Basis Set

Jobs: @NowadaysAI is hiring for a Founding AI Engineer, a Founding Product Designer, and a Founding Software Engineer! Nowadays is the first AI platform for planning corporate events. If you're excited about building AI agents, crafting design systems from scratch, or owning the full stack at an early-stage company, these roles could be a fit! Apply here: #content" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">jobs.basisset.com/companies/nowa…

Perspectives: Introspection without self-awareness There’s been a lot of discussion around founder introspection lately. But introspection isn’t the bottleneck. Self-awareness is. Most people think they’re self-aware. Few actually are. That’s the problem. Introspection doesn’t create truth, it amplifies whatever model of yourself you already have. So if that model is wrong, introspection becomes a closed loop. You reinforce your own narrative instead of correcting it. Learning only compounds when your self-model is grounded in external reality: data, customer behavior, actual outcomes. Otherwise, you’re just iterating on your own (often biased) interpretation of events — not reality.

Jobs: @onequince is hiring for a VP of Quality, a Sr. Technical Designer and a Global Payroll Manager! Quince delivers premium fashion and home essentials at prices free from retail and supply chain markups. If you're excited about global supply chain quality, garment fit and technical design, or multi-region payroll operations, these roles could be a fit! Apply here: #content" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">jobs.basisset.com/companies/quin…

Perspectives: Framing ROI for enterprises When we speak with enterprises buying AI tools, one pattern shows up repeatedly: founders pitch ROI as a cost-savings story but can’t connect it back to the operational realities of an enterprise buyer. Buyers tend to translate AI ROI into specific headcount decisions. Not “this saves 30% on support costs,” but “I won’t need to backfill 12 roles next quarter.” How many roles, in which teams or geographies, and when. One SVP told us he manually took a strategic ROI number from a startup, converted it into the exact number of hires he wouldn’t need to make in each geography, and brought that to his CFO. That got approved. The vendor’s ROI slide deck, full of percentage savings and efficiency metrics, wasn’t as helpful. If you’re a founder selling to enterprises, your product’s ROI model probably has the right math. But if it doesn’t translate into an operational story the buyer can walk into a budget meeting with, you’re forcing them to do the hardest part themselves.

Perspectives: Context is All Your Company Needs The bottleneck to AI productivity isn't intelligence, latency, or cost. It's context. Models are good enough for knowledge work. When AI underperforms, the issue is almost always insufficient context. Yet most enterprise knowledge sits fragmented across tools that were built as data silos for human consumption, not AI agents. The unlock is documenting how decisions are made, not just what was decided. When you capture the reasoning behind choices, you build compounding organizational intelligence that AI can actually leverage. We explore why proprietary knowledge is becoming competitive advantage, and what it looks like to rebuild your company's infrastructure around context. Read more 👉 basisset.com/insights/conte…

News: Congrats to @onequince on their latest $500M Series E from @ICONIQCapital at a $10.1B valuation We're proud to have been first partners to Quince, and investors in every round the company has ever raised. Quince democratizes access to the highest quality products for millions of customers around the world, a direct result of its relentless focus on technology and streamlining supply chains. Read more about Quince and the rise of infrastructure-first consumer 👉basisset.com/insights/beyon…

Jobs: @FlintK12_ is hiring for a Customer Success Engineer! Flint brings AI to K-12 schools, powering personalized learning for teachers and students worldwide. If you're excited about helping schools adopt AI and ensuring they get the most out of the platform, this role could be a fit! Apply here: #content" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">jobs.basisset.com/companies/flin…

News: Thrilled to be partnering with Opal on their $6M Seed Opal is building the finance stack for agencies, starting with unlocking credit for ad-spend. Checkout their latest in Axios this morning! 👇 axios.com/pro/fintech-de…

Jobs: @SpureeOfficial is hiring for a Member of Technical Staff - ML Development (Lead) and a CG Animator! Spuree builds AI world models that turn IP into living 3D worlds for animation and gaming. If you're excited about leading ML development for next-gen 3D content creation and bringing characters to life through CG animation at the frontier of AI-assisted storytelling, these roles could be a fit! Apply here: #content" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">jobs.basisset.com/companies/spur…

Jobs: @ItsClearlyAI is hiring for a Security Technical Implementation Lead! Clearly automates design reviews and threat modeling for security teams. If you're excited about leading end-to-end implementation with Fortune 500s and global brands operating inside complex, highly regulated security environments, these roles could be a fit! Apply here: #content" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">jobs.basisset.com/companies/clea…

Excited to officially launch @Rowspace_AI — specialized intelligence for investors to make faster, sharper decisions by compounding their edge with AI. For the first time, they can turn their stores of messy, fragmented data into judgment and workflows that scale 🧵

News: We led @quillmeetings' $6.5M Seed Quill is leading the way in bringing agents to the most common enterprise workflows — follow ups. With conversation and meeting transcription data at the core, Quill takes intelligent actions that coordinate across tools and move work forward — from CRM and ticket updates to memos and email follow-ups. Check out Quill and give it a try today!

News: @dealmomentum announces they're joining @salesforce Momentum has had a powerful vision for the ways that AI will supercharge GTM teams since day one. Huge credit to @santiycr, @moizjv, @awilson820 and the entire Momentum team on their steadfast execution towards AI revenue orchestration. We're excited to see everything that their vision can become with the power of Salesforce behind it! salesforce.com/news/stories/s…

News: Dataro announces their $14M Series A Serving some of the largest foundations in the world like Amnesty International and Save the Children, Dataro equips fundraising teams with AI so they can raise more, and raise it smarter. Congrats to the team on their latest milestone! Read more here 👇 linkedin.com/posts/timparis…

From today's fortune to tomorrow's reality, wishing all founders a bold and transformative 2026! Sending Fire Horse year energy.🧧

“You met me at a very Chinese time of my life...” 🧧 ...has been trending with Gen Z. So, we had to do our unboxing of our handcrafted red envelopes and AI fortune cookies. 🥠 Sean Lucke fortunes: – “May the probability be with you.” – “You’ll meet your next founder in this Discord server.” Appreciate Sean for being such a great sport. He's one of the kindest people I’ve met recently. Big fan of him and @jpmorgan. Thank you for your partnership! Happy Lunar New Year, and wishing everyone fire horse energy to outrun the competition! 🐎 🔥 @BasisSet @xuezhao @Rachel_S_Wong Jennifer Lee

Congrats to @tspencer15 and the entire @DideroAI team on their latest $30M Series A! Proud to be working together to simplify and streamline complex supply chains with thoughtfully designed agentic automation!