Company Launch Tracker #28
Stanford–MIT researcher creates safety validation platform for autonomous systems, CPG founder launches AI ops team for consumer brands, & YC alum builds modern JSX tooling for faster web development
Company Launch Tracker is a real-time feed for investors, founders, and tech enthusiasts who want to spot startups the moment they launch. We leverage the technology built at Gravity to track billions of data points and surface company debuts the instant they happen. These signals include founder “I’m excited to announce…” posts, company filings, job changes, product hunt launches, and early press mentions—all stitched together into a single stream of what’s new.
In this issue of the Company Launch Tracker, here is what we will uncover:
Former CPG founder (Better Nature) launches AI operations team for consumer brands
Ex-YC engineer and founder creates modern JSX tooling to streamline and modernize web development workflows
Stanford and MIT researcher builds a safety validation platform that accelerates autonomous systems development and certification
Serial CEO/CTO and ex-Labelbox engineer builds an AI cofounder platform
And more…
Here’s the rundown of new company activity… 🚀🚀🚀
🚀Recent Company Launches
Early visibility into the launches most people won’t hear about until months later.
Josh Hedtke - Founder at serfsUp
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Founder at CarefulAI, ex-Head of Gridspace Sift at Gridspace, ex-Summer Associate at Irell & Manella LLP
serfsUp is a hybrid technology and professional services firm that uses aggressive automation paired with human review by licensed professionals to provide high quality legal and tax services at never before seen prices.
HQ: United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet
Key Investor: OVO Fund
Mikkel Fishman - CEO at Bonnie
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-CEO/CTO at Multiple Startups (Kai, Arturo Labs, Pearl), ex-Early Stage Senior Engineer at Labelbox, ex-Senior architect-developer and business strategist at Yellow Labs
Bonnie is an AI cofounder that guides domain experts to conceive of AI Native solutions for their industry through the Lean Startup process.
HQ: Oslo, Norway
Industry: Software Development
Sydney Katz - Co-Founder & CTO at Valgo
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Postdoctoral Researcher at Stanford Intelligent Systems Laboratory, ex-GNC Intern at Reliable Robotics Corporation, ex-Summer Research Intern at MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Connect on: LinkedIn
Valgo is the algorithmic safety validation platform that accelerates autonomous systems development and certification.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 3
Key Investors: Y Combinator
Jamie Sunderland - Founder & CEO at JSX Tool
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineer at Y Combinator, ex-Founder at Cheqout (YC W21) , ex-Software Engineer at Airbnb, Reflektive, BlueStacks and Vozzware
JSX Tool builds modern JSX tooling designed to streamline web development.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Key Investor: Y Combinator
Jasper James - Co-Founder at Norsail
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Backend Engineer at Monzo Bank, ex-Senior Robotics Software Engineer at Rovco, ex-Data Scientist at UK Civil Service, ex-J.P. Morgan
Norsail builds and operates long endurance zero emission USVs for ocean data collection
HQ: United Kingdom
Industry: Robotics Engineering | Team Size: 2
Riley Clubb - Co-Founder & CTO at IntentPost
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Founder at Extremely Valid, ex-Co-Founder at Harvust, ex-Founder at HookedIn, ex-Founder at Seek (iOS/Android), ex-Founder at Maskerade
IntentPost is an intent-driven direct mail platform that helps B2B teams cut through inbox noise and get in front of decision-makers.
HQ: United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Christopher Kong - Co-Founder & CEO at Sarah AI
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Better Nature, ex-Investment Analyst at Founders Factory, ex-McKinsey & Company
Sarah AI is the AI operations team for consumer goods brands. It runs a brand’s day-to-day supply chain, automatically managing procurement, forecasting, logistics, orders, invoicing, and cashflow through simple chat commands in Slack, Teams, WhatsApp or Email.
HQ: United States | United Kingdom
Industry: Desktop Computing Software Products | Team Size: 3
Key Investor: Y Combinator
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