⚡dynamism mixer ft. YC, Sequoia and a16z backed hypergrowth-startups
Join us for our quarterly dynamism mixer.
This intimate event is for exceptional former founders and early stage operators who are exploring new opportunities to make an impact. Connect in a relaxed setting with hyper-growth startups actively hiring through the Dynamism.io network. You'll also meet friends of the dynamism network, including investors and other familiar faces in the SF tech scene.
📅 Saturday Mar 29th
⏰ 6:00PM – 8:00 PM
Hosted at members club a short walk from the Ferry Building. Small plates and drinks will be served. Full venue details provided to those joining.
Companies hiring via dynamism network include:
🌐 BrowserUse (YC, Felicis, Paul Graham) - Open Source Web browsing Agent (powers Manus)
👩🏻💻 Pylon (a16z, General Catalyst, YC) - Modern customer support system for B2B
📹 Tavus AI (Sequoia,YC) - Video AI infra for developers
🗣️ Vapi (Bessemer, YC) - Voice AI infra for developers
💼 Mercor (Benchmark, Peter Thiel) - AI platform for recruiting global talent
📧 Shortwave (YC, CEO founded Firebase) - Agentic AI for your inbox
🤖 Wordware (Spark Capital, YC, Paul Graham) - No-code, low-code platform to build AI agents
📊 Lightdash (Accel, YC) - Open Source BI platform for developers
🏫 Primer (Founders Fund, Sam Altman, Naval) - Software and physical OS for education system
The former founders and early stage operators exploring opportunities...
Half are former YC-backed founders seeking early-stage opportunities
80% of signups have engineering backgrounds seeking hands-on roles (Full Stack, AI Engineering, Forward Deployed, Infrastructure, Backend, Product)
Most achieved between $1M–$5M ARR at VC-backed startups and/ exited to companies incl. Scale AI; one reached $20M ARR in just 4 years
Several served as founding engineers (among the first 10 employees) at unicorn companies incl. Rippling and Brex
The group includes Maths Olympiad medalists and a couple SPC members
What people say about our dynamism mixers...
"Straight out of a movie." – Tamir, Former founder (YC alum) exploring opportunities
"This looks just as awesome as I heard it was!" – Anna, Partner, NFX
“Increasing your surface area for luck is key in hiring. Traditional recruiters never felt like they were expanding my reach. Dynamism gave me direct access to ex-founders and CTOs—exactly who we love hiring.” - Robert Chandler, CTO Founder Wordware.ai (YCs largest seed-round $30m)
"What an awesome night! Thanks for organising this." – Selin, YC founder hiring
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What people say about dynamism network
“It can be tricky for ex-founders to find great companies to work for - Richard and dynamism team went to extreme lengths to support me to successfully land the perfect next role. Dynamism's network is epic and no surprise they've become the go-to for technical Y Combinator alum exploring new opportunities.“ - Technical YC founder (YC alum)
“Richard’s been backing ambitious founders forever—he even prepped me for YC in 2019. He has an uncanny eye for high-agency people. We just hired an ex-Unicorn operator to build out a new function referred by Dynamism, the kind of candidate who could walk into any startup they wanted.” - Luke Harris, Head of Growth ElevenLabs.com Prv Co-founder Fella (YC W20) now at $20m ARR, Head of Product at PostHog
The venue was founded in 2015 by leading Silicon Valley entrepreneurs—including Steve Chen (YouTube), Kyle Vogt (Cruise), Steve Huffman (Reddit), Brian Armstrong (Coinbase), and Michael Siebel (Y Combinator).