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TAREK ALARURI, 29
Cofounder, Fairmarkit
MATT ARBESFELD, 26; BEN EDELSTEIN, 26
Cofounders, LogRocket
AMMAR BANDUKWALA, 21; KYLE
CARBERRY, 22; JOHN ENTWISTLE, 22
Cofounders, Coder
SAUMYA BHATNAGAR, 29;
GAURAV BHATTACHARYA, 27
Cofounders, InvolveSoft
NICK CHERUKURI, 25
Founder, ThirdEye Gen
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DREW D’AGOSTINO, 29; GREG SKLOOT, 29
Cofounders, Crystal
ALICE DEFAULT, 28
Cofounder, Double
WILLIAM DENSLOW, 25; BRIAN ZITIN, 25
Cofounders, Reggora
SASCHA EDER, 28
Cofounder, NewtonX
JUSTIN EFFRON, 29
Cofounder, ALICE
BRUNO FAVIERO, 27;
SIMANTA GAUTAM, 24
Cofounders, Synapse Technology
SAM FELSENTHAL, 29;
DEVON TIVONA, 28
Cofounders, Pana
WILL GUILLAUME FOUSSIER, 29;
LAYLA LYNN, 29
Cofounders, AceUp
RYAN GIBSON, 26;
MARIA RIOUMINE, 28
Cofounders, Agora
ENTERPRISE Founder, Impira
ANKUR GOYAL, 29
MAYANK GOYAL, 26; ADIT JAIN, 26;
ANAND PRAJAPATI, 26
Cofounders, Leena AI
NIKITA GUPTA, 24; AHVA SADEGHI, 26
TECH Cofounders, Symba
ROB GURZEEV, 28
Cofounder, CyCognito
NICOLE HARDSON-HURLEY, 24;
SARGUN KAUR, 27
Cofounders, Byteboard
BLAINE HATAB, 27;
KANJUN QIU, 29 JOHNNY JI, 25
Cofounders, Distru
C OFO UN D ER , S OU RCE R ESS HARRISON HUNTER, 25;
VASU PRATHIPATI, 28
“We’re trying to democratize access to talent,” Cofounders, MaestroQA
says Kanjun Qiu. “Otherwise big companies with MAX KOLYSH, 27; ANVISHA PAI, 27
Cofounders, Dover
big resources are always going to win the talent
war.” Qiu’s company, Sourceress, gives companies AAKASH KUMAR, 29;
PAVAN PATEL, 29
recruiting tech once only available to firms with Cofounders, Shiftsmart

massive HR budgets. Its AI scours the Web, job ISAAC MADAN, 26; ROHAN SATHE, 29
sites and social media for top recruits. A team of Cofounders, Nightfall AI
copywriters pen personal introduction notes to top RACHEL OLNEY, 27
Founder, Geosite

candidates. Sourceress works with firms like Medi-
um, Cruise Automation and Ginkgo Bioworks. Qiu ALIHAN OZBAYRAK, 26; YARKIN
SAKUCOGLU, 23; JOSEPH WATKINS, 26

saw the fight for tech talent firsthand at Dropbox as Cofounders, Socio

chief of staff to company cofounder Drew Houston, KANJUN QIU, 29
where she helped the now-publicly traded cloud Cofounder, Sourceress
storage company grow from 200 to 1,200 employ- ARAM SHATAKHTSYAN, 29
ees. Her 30-person company has raised $13 mil- Cofounder, CodeSignal
lion from backers like Y Combinator and Dropbox JASMINE SHELLS, 29
Cofounder, Five to Nine
cofounders Houston and Arash Ferdowsi. —Jillian
RICK SONG, 29; CHARLES YEH, 27
D’Onfro, Helen S. Popkin, Alexandra Sternlicht
Cofounders, Persona
JUDGES: WADE FOSTER, COFOUNDER, ZAPIER (UNDER 30 CLASS OF 2017); JAYSHREE ULLAL, CEO, ARISTA NETWORKS; ERIC YUAN, FOUNDER, ZOOM.
KANJUN QIU WEARS A L’AGENCE BLUE JUMPSUIT AND BURGUNDY SUEDE JACKET.

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