September 2026 @ NYC Founders Club
Moda CEO Anvisha Pai's experience building AI for design, September events, new founder opportunities, and more!
Opening Remarks
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News from Members 🎉
Member Jacob Chia's healthcare startup Evergrove, is launching out of stealth at YC S26 Demo day, on track for >500k calls this year. They are focused on complete capture of workers comp and come from Newfront Insurance (W18, acq $1.3B). Congrats to the team and read more here.
Let’s get started! 🚀
Founder Spotlight: Anvisha Pai, Founder and CEO of Moda
Why build Moda?
Anvisha: "The thing about design is even if you're working with the best designer in the world, there's almost zero chance that the first thing they give you is going to be perfect. It's such a subjective thing. You're going to want to iterate on it. AI, no matter how good, is not going to give you a one-shot perfect design. No one is. Let's make it such that you can actually iterate."
The Ask
Anvisha: “Well, we're hiring, so I would love to plug that. But only the best… We're hiring in engineering and go-to-market. And yeah, I mean, try the product.”
If this sounds like you or someone you know, reach out via LinkedIn and check out open roles here. Additionally, NYCFC readers get a month of Pro free with code NYCFC!
Learn more about Anvisha - second-time founder, on why AI will never one-shot a perfect design, hiring graphic designers to dogfood her own product, and why you should launch the waitlist before the product's ready. Read our full interview with Anvisha here.
Coming Up 🔥
🍻 9/9: YC Alumni + Friends Happy Hour (🗽)
🔥 9/15: YC App Pitch & Roast w/ Corgi (🗽)
🍽️ 9/17: NYCFC Quarterly Dinner (🗽,👥)
🍽️ 9/22: NYCFC Founders Dinner (🗽,👥)
🧬 9/24: Building in AI × Life Sciences: A Fireside Chat with NVIDIA and Databricks by NYC Founders Club (🗽)
🗽 = NYCFC-hosted event
👥 = members-only event
‼️ = new event
Subscribe to our Luma calendar here.
Email team@nycfounders.club to have us feature your event!
Founder Opportunities 🤝
A few companies in our network are looking to be connected with founders in our community. If you fit the profile, you take a 30-minute call, hear the pitch, and you get paid. That's the whole thing - no obligation to buy, no follow-up sequence.
If you're a founder or a senior-level operator, you likely qualify. Here are some opportunities:
Numeral (up to $240) - AI for sales tax and compliance across states and countries.
Rho ($250) - Banking and financial automation platform built for startups.
Rillet ($100) - Rillet is the AI-native ERP that automates accounting and core financial operations.
Corridor ($100) - AI-Native health insurance brokerage for startups & small businesses.
Highbeam ($100) - AI-powered financial command center for consumer brands.
Deel ($100) - Global hiring, payroll, and HR platform for distributed teams.
Stanify ($100) - Stanify works with Fortune 500 companies and a wide range of other businesses (CPG, ecomm, media, etc.) using AI to help teams with safety / engagement / insights on social at scale.
Pylon (up to $200) - Pylon is the Agentic B2B support platform, across every channel and serves as the hub for modern day support teams.
North.Cloud ($100) - All-in-one FinOps platform that helps companies reduce cloud costs and get better visibility across AWS and GCP.
See all opportunities here (SUPERPOWER, WithCoverage, Comp AI, TestParty, and more).
Coworking:
Series HQ — Free co-working trial for NYCFC readers
A founders-only workspace in Chelsea with 24/7 access (and a private chef!). Desks are open now, and NYCFC readers get access to a free 1-week trial. Reach out to abe@series.so for more info!
Roles at NYCFC Companies 👩🏻💻
👉 Invoice Butler is hiring a Founding Customer Success Manager (‼️) and a Founding Engineer.
👉 Ghosteye is hiring a Chief of Staff, Security Researcher, Head of Marketing, Software Engineer, and Solutions Engineer.
👉 Neptune is hiring a Founding Growth Marketer and Founding Engineer.
👉 Kickoff is hiring a Provider Growth Manager and other roles across growth and engineering.
👉 Cobalt ID is hiring a Staff Software Engineer.
👉 Zingage is hiring a Head of Talent Engineering, a Founding GTM Engineer, Founding Engineers, and SWEs.
‼️ = new role
See you next edition!
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