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YoungTech Review - October Edition
Jacob Laes
October 06, 2025
Your source for YoungTech exclusive news, member spotlights, job postings, and event updates.
Welcome back! It’s been an exciting month. In this issue, you’ll find event highlights, founders spotlights, a roundup of job openings, and a sneak peek at what’s coming next.
YoungTech x Adam Burgh: Build Night with Bolt
The YoungTech community showed up for Build Night with Bolt, a collaboration with Adam Burgh. In just under two hours, participants built and published fully working apps. Check out some of the projects here→
Our judges and audience voted on their favorite two standout apps: Check out their projects here.
Holly McAninch – Academic Pulse view project →
Meera Patel – AI Factory Layout Planner view project →
A big thank you to judges Akrita Agarwal and Craig Robinson for mentoring the coders, and of course Mallory Loar and Kate Trahan for providing all the builders with Bolt Pro accounts!
Missed the event and want to build too?
Want to build your own app with AI? Come out to one of Adams future events—no previous coding experience required: https://lu.ma/adamburgh.
Founder Spotlight!
This month, we’re spotlighting two founders, working on some exciting projects.
Meet Kriti Goyal, a Machine Learning Engineer at Apple working on the Foundation Model.
Her journey into AI began in Bikaner, India, where opportunities for girls were often limited. While there, she watched this video from code.org and it changed her perspective on coding, showing her that with code, anyone can turn ideas into reality with just a laptop and internet connection.
She realized AI isn’t just the future, it’s a major amplifier of human potential, compressing decades of progress into months.
Her advice to YoungTech: “Don't just chase the wow moment of the demo. Fall in love with the rigorous process of turning that fragile sculpture into a hardened, dependable bridge. The world has a lot of impressive demos. What it needs are most trustworthy AI products that solve real problems at scale.”
Check out Kirti’s LinkedIn here.
Sirius Gu is building an AI-native play therapy solution for neurodivergent youth with autism and ADHD.
As a neurodivergent individual himself, Sirius has looked for solutions, but found nothing on the market that truly worked, so he decided to build it.
Sirius believes we are in the early days of two simultaneous technology shifts, Agentic AI and Spatial Computing. According to Sirius, when put together, these will redefine how humans interact with machines, starting with critical use cases for neurodivergent users.
Advice to YoungTech: “Build something you desperately need, regardless of what the market wants.”
Check out Sirius’s LinkedIn.
And check out the ImproVRise Website.
Job Openings
Saphira AI (YC S24): Rethinking compliance for robotics, semiconductors & automotive
Role: Founding GTM & BizOps
Why it’s cool: Traction with both startups and industry leaders; chance to own growth systems, outbound, and scalable ops.
Casium: Building the future of immigration (Seattle, in-person)
Roles:
Founding Engineer (Generalist / Full-Stack)
Founding AI Engineer
Head of Operations
Why it’s cool: Tiny team, huge impact. Competitive salary, meaningful equity, full health coverage, visa sponsorship.
How to apply: Email [email protected] with something you’ve built.
Referral bonus: $2.5K + team hike if your referral is hired.
Finvari: Hiring across product, engineering, and more
If you’re interested in working on critical problems for amazing customers with a great team, check out their openings in product, engineering, customer success & support, finance, people & talent, and marketing.
MathGPT: Math confidence for 10M+ students
Role: Growth Lead
Why it’s cool: Own growth at one of the fastest-growing edtech startups. Lead UGC with 40+ influencers, scale paid ads on TikTok/Instagram, and directly shape how millions of students learn.
How to apply: Reach out at [email protected].
Stay tuned for more Build Nights, workshops, and community gatherings on the horizon. Keep an eye on our linkedIn and newsletters so you don’t miss out.
Back to Our Roots with Catalyst
YoungTech is excited to be partnering with Catalyst to bring back the kind of high-energy tech events that started it all. More details coming soon.
Partner Spotlight: Delve:
🚀 Delve just raised a $32M Series A at a $300M valuation, led by Insight Partners! We’re redefining compliance with an AI-native platform that gets companies like Lovable and Bland audit-ready in just 15 hours.
To celebrate:
$2K off setup for new customers
Free custom doormat if you repost + comment here
Thank you for your support—this is just the beginning.
Partner Spotlight: Afino
Afino: AI-powered finance team that gives startups real-time insights, investor-grade reporting, and expert support—no in-house hire required.
Book a call here to get first year taxes done for free (https://app.reclaim.ai/m/afino/young-tech)
Your AI-Powered, Slack-Connected Finance Team
Other Opportunities & Resources:
YoungTech X Deel: YoungTech is now an official partner of Deel (Global HR, Hiring, Payroll, & Immigration company)!
Every Startup in YTS gets $1,500 in credits for their first year!
Head to this link or reach out to [email protected] to redeem.
YoungTech X Stifel: As you likely already know, YTS is a partner (and happy customer) of Stifel Bank
Looking to spin up a business bank? Look no further
Reach out to [email protected]
YoungTech X Fenwick: And for all things legal — Fenwick & West is simply the best there is.
Reach out to [email protected] or [email protected]
Thank you for all of your support as we continue to grow YoungTech; we’re so appreciative of your support in building the next generation of founders, funders, and tech leaders.
We’d love to hear your thoughts on how we can create a space and community for you - email us at [email protected] with thoughts on how we can best grow and serve you!