Tip-offs
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Feb 27, 2026
Each week, we surface high-potential startups & promising founders.
This week's highlights →
🧠 DeepMind DNA
Ex-Google DeepMind PhDs building AI startups.
Ahmad Beirami
Georgia Tech PhD (Electrical & Computer Engineering). Ex-Google DeepMind Research Scientist (Gemini post-training, RL & inference), ex-Meta/Facebook AI Research Scientist (Conversational AI, tool use), ex-EA AI Research Scientist. Now co-founder of a stealth AI startup.
US
Anna Goldie
Stanford PhD (CS). MIT 35 Under 35. Ex-DeepMind Staff Research Scientist and AlphaChip co-lead (Nature, used in production TPU design), ex-Anthropic Member of Technical Staff. Now founder & CEO of Ricursive Intelligence, a frontier AI lab building self-improving systems for chip design.
Palo Alto, US
Borja Balle
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (PhD, Computing). Ex-Google DeepMind Staff Research Scientist (6+ years, privacy & machine learning) & ex-Amazon Machine Learning Scientist. Now co-founder of a stealth AI startup.
Barcelona, Spain
Ilia Shumailov
Cambridge PhD (CS). Ex-Google DeepMind Senior Research Scientist (SynthID, LLM watermarking, prompt injection defenses). Now founder of AI Sequrity Company, building tools to make AI reliable and trustworthy at scale.
London, UK
Peter Toth
Ex-DeepMind Research Engineer (physics-based AI, co-author of Hamiltonian Generative Networks, ICLR 2020). Now founder & CEO of EIDON AI, building a decentralized network for real-world embodied AI data collection.
Austin, US
⭐ Top Rated SaaS
The products closest to a perfect score on Capterra recently.
Inhubber | 4.99 ⭐
AI-powered contract management platform streamlining digitalization, review, and lifecycle management for businesses. Raised a Seed round in Aug 2022.
Berlin, Germany
Rater8 | 4.98 ⭐
Healthcare reputation management platform helping medical practices generate patient reviews and strengthen online presence. Raised a Series A in Apr 2024 from Elsewhere Partners.
Montvale, US
Paperflite | 4.96 ⭐
AI-native revenue enablement platform helping sales teams manage content, engage buyers, and close deals. Raised a $400K Seed in Jan 2018 from The Chennai Angels.
Camden Wyoming, US
WeStrive | 4.95 ⭐
SaaS platform automating operations for personal trainers, dietitians, and gym owners. Raised a $300K Pre-Seed in Feb 2021.
Austin, US
Event Temple | 4.94 ⭐
Growth platform for hotels and venues, streamlining sales and operations to increase revenue. Raised a $50K Angel round in Jan 2016.
Vancouver, Canada
