Xoogler.co: Build intelligent apps with Google Cloud 2/26 | Steve Chen | Daily Startup Feedback | Hiring
What is Xoogler.co?
We’re 36,000+ ex- and current Googlers. Founders, investors, operators, and the teams hiring them.
Nobody joins because they miss the old days. You join because the people who built the world’s most influential tech company are now building everything else. And this is where that happens.
Need a co-founder? They’re here. #find-a-cofounder
Raising a round? So are your future investors. #investing-early-stage
Hiring? Your best hire isn’t on LinkedIn. They’re here. #hiring-misc
Here’s who you’ll find inside:
Entrepreneurs – we do daily startup feedback sessions. Sign up here for March.
Investors – hop into #investing-early-stage. We just helped a London founder close his round last week 🙌
Talent – #hiring-misc is where roles get filled (without the resume pile)
Not sure where to start? Just DM me or Nate Dumas and we’ll point you to the right channel.
📅 Events This Week
💻 Wednesday February 25
5pm PST
Fireside chat with Crossmint’s co-founder and former APM Alfonso Gómez-Jordana Mañas
Crossmint’s mission is to help the world migrate towards a new programmatic economy. They offer an all in one platform to integrate digital economy primitives—stablecoins, wallets, payments, tokens - into any business, AI agent or app and they are hiring. From Google to Startup Founder 🚀 Join us to hear Alfonso’s scaling secrets and learn how to spot the next big opportunity in today’s market.
💻 Thursday February 26
9am GMT | 2:30pm IST | 5pm SGT | 8pm AEST
Community Onboarding
Unlock the power of the Xoogler community! Explore the directory to find the mentors, partners, and insights you need to reach your goals.
💻 Thursday February 26
10am PST | 1pm EST | 6pm GMT
Build intelligent apps with Google Cloud
Learn how Google’s Data Cloud products help data teams and CTOs leverage AI. Learn and explore products such as Spanner which provides multi-model capabilities to build intelligent, AI-enabled applications on top of your operational data. RSVP.
Speakers:
Jagan Athreya, Group Product Manager at Google Cloud
Neha Bhatnagar, Data Management Customer Engineer at Google Cloud
Karthi Thyagarajan, Senior Staff Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Native Databases
Upcoming Events Include
💻 Monday March 2 6pm PST | 9pm EST | Tuesday March 3 7:30am IST | 10am SGT | 1pm AEST Community Onboarding RSVP
💻 Startup Pitch Feedback Daily in March. Sign up for the daily feedback sessions
🇸🇬 Monday March 2 3:30pm Singapore Coffee RSVP
🗽 Sunday March 8 12pm NYC International Women’s Day Brunch hosted by Stefanie Lau. RSVP
🇸🇬 Thursday March 12 Singapore Community Builders Funding Q&A RSVP
🌁 Saturday March 14 11am San Francisco Brunch at the Ferry Building. RSVP
🇦🇺 Friday March 20 11am Sydney AI Builders Meetup. RSVP
🌁 Saturday March 21 9am Stanford Dish Hike. RSVP
🌴 Saturday April 18 Miami Yacht Party organized by Anthony Hernandez. RSVP
💻 Fireside chat with YouTube’s Co-Founder Steve Chen. RSVP
💻 Effective Altruism Bootcamp organized by Leanne Poon. RSVP
✈️ Travel with Xooglers to Bhutan, the Great Barrier Reef (to help with conservation efforts), etc. Share your interest here
👉 Sign up for the Xoogler calendar so you don’t miss out on 360+ annual events to help you connect with the community. Many events are organized between newsletters so be sure to sign up for notifications!
All Xooglers/Googlers are welcome to organize community events.
Review our playbook if you’re interested in organizing an event and email partner@xoogler.co!
Create an event for Xooglers using the create event option and submit the event and we will approve it to be featured on the Xoogler calendar for members to sign up.
Membership Directory
Recent additions include Alan Eustace, Christine Tsai, Hunter Walk and Jeff Huber. Be sure to sign up and read how they are looking to connect with Xooglers!
Xoogler Expert Network
📈 If you’re looking for an expert to help your business grow, be sure to review the list of Xoogler Experts here and reach out to experts like Jennifer (ex-Canva VP, Meta VP, Google Director) Stephen (Co-Founder of Google Maps), Travis (Strategic Finance/Fundraising), Adrian (Exec Coaching), Alex (GTM), Anna (Growth), Chris (Product), Noah (Game Design), Romain (Security), Sal (Partnerships), Stef (Product/Strategic Consulting), Terry (Talent Acquisition), and Vero (Marketing). Email for us to help you find more experts within the community and apply to join the list of experts here.
🎥 Fireside Chat with Gamma’s CEO/Co-Founder, Grant Lee
On Thursday January 29, the Xoogler community gathered in Palo Alto for an energizing session with Grant Lee. Moderated by Kushagra Shrivastava, CEO/Co-Founder of Key AI, the conversation centered on the founder’s journey and the art of maintaining radical self-belief, even when the venture capital world says “no.”
Big takeaway: Your vision shouldn’t be defined by investor skepticism.
Hiring Alert: Gamma is growing! Check out their open roles. Key AI is also hiring.