Rooftop Fireside w/ YC Startup Founders & onesixone VC
We're bringing together a curated room of the top builders, founders, and early employees at startups for a rooftop fireside with a focus on AI and tech, and what an AI native org looks like. We will also have a couple founder demos, and networking right next to the water in Chelsea NYC.
Fireside panelists include:
Brandon Slicklein who has bootstrapped his AI Agency Aurapath to over ~$500k in revenue in about 6 months, ex consultant.
Akhil Reddy who founded Thera, payroll for modern SMB’s. YC S22 and raised a $4.5M seed in late 2024, ex amazon engineer.
Christopher Kennamer VC at onesixone ventures, deployed 28 investments in Q1 2025 and is currently raising a fund II to deploy investments 2026 fall/winter
This will be in the Chelsea neighborhood. Food and drinks will be provided, there are limited spots, please apply through RSVP.
5:30-6 networking / mingling.
6-7 fireside / demo’s.
7-8 networking / conclusion.
Here's who is making it happen:
Jake Moshel - Novix AI turns issues into sandbox tested PR’s from your current stack, whether a customer bug or in the dev backlog it will create a PR without you opening another UI. Learn more at getnovix.ai
Brandon Slicklein - Aurapath AI builds, enables, and advises on AI-native software for growing teams, shipping working systems aligned to how your team already works. Learn more at aurapathai.com
Neel Nimbalkar - Traven is a fully autonomous AI computer in your browser. Capable of research, outbound, coding, and more for multi-hour agent runs. Learn more at Traven.ai
Akhil Reddy - Thera runs your US payroll, global contractor payouts, and international hiring in one place so you can pay your first hires in 150+ countries in a few clicks while being compliant. Learn more at getthera.com
Christopher Kennamer - Active early stage VC at onesixone ventures where beyond funding they act as a GTM engine, making introductions to fortune 500 companies, hiring assistance, and bring access to the best advisors and angel investors. Learn more at onesixone.ventures/portfolio
Abraham Rajput, Head of Community at Series - the First AI Social Network on iMessage. Don't bother your friends for warm intros, bother your AI friend instead. Learn more at series.so
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