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Velvet

Velvet

World model datasets and research

San Francisco
3 employees
B2B
Pre-seed · $500K
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About Velvet

World model datasets and research

Open positions (3)

Forward Deployed Engineer

Full-time
San Francisco, CA
$175k – $200k
1% - 2.5% equity

Founding Machine Learning Engineer

Full-time
San Francisco, CA
$180k – $200k
1% - 4% equity

Research Scientist

Full-time
San Francisco, CA
$250k – $300k
1% - 4% equity

Company details

Team Size3
LocationSan Francisco
IndustryB2B

Funding

Total raised

$500K

Last stage

Pre-seed

Investors

Y Combinator

Founders

Lucas Mantovani

Lucas Mantovani

Co-founder, CEO of Velvet. Ex video data + youngest member @ Meta FAIR. CS honors @ UChicago. Brazilian olympiad medalist in Math + Physics.

LinkedIn
Lucas Tucker

Lucas Tucker

Co-founder, CTO of Velvet. Ex-eng @ Adobe working on realtime content delivery. Honors Math & CS @ UChicago.

LinkedIn

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.