monitoring platform for AI agent failures that just raised $15M.

🌍 Tessera Labs Presents at Davos

⁉️ What's happening: Tessera Labs presented at WEF, showcasing their multi-agent AI platform for enterprise transformation. Seed-stage, already live with Fortune 500 customers.

🔍 Raindrop Raises $15M

⁉️ What's happening: Raindrop closed a $15M seed led by Lightspeed to build monitoring for AI agents. Backed by Figma Ventures, Vercel Ventures, YC.

💰 General Catalyst Closes $9B Fund

⁉️ What's happening: GC closed a $9B fund focused on AI infrastructure, healthcare, and climate. Several companies in our network count GC among their backers.

📍 SF (3 days onsite) | 💵 $180K–$350K | 🚀 Series A, $250M

$1.7B valuation. 35M+ users. Trusted by top AI labs.

Roles: AI/ML, ML Infra, Data Science

📍 SF (5 days onsite) | 💵 $150K–$300K | 🚀 Series B, $110M

1B+ pages processed. $600M valuation. Fortune 10 customers.

Roles: Sr. BE, Sr. FS, AI/ML, Infra

📍 SF (4 days onsite) | 💵 $225K–$350K | 🚀 Series A, $31M

100% POC win rate. Top tech company customers. Will 10x revenue this year.

Roles: Prod. Eng, AI/ML, Sr. BE, Security Eng

📍 SF, NYC (5 days onsite) | 💵 $200K–$315K | 🚀 Series A, $40M+

First omnimodal model in production. Backed by a16z, Index.

Roles: Sr. Prod Eng, AI/ML, Infra

📍 NYC (5 days onsite) | 💵 $200K–$250K | 🚀 Series A, $43M

$10M+ ARR in 6 months. Contracts with top 5 AI labs. Profitable. Expecting $100M revenue in 2026.

Roles: Sr. BE, BE, Sr. FS

📍 SF (3 days onsite) | 💵 $150K–$250K | 🚀 Seed, $15M

Monitoring platform for AI agents — catches tool call errors, infinite loops, and silent production failures. Repeat founders (previous company acquired by Coinbase), team from Apple Vision Pro, Google, SpaceX. Just raised $15M from Lightspeed.

Roles: Sr. FS, AI/ML, Sr. BE, Infra

📍 SF, NYC (5 days onsite) | 💵 $180K–$260K | 🚀 Series A, $70M

Building AI agents for IT services. 14 months in: $90M+ raised, two MSP acquisitions, $75M+ revenue. Agents resolve ~25% of IT tickets end-to-end.

Roles: BE, Sr. BE, Staff SWE, Sr. Prod Eng

📍 Remote | 💵 $180K–$255K | 🚀 Series A, $40M

One API for Claude, GPT, Llama, Mistral, and dozens more. Co-founded by OpenSea's Alex Atallah. $100M+ run-rate, cash-flow positive, 20 people. 2M+ developers on the platform.

Roles: Sr. FS, Sr. BE, Staff BE, Staff SWE

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