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- joanne jang profile (prometheus) — prometheusroot.com (2026, reference). model spec stewardship; oai labs; reservoir samples; jony ive adjacency (reported)
- aliisa rosenthal — acrew capital — acrewcapital.com (2026-09-16, reference). acrew gp bio
- openais former head of sales is entering vc (fortune) — fortune (2026-01-22, reporting). rosenthal → acrew gp; openai first commercial hire jun 2022
- aliisa rosenthal — linkedin — linkedin (2026-09-16, reference). "$10m→$10b" revenue scaling claims (self-reported)
- solving rubiks cube with a robot hand (arxiv 1910.07113) — arxiv.org (2019-10, repo). "solving rubik's cube with a robot hand" (tworek co-author)
- mark saroufim — github — github (2026-09-16, repo). github profile — @coreautom/@pytorch/@gpu-mode
- mark saroufim — linkedin — linkedin (2026-09-16, reference). gpu mode/pytorch work list
- from pytorch to gpu mode — saroufim interview — snipd (2026, interview). "from pytorch to gpu mode" — microsoft→graphcore→pytorch→gpu mode path
- rohan anil — google scholar — scholar.google.com (2026-09-16, repo). anil publications (gemini, palm, etc.)
- jerry tworek — google scholar — scholar.google.com.sg (2026-09-16, repo). tworek citation profile
- avsf – core automation 2026, llc — form d (sec) — sec (2026-08-17, primary). "avsf – core automation 2026, llc" — alumni ventures feeder spv, $2,109,250, 100 investors, first sale 2026-08-03
- core automation, inc. — form d (sec) — sec (2026-07-30, primary). form d: $635,249,754 offering; $432,125,053 sold; $135,252,607 safe conversion; 51 investors; first sale 2026-07-15; officers/directors; 340 brannan st sf
- sequoia promo post quoting tworek (linkedin) — linkedin, sequoia capital (2026-07-31, primary). sequoia promo quoting tworek's automation-agency framing
- core automation company profile (silicon valley investclub — conflates the 2001 namesake) — siliconvalleyinvestclub.com (2026-07, reference). caplight/forge-sourced table: apr seed $100m @ $1b post; jul $432.125m @ $3.62b post
- building the automated agi lab — timestamped transcript (teahose) — teahose.com, sonya huang and pat grady (2026-07-29, archive). timestamped verbatim quotes from the episode
- core automations first x post (texxr mirror) — texxr.com, core automation (2026-04-21, archive). mirror of company's first x post ("today we're announcing core automation…")
- tworeks launch post (texxr mirror) — texxr.com, jerry tworek (2026-04-21, archive). tworek's launch tweet ("small step for a finger on 'post tweet' button…")
- rohan anil — theorg profile — theorg.com (2026, reference). anthropic mts since jun 2025; ucsd ms; bits pilani
- tilde research — linkedin — linkedin, tilde research (2026-09-16, reference). tilde research — 12-person moonshot lab (dhruv pai, mason wang); competition co-host
- building the automated agi lab — tworek and anil (getpodcast record) — getpodcast.com, sonya huang and pat grady (2026-07-29, interview). sequoia training data ep w/ tworek & anil
- jerry tworek — linkedin — linkedin (2026-09-16, reference). openai roles/dates; independent view (amsterdam) 2015–2018
- ex-openai researcher on why he left — unsupervised learning ep. 81 — unsupervised-learning.simplecast.com (2026, interview). tworek on scaling limits, continual learning, why he left
- the two years his idea sat unfunded (ecosystem.ai) — jayvanzyl.me (2026-09-08, reporting). "two years unfunded" rl-at-openai anecdote
- core automation funding profile (vcbacked) — vcbacked.co (2026, reference). $100m seed, apr 2026; accel/nvidia/spark
- julia villagra — linkedin — linkedin (2026-09-16, reference). openai cpo jun 2024–oct 2025 (per li text); hrt head of people; "member of the xyz staff"
- jerry tworek speaker bio (warsaw.ai) — warsaw.ai (2020, reference). bio: msc mathematics univ. of warsaw; "first five years of his career in the hedge fund industry"
- joanne jang speaker bio (womenpm) — womenpm.org (undated, reference). bio: google assistant nlu, dropbox; ms cs + bs applied math stanford; joined openai 2021
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Original source occurrences
- joanne jang profile (prometheus) · prometheusroot.com · 2026 (year) · original ID: src-hp-prometheus-jang · Other public citations of this URL
model spec stewardship; oai labs; reservoir samples; jony ive adjacency (reported)
- aliisa rosenthal — acrew capital · acrewcapital.com · 2026-09-16 (day) · original ID: src-hp-rosenthal-acrew · Other public citations of this URL
acrew gp bio
- openais former head of sales is entering vc (fortune) · fortune · 2026-01-22 (day) · original ID: src-hp-rosenthal-fortune · Other public citations of this URL
rosenthal → acrew gp; openai first commercial hire jun 2022
- aliisa rosenthal — linkedin · linkedin · 2026-09-16 (day) · original ID: src-hp-rosenthal-linkedin · Other public citations of this URL
"$10m→$10b" revenue scaling claims (self-reported)
- solving rubiks cube with a robot hand (arxiv 1910.07113) · arxiv.org · 2019-10 (month) · original ID: src-hp-rubiks-paper · Other public citations of this URL
"solving rubik's cube with a robot hand" (tworek co-author)
- mark saroufim — github · github · 2026-09-16 (day) · original ID: src-hp-saroufim-github · Other public citations of this URL
github profile — @coreautom/@pytorch/@gpu-mode
- mark saroufim — linkedin · linkedin · 2026-09-16 (day) · original ID: src-hp-saroufim-linkedin · Other public citations of this URL
gpu mode/pytorch work list
- from pytorch to gpu mode — saroufim interview · snipd · 2026 (year) · original ID: src-hp-saroufim-podcast · Other public citations of this URL
"from pytorch to gpu mode" — microsoft→graphcore→pytorch→gpu mode path
- rohan anil — google scholar · scholar.google.com · 2026-09-16 (day) · original ID: src-hp-scholar-anil · Other public citations of this URL
anil publications (gemini, palm, etc.)
- jerry tworek — google scholar · scholar.google.com.sg · 2026-09-16 (day) · original ID: src-hp-scholar-tworek · Other public citations of this URL
tworek citation profile
- avsf – core automation 2026, llc — form d (sec) · sec · 2026-08-17 (day) · original ID: src-hp-sec-formd-avsf · Other public citations of this URL
"avsf – core automation 2026, llc" — alumni ventures feeder spv, $2,109,250, 100 investors, first sale 2026-08-03
- core automation, inc. — form d (sec) · sec · 2026-07-30 (day) · original ID: src-hp-sec-formd-coreauto · Other public citations of this URL
form d: $635,249,754 offering; $432,125,053 sold; $135,252,607 safe conversion; 51 investors; first sale 2026-07-15; officers/directors; 340 brannan st sf
- sequoia promo post quoting tworek (linkedin) · linkedin · 2026-07-31 (day) · original ID: src-hp-sequoia-linkedin · Other public citations of this URL · sequoia capital
sequoia promo quoting tworek's automation-agency framing
- core automation company profile (silicon valley investclub — conflates the 2001 namesake) · siliconvalleyinvestclub.com · 2026-07 (month) · original ID: src-hp-svinvestclub · Other public citations of this URL
caplight/forge-sourced table: apr seed $100m @ $1b post; jul $432.125m @ $3.62b post
- building the automated agi lab — timestamped transcript (teahose) · teahose.com · 2026-07-29 (day) · original ID: src-hp-teahose-transcript · Other public citations of this URL · sonya huang and pat grady
timestamped verbatim quotes from the episode
- core automations first x post (texxr mirror) · texxr.com · 2026-04-21 (day) · original ID: src-hp-texxr-coreauto · Other public citations of this URL · core automation
mirror of company's first x post ("today we're announcing core automation…")
- tworeks launch post (texxr mirror) · texxr.com · 2026-04-21 (day) · original ID: src-hp-texxr-tworek · Other public citations of this URL · jerry tworek
tworek's launch tweet ("small step for a finger on 'post tweet' button…")
- rohan anil — theorg profile · theorg.com · 2026 (year) · original ID: src-hp-theorg-anil · Other public citations of this URL
anthropic mts since jun 2025; ucsd ms; bits pilani
- tilde research — linkedin · linkedin · 2026-09-16 (day) · original ID: src-hp-tilde-linkedin · Other public citations of this URL · tilde research
tilde research — 12-person moonshot lab (dhruv pai, mason wang); competition co-host
- building the automated agi lab — tworek and anil (getpodcast record) · getpodcast.com · 2026-07-29 (day) · original ID: src-hp-training-data · Other public citations of this URL · sonya huang and pat grady
sequoia training data ep w/ tworek & anil
- jerry tworek — linkedin · linkedin · 2026-09-16 (day) · original ID: src-hp-tworek-linkedin · Other public citations of this URL
openai roles/dates; independent view (amsterdam) 2015–2018
- ex-openai researcher on why he left — unsupervised learning ep. 81 · unsupervised-learning.simplecast.com · 2026 (year) · original ID: src-hp-unsupervised-learning · Other public citations of this URL
tworek on scaling limits, continual learning, why he left
- the two years his idea sat unfunded (ecosystem.ai) · jayvanzyl.me · 2026-09-08 (day) · original ID: src-hp-vanzyl · Other public citations of this URL
"two years unfunded" rl-at-openai anecdote
- core automation funding profile (vcbacked) · vcbacked.co · 2026 (year) · original ID: src-hp-vcbacked · Other public citations of this URL
$100m seed, apr 2026; accel/nvidia/spark
- julia villagra — linkedin · linkedin · 2026-09-16 (day) · original ID: src-hp-villagra-linkedin · Other public citations of this URL
openai cpo jun 2024–oct 2025 (per li text); hrt head of people; "member of the xyz staff"
- jerry tworek speaker bio (warsaw.ai) · warsaw.ai · 2020 (year) · original ID: src-hp-warsawai · Other public citations of this URL
bio: msc mathematics univ. of warsaw; "first five years of his career in the hedge fund industry"
- joanne jang speaker bio (womenpm) · womenpm.org · undated (unknown) · original ID: src-hp-womenpm-jang · Other public citations of this URL
bio: google assistant nlu, dropbox; ms cs + bs applied math stanford; joined openai 2021