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42nd percentile
YC W21 founder who sold Purpose Finance to Scale AI, now Head of Product Design at Ezra AI Labs
Credibility
Operator · 74th percentile
- Y Combinator W21 alum via Purpose Finance.
- Currently Head of Product Design at Ezra AI Labs, an active operator role.
- Purpose Finance was co-founded with Jon Sheller and Brendan Tobin.
Relationship Matrix
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Founder score
- 95%Probability of being accurate (95%)Y Combinator W21 alum via Purpose Finance.
- 92%Probability of being accurate (92%)Past founder and CEO of Purpose Finance (Purpose Banking), a YC-backed consumer fintech that was acquired by Scale AI.
- 88%Probability of being accurate (88%)Purpose Finance was co-founded with Jon Sheller and Brendan Tobin.
- 85%Probability of being accurate (85%)Purpose Finance raised $125K in seed funding from Y Combinator.
- 82%Probability of being accurate (82%)Currently Head of Product Design at Ezra AI Labs, an active operator role.
- 80%Probability of being accurate (80%)Purpose Finance was acquired by Scale AI, representing an exit for the company she co-founded.
What you likely need
You're at a pivotal inflection point post-acquisition, and the right rooms can accelerate whether you launch a new venture or go deep as an angel. Events that put you in front of YC alumni, Scale AI operators, and early-stage AI founders will help you sharpen your next move and get credit for the work you've already done. Prioritize gatherings where your Scale AI and Purpose Finance story is a genuine asset, not just a credential.
Would you attend these IRL Festival events?
We will tune and customize your Founder Festival experience to make sure you get invited to the events that would be most valuable to you.
- introsA YC W21 alumni dinner for founders who've had exits or acquisitions, to trade notes on what comes next and surface warm co-founder or investor intros for a potential second venture
- positioningA Scale AI and Scale-adjacent operator roundtable on Gen AI product design, where you can publicly articulate your AI product thesis and build the thought leadership signal that strengthens a future founder raise
- fundraisingA happy hour for Sequoia and KPCB scout-backed founders to re-warm relationships with the scouts who backed Purpose Finance before you're formally fundraising again
- introsA YC fintech and AI tooling founder dinner for operators considering their first angel checks, where your Scale AI signal edge gives you real conviction in evaluating the room
- positioningA small dinner for founders who've been acquired by a top AI lab — Scale AI, Adept, Inflection, Character — to workshop how to publicly document and position the acquisition story for maximum credibility with future investors
- tacticalA Product Hunt and GitHub build-in-public roundtable for product-led founders establishing a technical builder signal, to get tactical on what to ship and share publicly before your next raise
- introsA YC second-time founder office hours session for W21-era alumni exploring new ventures, to pressure-test early ideas and get candid feedback from people who already trust your track record
- tacticalA dinner for senior AI product leaders at Scale AI, Anthropic, and OpenAI who are navigating the line between operator and founder, to get honest input on how to clarify your public positioning across concurrent roles