(0169) Ex-Microsoft AI, Ex-Meta, and a pro rock climber building in stealth

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Early Stage Founders

• Ameya Lambat (Boston)

  • Software engineer with experience at PayPal, Onshape, and Corsair, currently doing research at Arizona State University. Former professional rock climber now building something new in stealth mode.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

• Ben Cohen (Los Angeles)

  • Former Meta and Microsoft engineer turned MBA who’s now founder and CEO of TourScout, helping LLMs interact with the real world (has some initial funding). Previously served as VP at Cadenza Artists.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

• David Hansen (United States)

  • Co-founder of a stealth startup, likely in the hardware manufacturing space for drones and robotics. Previously co-founded Weel, which he worked on for 6 years.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn