Early Stage Founders (poach.vc)

Early Stage Founders (poach.vc)

(0151) ex-Anduril, ex-DeepMind, and Canadian hacker houses

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Jan 14, 2026
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Early Stage Founders

  • Elton Coutinho (United States)

    • Former Philip Morris International executive turned founder of Butler AI, where he serves as CEO. Also founded HAIC in 2021, which he continues to run alongside his current venture.

    • Twitter / LinkedIn

  • Jerry Jiang (Waterloo, Canada)

    • Founder of Akatos, building Waterloo’s first hacker house. Also CEO of unrepped. AI Accelerator alum with 9 years of experience exploring various businesses.

    • Twitter / LinkedIn

  • Andrew Hoff (New York)

    • Ex-SpaceX and Anduril director of software engineering, previously at Two Sigma. Now working on something new in stealth mode.

    • LinkedIn

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