Early Stage Founders (poach.vc)

Early Stage Founders (poach.vc)

(0141) Connect with ex-Humane and Cruise engineers going stealth

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Dec 09, 2025
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Early Stage Founders

  • Mika Sagindyk (San Francisco)

    • Former Growth lead at AWS turned co-founder of Tackle (time tracking using calendars). Previously spent time as Entrepreneur In Residence at Entrepreneur First. Now working on something new.

    • Twitter / LinkedIn

  • Andrew Mikhail (United States)

    • Former Lead AI Engineer at Humane and HP IQ, with previous experience at Rivian and NASA. Now founding an AI startup focused on local conversational AI.

    • LinkedIn

  • Greg Miaskiewicz (United States)

    • 2x exited startup founder and YC alum, previously Senior Director of Product Management at Deel. Currently working on something new in stealth mode.

    • LinkedIn

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