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Feb 21, 2026

gmailemailFeb 21, 2026, 7:47 PM

The AI startup landscape in 2026

Hi Shubh, I tried reaching you a couple times about early stage engineering roles, but haven't heard back. If you're curious, I'm also happy to give you a pulse on where the market is if

The AI startup landscape in 2026gmail thread

Hi Shubh, I tried reaching you a couple times about early stage engineering roles, but haven't heard back. If you're curious, I'm also happy to give you a pulse on where the market is if

Participants: David Kimball, shubhctw@gmail.com
Messages: 1

Feb 18, 2026

gmailemailFeb 18, 2026, 3:47 AM

Re: Early engineer opportunities at AI/infra startups (Decagon, Vercel, Graphite, Reducto, Factory, \etc.)

Hey Shubh, One thing I didn't mention: some of the strongest opportunities right now aren't the typical AI infra plays — they fall into two less obvious categories: 1) Agent-native startups

Re: Early engineer opportunities at AI/infra startups (Decagon, Vercel, Graphite, Reducto, Factory, \etc.)gmail thread

Hey Shubh, One thing I didn't mention: some of the strongest opportunities right now aren't the typical AI infra plays — they fall into two less obvious categories: 1) Agent-native startups

Participants: David Kimball, shubhctw@gmail.com
Messages: 2

Feb 13, 2026

gmailemailFeb 13, 2026, 6:42 PM

Early engineer opportunities at AI/infra startups (Decagon, Vercel, Graphite, Reducto, Factory, \etc.)

Hi Shubh - Curious — are you open to getting hands-on with high-impact work at early-stage (Seed -- Series C) startups? A few examples: Decagon – $250M Series D ($4.5B val), enterprise LLM agents for

Early engineer opportunities at AI/infra startups (Decagon, Vercel, Graphite, Reducto, Factory, \etc.)gmail thread

Participants: David Kimball, shubhctw@gmail.com
Messages: 2

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