Imagine an AI employee who tells you exactly what to expect and account for at each stage of your company's lifecycle.

Ben Broca joined the team at TBPN earlier this week for a lightning round, explaining how Polsia enables entrepreneurs in every sector to build their businesses more effectively.

In 2019, Glen Gowers and Oliver Vince brought a solar-powered DNA sequencing lab into the field and found that more than half the data had never been seen before.

That insight became @basecamp-research.bsky.social: a platform built on the idea that biological discovery depends on context.

We're improving our recommendations for people to follow on Bluesky. As this ramps up, you should start seeing more relevant suggestions across the app.

What We've Learned Since 2012: Biology as a Technology Platform True backed scientist-founders building at the edge of biology and computation before anyone called it a category. Here's what 13 years of that conviction has produced.

Read the article: trueventures.com/blog/what-we...

Back in 2012, when True Ventures first began investing in biology‑focused companies, we weren’t traditional biotech investors.
But we started being first to believe in a new type of entrepreneur: scientist-Founders who were more like the technical leaders we’d previously backed.

All days should be Founder Day

We showed off an exciting new product at ATmosphereConf today:

Bluesky leans into AI with Attie, an app for building custom feeds | TechCrunch Bluesky’s new app Attie uses AI to help people build custom feeds the open social networking protocol atproto.

Bluesky leans into AI with Attie, an app for building custom feeds

Several True Ventures portfolio companies have been recognized on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list this year including:
• @madisonreedcolor.bsky.social
• @wisq.bsky.social
• @basecamp-research.bsky.social
• ICEYE
• Daydream

Fusion Materials Startup Molten Salt Solutions Lands Two New Buyers Type One Energy and Gauss Fusion have agreed to purchase the company’s isotopes, Heatmap has learned exclusively.

The best founders don’t wait for markets to be ready, they build toward the future they believe is inevitable. That makes this moment for Molten Salt Solutions so exciting. Years of technical rigor and persistence are starting to translate into real traction.
Read more: heatmap.news/climate-tech...

It feels a bit like Everything Everywhere All at Once in AI right now. New models, agent products, software factories, multi-agent demos. It can feel scattered.

Two frameworks are emerging: Loops and Swarms

More from Mike → trueventures.com/blog/loops-a...

Open Roles at Handshake — Handshake Careers Handshake is the #1 place to launch a career with no connections, experience, or luck required.

• Handshake
Senior Software Engineer - joinhandshake.com/careers/job/...
Senior Product Manager - joinhandshake.com/careers/job/...

Techstars | The world’s most active pre-seed investor Raise startup funding and gain critical insight to help launch your business through the startup accelerator and development program at Techstars.

• Nixtla
Data Scientist - jobs.techstars.com/companies/ni...
Growth Manager - jobs.techstars.com/companies/ni...

Technical Programme Manager - Basecamp Research At Basecamp Research we're looking for a Technical Programme Manager to join our team.

• BaseCamp Research
Technical Programme Manager - basecamp-research.homerun.co/technical-pr...
Software Engineer - basecamp-research.homerun.co/software-eng...

Marketing Associate - Understory Who is Understory?. Understory exists to make it easy and convenient to run an experience business that connects humans and creates memories. We build the operating system for experience creators, ...

• Understory
Marketing Associate - people.understory.io/jobs/7260461...
Sales Development Representative - people.understory.io/jobs/7370141...

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• HiMarley
Principal Industry Strategist - www.himarley.com/job/?gh_jid=...
Senior Software Engineer - www.himarley.com/job/?gh_jid=...

AIT Engineer - ICEYE Role Highlights: Title: AIT EngineerLocation: València, Spain Department: Global Manufacturing OrganizationReports to: Head of MAITE SpainType of Contract: PermanentWorking model: On-siteEmp...

• ICEYE
AIT Engineer - apply.workable.com/iceye/j/A9B3...
Customer Success Manager - apply.workable.com/iceye/j/B8AD...

• Pendulum Therapeutics
Inventory Planner - jobs.lever.co/pendulum/640...
Senior Growth Marketing Manager - jobs.lever.co/pendulum/5bf...

Senior Product Manager (Risk/Compliance) - Remote

• PayNearMe
Senior Product Manager (Risk/Compliance) - jobs.smartrecruiters.com/PayNearMe/74...
Partnerships Director - jobs.smartrecruiters.com/PayNearMe/74...

Lead Product Designer About Sandbar Sandbar is an interface company in New York City. We aim to augment individuals in an agentic world—to think, act, and move freely. Our team has built SW, ML, and HW products across Met...

• Sandbar
Lead Product Designer - jobs.ashbyhq.com/sandbar/f9d9...
Lab Technician - jobs.ashbyhq.com/sandbar/d810...

If you're looking for your next chapter, the True portfolio is a great place to start. Check the comments for high-impact roles at companies building the future.

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#StartupCareers #AIJobs

Congratulations to @amyerrett.bsky.social (CEO & Founder of @madisonreedcolor.bsky.social), @juliebornstein.bsky.social (CEO & Co-Founder of Daydream), and Ann Crady Weiss (CEO & Co-Founder Hatch) on being named to Inc.’s 2026 #FemaleFounders500.

True Partner @tonyjconrad.bsky.social shares how advances in AI are giving solo founders the leverage that once required entire teams. Polsia, built by "soloprenuer" Ben Broca, is an incredible example of what is now possible.

Home Security Systems - Cameras, Alarms, Doorbells Protect your home & watch over what's important from your phone with video doorbells, security cameras, alarms, smart lighting & more.

When Jamie Siminoff bought Ring.com, the company had $187K in the bank. The domain cost $750K.

On stage with True Partner Adam D'Augelli at Global Alts Miami 2026, Jamie shared how Adam's response to purchasing the domain and how that decision led to cementing Ring as a household name.

More Bluesky news today - we appreciate our investors who have joined us to help build out Bluesky and the Atmosphere.

The next best thing to grabbing coffee with our team? Getting instant feedback through our new AI Office Hours, built with Polsia, a True portfolio company. Pitch us, hear what we think about your GTM plan, or get our take on your product strategy.

Try AI Office Hours → trueventures.polsia.app

True-backed Basecamp Research is announcing a new partnership with NVIDIA and Anthropic along with Ultima Genomics and PacBio, bringing together large-scale biological discovery and AI.
Congratulations to the Basecamp team and everyone involved. Keep pushing the boundaries of AI-accelerated science.

We led Tenkara’s $7M round to bring ops agents to U.S. manufacturers.
When we first met Ben Stern, his lived experience was obvious. As he puts it: "Ten years ago I was building factories. Today I'm building the tools I wish I had inside them."
Huge congrats to the Tenkara team.

Why We Backed Tenkara to Build Back-Office Infrastructure for Manufacturing Mid-market manufacturers have never had the tooling to match their ambition. Tenkara changes that — aggregating supplier data, deploying AI agents, and turning days-long quoting into minutes.

Mid-market manufacturers have never had the tooling to match their ambition. Tenkara changes that — aggregating supplier data, deploying AI agents, and turning days-long quoting into minutes. Our Co-founder Phil Black shares more.

Built from decades of True Ventures’ investing experience, we created AI Office Hours with the team.

Pick a partner, pick a topic, get structured feedback in minutes. A space for founders to practice and stress-test ideas.

Early experiment — try it (no sign up):
→ trueventures.polsia.app