- [joanne jang profile (prometheus)](https://prometheusroot.com/people/joanne-jang/) — prometheusroot.com (2026, reference). model spec stewardship; oai labs; reservoir samples; jony ive adjacency (reported)
- [aliisa rosenthal — acrew capital](https://www.acrewcapital.com/team-members/aliisa-rosenthal) — acrewcapital.com (2026-09-16, reference). acrew gp bio
- [openais former head of sales is entering vc (fortune)](https://fortune.com/2026/01/22/openais-former-head-of-sales-is-entering-vc-she-still-calls-herself-an-agi-sherpa/) — fortune (2026-01-22, reporting). rosenthal → acrew gp; openai first commercial hire jun 2022
- [aliisa rosenthal — linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliisa-rosenthal) — linkedin (2026-09-16, reference). "$10m→$10b" revenue scaling claims (self-reported)
- [solving rubiks cube with a robot hand (arxiv 1910.07113)](https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.07113) — arxiv.org (2019-10, repo). "solving rubik's cube with a robot hand" (tworek co-author)
- [mark saroufim — github](https://github.com/msaroufim) — github (2026-09-16, repo). github profile — @coreautom/@pytorch/@gpu-mode
- [mark saroufim — linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marksaroufim) — linkedin (2026-09-16, reference). gpu mode/pytorch work list
- [from pytorch to gpu mode — saroufim interview](https://share.snipd.com/episode/c8577ba1-ca13-42ac-841f-5aceef0ca3af) — snipd (2026, interview). "from pytorch to gpu mode" — microsoft→graphcore→pytorch→gpu mode path
- [rohan anil — google scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=m2qHgbwAAAAJ&hl=en) — scholar.google.com (2026-09-16, repo). anil publications (gemini, palm, etc.)
- [jerry tworek — google scholar](https://scholar.google.com.sg/citations?hl=en&user=ZPuESCQAAAAJ) — scholar.google.com.sg (2026-09-16, repo). tworek citation profile
- [avsf – core automation 2026, llc — form d (sec)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2146979/000214697926000001/primary_doc.xml) — 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)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2148145/000214814526000001/primary_doc.xml) — 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)](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sequoia_core-automation-wants-to-be-the-most-automated-activity-7489003968111566848-VJiN) — 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)](https://siliconvalleyinvestclub.com/companies/coreautomation/) — 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)](https://www.teahose.com/podcast/Training%20Data/Building%20the%20Automated%20AGI%20Lab_%20Core%20Automation's%20Jerry%20Tworek%20and%20Rohan%20Anil) — teahose.com, sonya huang and pat grady (2026-07-29, archive). timestamped verbatim quotes from the episode
- [core automations first x post (texxr mirror)](https://texxr.com/handle/coreautoai) — 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)](https://texxr.com/handle/millionint) — 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](https://theorg.com/org/anthropic/org-chart/rohan-anil) — theorg.com (2026, reference). anthropic mts since jun 2025; ucsd ms; bits pilani
- [tilde research — linkedin](https://linkedin.com/company/tilderesearch) — 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)](https://getpodcast.com/se/podcast/training-data2/building-the-automated-agi-lab-core-automations-jerry-tworek-and-rohan_a27a510384) — getpodcast.com, sonya huang and pat grady (2026-07-29, interview). sequoia training data ep w/ tworek & anil
- [jerry tworek — linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerry-tworek-b5b9aa56) — linkedin (2026-09-16, reference). openai roles/dates; independent view (amsterdam) 2015–2018
- [ex-openai researcher on why he left — unsupervised learning ep. 81](https://unsupervised-learning.simplecast.com/episodes/ep-81-ex-openai-researcher-on-why-he-left-his-honest-agi-timeline-the-limits-of-scaling-rl-v8n6gexx-fZAknHYv) — unsupervised-learning.simplecast.com (2026, interview). tworek on scaling limits, continual learning, why he left
- [the two years his idea sat unfunded (ecosystem.ai)](https://jayvanzyl.me/jerry-tworek-ex-vp-of-research-openai-now-ceo-core-automation-on-the-two-years-his-idea-sat-unfunded-and-the-one-sentence-that-changed-it/) — jayvanzyl.me (2026-09-08, reporting). "two years unfunded" rl-at-openai anecdote
- [core automation funding profile (vcbacked)](https://www.vcbacked.co/company/core-automation) — vcbacked.co (2026, reference). $100m seed, apr 2026; accel/nvidia/spark
- [julia villagra — linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliavillagra) — 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)](https://warsaw.ai/speaker/jerry-tworek/) — 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)](https://womenpm.org/speakers/speaker-4-keynote-speakers/) — womenpm.org (undated, reference). bio: google assistant nlu, dropbox; ms cs + bs applied math stanford; joined openai 2021

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