Startups & Tech - Issue #185: Web3 Developers, Alexa As a Platform, Your Salary Data

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A curated list of the top stories in technology, startups, and venture capital.

GM. Two personal updates for this week:

Proud to announce we led the seed round for Zeet. DevOps automation platform with 16,000 developers on the platform and some kickass founders previously at AWS/Twitch.
A lot of VCs love to talk about how “long term” they are but we like to prove it. 💪

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Written by Chris McCann, General Partner @ Race Capital, former Greylock Partners. More about me.

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🗞️ Interesting Things Last Week

Report on the developer ecosystem for Web3. Solana is one of the fastest growing ecosystems in terms of developer growth.
Amazon Alexa has sold well but hasn’t really turned into a platform (as many expected).
Tips for managing a remote team.
On perspective on the point of Web3 - permissionless databases.
A firsthand account of being an engineering intern at Goldman Sachs.
Beware tech companies are selling your personal salary information.
Notes on the future of Saber - the liquidity protocol on Solana.

🔥 Startup Jobs

Scarf: Head of Growth (Remote, US)
Zeet: Front End Engineer, Decentralized Engineer (SF, CA)
Zeta: Marketing Lead (Remote)
FTX: Full Stack Developer (Miami, FL)
Opaque: Technical Recruiter, Product Designer, Developer Evangelist (Berkeley, CA)
SocialChat: Operations Manager (San Francisco, CA)
GoodNotes: Back-End Team Lead (London, UK)

Browse more open roles across our portfolio at Race Capital’s Portfolio Job Board

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