Bill Draper Dies at 98; He Was a Tech Investor Before There Was a Silicon Valley
William Draper, a pioneering tech investor, passed away at age 98. He was active in technology investing before the rise of Silicon Valley. (nytimes.com)
Reflex is hiring a Growth Engineer to build and run its end-to-end go-to-market engine, owning strategy through execution. The role pays $130K-$200K plus 0.10%-0.40% equity, is full-time in San Francisco, and requires US work authorization. Responsibilities include designing segmentation, positioning, channel mix, and pipeline architecture; engineering systems to convert open-source adoption and product signals into qualified leads; standing up CRM, enrichment, outbound, lead scoring and routing; and defining metrics, reporting, and forecasts. Candidates should have coding experience (Python preferred), hands-on ownership of top-of-funnel GTM at a startup (new grads acceptable), comfort switching between strategy and execution (HubSpot and data work included), and technical fluency with product signals. PLG, community-led, or open-source GTM experience is a strong plus.
Reflex positions itself as an operating system for building mission-critical enterprise apps that replaces a fragmented enterprise stack by providing a unified open-source framework plus a managed platform. It highlights measurable traction - 1M+ apps built, 28k+ GitHub stars, usage by ~30% of Fortune 500 - and a small founding team of ~10 (YC W23; founders Alek Petuskey and Nikhil Rao). The startup emphasizes rapid growth, recent funding, and an opportunity to translate strong product and community momentum into a repeatable, scalable revenue engine.
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William Draper, a pioneering tech investor, passed away at age 98. He was active in technology investing before the rise of Silicon Valley. (nytimes.com)
RetailReady, an YC W24 startup, is developing an AI-powered supply chain compliance engine and has raised $6.6M in funding. They are hiring for a full-time operations role involving software deployment, customer site visits, and collaboration with engineers. (ycombinator.com)
Great Question, a YC-backed AI customer research platform, is hiring remote product engineers in Canada with over 6 years of experience. The role involves end-to-end problem solving, building across the product stack, and working autonomously to improve the platform. (ycombinator.com)
Extra Big Ass Intelligence is a website that appears to be associated with a startup or project looking to apply for Y Combinator's Winter 2027 batch. Its specific purpose or content is not clearly described in the comments. (extrabigassintelligence.com)
Truemetrics, a YC-backed company specializing in last mile delivery technology, is hiring a GTM Founder's Associate in Berlin. The role involves managing outbound sales efforts and supporting strategic growth initiatives directly with the founders. (ycombinator.com)
OpenAI is seeking $30 billion in new funding, valuing the company at $1.4 trillion. This move indicates continued investor confidence and expansion plans for the AI company. (bloomberg.com)
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