Rebuilding America's meritocratic infrastructure. Backed by @8VC @Slow

Joined February 2025
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Our teams @tryramp & @MeritFirstUS hosted GTM Intelligence night this week in NYC, digging into how sales roles are evolving, how Ramp leverages AI across the team, and what it means for hiring and finding great talent. Nothing beats having partners you genuinely enjoy working with. Our teams work incredibly hard, taking simple ideas very seriously (h/t Charlie Munger) - and it’s a blast to bring a big group together for a night like this. @max11free - you’re a legend. Lucky to be able to learn from you. Thanks to everyone who came out and made it possible. Let’s run it back!
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awesome opportunity to work closely with @JTLonsdale & the @AmOptimistShow team excited for folks to get an early look at a new assessment environment we built & being used for the role optimists thrive on merit
We're hiring an intern. Work with @JTLonsdale & the team to help the optimists win. And the best part: no application. Prove you're the best via our @MeritFirstUS test. Who are we looking for? You're a fan of the pod, terminally online, and have sharp instincts for what matters -- and how to make people care. What will you do? Create content and work with new AI tools to help win the battle of ideas online. Take the test: meritfirst.us/candidate/test…
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We're hiring an intern. Work with @JTLonsdale & the team to help the optimists win. And the best part: no application. Prove you're the best via our @MeritFirstUS test. Who are we looking for? You're a fan of the pod, terminally online, and have sharp instincts for what matters -- and how to make people care. What will you do? Create content and work with new AI tools to help win the battle of ideas online. Take the test: meritfirst.us/candidate/test…
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MeritFirst retweeted
How do you quickly recognize top talent? Zack’s contests at MeritFirst are used by top AI teams - such as Ramp, below - to attract and hire talent based on ability, not resumes. Fascinating new tailored approach to talent and merit, only possible thanks to AI.
AI is fundamentally changing how teams operate. Designers are shipping code, GTM teams are building their own tools - people are taking on work that used to sit well outside the scope of their roles. There’s a massive opportunity for high-agency people who keep learning and pushing to drive better outcomes for the business - and for the companies that can find those people and give them the room to run. Very excited to dig into how @tryramp is doing this across their GTM team on Oct. 20 in NYC. We’ll talk about what they’ve tried, what has worked vs. what hasn't, and how they’re thinking about the people and skills they need as the work changes. Join us - link to register in the first reply.
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MeritFirst retweeted
AI is fundamentally changing how teams operate. Designers are shipping code, GTM teams are building their own tools - people are taking on work that used to sit well outside the scope of their roles. There’s a massive opportunity for high-agency people who keep learning and pushing to drive better outcomes for the business - and for the companies that can find those people and give them the room to run. Very excited to dig into how @tryramp is doing this across their GTM team on Oct. 20 in NYC. We’ll talk about what they’ve tried, what has worked vs. what hasn't, and how they’re thinking about the people and skills they need as the work changes. Join us - link to register in the first reply.
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We @DiracInc are hiring for a Head of Growth! Must have a deep desire to Save The West, a love for complex builds, and a visceral passion for Reindustrialization. Oh! - and want to work in the Empire State Building. Ping me here: [email protected]
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Great actions speak to all mankind @RainmakerCorp is taking action by ending water scarcity across the globe Become a Rainmaker
Become a Rainmaker. It’s 10:24 PM. Your phone buzzes. Our meteorologists have identified a seeding window in Northern Utah. You’ve got ten hours to turn supercooled liquid water into snow that will feed into the farms and communities that need water now more than ever. 🧵
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We're hiring new grads @Meow Looking for sharp, hungry talent with a chip on their shoulder who wants to break into sales at a fast-growing fintech. No experience required. Extreme work ethic and being in our Soho office in NYC are. DM me if that's you, or send this to someone who fits. JD in the first comment:
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This assessment is pretty fun ... take the challenge for VC and see how you stack up -- it is hard :) meritfirst.us/challenges/vc-…
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fun little challenge we built @MeritFirstUS - prove your VC skillset is stronger than @lessin!
This assessment is pretty fun ... take the challenge for VC and see how you stack up -- it is hard :) meritfirst.us/challenges/vc-…
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.@databricks is hiring a Chief of Staff to the CPO (Chief People Officer) for up to $322K. Your role will be to help drive operational excellence, strategic alignment, and execution across the Databricks People org. Naturally, a key focus will be scaling AI across the team to automate routine work, accelerate insights, improve decision-making, and fundamentally change how the team operates at scale. Link to apply in thread!
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Mechanical Engineers. America needs you. Join us on a mission to save the American Dream by industrializing home production and building at a scale never seen before.
We are looking for a Lead Mechanical Engineer to lead the design of our system's Building Shell. Join a team of engineers and designers redefining how homes our built for the next century. (apply below)
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2026 is a fun time to build! We’re looking to hire more top talent: 1) Social media writer - Help us win the war of ideas. You are an X-native patriot, intuit its molecular physics, write with a real voice, and care more about teaching and inspiring than chasing clicks. 2) Technical builder - we have a running list of media-adjacent companies and tools I've wanted to create for years. You build with AI tools daily, push the limits of what's newly possible, and are committed to the ideas that make our civilization great. Email [email protected] to apply; we’re only considering full-time hires with integrity who are eager to work hard. America turns 250 this year, and it’s a great time to celebrate our exceptional civilization. Help us teach and build with ideas and principles to unite and inspire us all to make its next chapters even brighter 🇺🇸.
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There's no better time to be building AI for healthcare practices. If you want to work come work on incredibly hard conversational AI challenges, we're hiring at Hello Patient again! Looking for exceptional: * Full stack software engineers * Agent product managers * Enterprise AEs * Integration Engineers Remote is ok, although we heavily bias to Austin or NYC and pay for relocation. My DMs are always open as well!
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We're hiring an exceptional designer at SpaceXAI. Work directly with me and the team to build the future of human <> agent interactions and ship beautiful, intuitive experiences across Grok and X. job-boards.greenhouse.io/xai…
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Two important annoucnements: 1. If you aren't yet following @PomelliByGoogle - now's a good time to start 👀 2. I'm hiring a 0-to-1 PM for my team - if you have startup experience, have worked at a bigger company, and are excited about building the future in Google Labs, please apply --> google.com/about/careers/app…
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Had a ton of inbound so I’m hosting a happy hour! Come meet me and the team 💪 luma.com/ukqkjkhy?tk=Z6unM0
Well I’m hiring SWEs who want to work in physical AI. Be early to the next and final frontier of AI
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We’re hiring product engineers at @altitude. We believe the next generation of companies will be built differently: smaller teams, faster cycles, deeper customer understanding and engineers who shape the product and the outcome. At Altitude, every engineer is a product engineer. You’ll work with our internal agentic framework to build the future of how businesses manage their money. We’re going to shift the center of gravity from traditional financial rails to newer, better ones. We’re looking for people who want ownership, ambition and the chance to build something that becomes foundational infrastructure for modern companies. If you’re not afraid of the climb - DM me with proof of work.
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we're hiring. generous comp, founding-level equity, ugc-stealth on jennigroup. if you are: - technical enough to have shipped things - someone who understands ugc / content - startup-pilled enough to find 996 (or more) motivating not depressing send me a dm with the most impressive piece of work you've owned
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