MeritFirst
@MeritFirstUS
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Rebuilding America's meritocratic infrastructure. Backed by @8VC @Slow
Joined February 2025
America's frontier is in unlocking our hidden talent 🇺🇸
We raised $6M+ for @MeritFirstUS, co-led by @8vc (@JTLonsdale @andrewoetting) and @slow (@lessin) with participation from @rauchg to restore merit to hiring and help revitalize the American Dream, where opportunity is promised and outcomes are earned.
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Morning. On today’s show: – @karimatiyeh (Ramp) – @alexkshieh (The Antifraud Co) – @dteare (1Password) – @gilbert & @djrosent (Acquired) – @sergiynest (Quilter) – @jlopas (Base Power Co) – @ryanjdaniels (Crosby) – @zganieany (MeritFirst) – @yashrathod_75 (Origin) See you there.
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this is a special role at Julius. if you’re hungry and obsessed with producing content, and open to moving to San Francisco to join our core team, we will give you a shot you will work directly with me and Tyler to scale our content and storytelling share this with your friends
🚨 @JuliusAI_ IS HIRING 🚨 Looking for someone to help us ramp up our content engine. Whether you're an editor, producer, habitual doomscroller, or just content visionary, please don't send me your resume and send me something you've made. If you're looking for sample files,
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🚨 @JuliusAI_ IS HIRING 🚨 Looking for someone to help us ramp up our content engine. Whether you're an editor, producer, habitual doomscroller, or just content visionary, please don't send me your resume and send me something you've made. If you're looking for sample files,
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Excited to share that we've raised a $22.5m Series A for Hello Patient, led by Scale Venture Partners. This is by far the worst announcement video I've ever made. I can't believe our lead investor agreed to this
Our lead investor and I have a big announcement to share. Thursday, 9AM PT.
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All of our new roles just went live! We're hiring: - Full Stack Engineering - Prompt Engineering - Account Executives - BDRs - Head of Marketing - Implementation - Account Management Austin or NYC based (and will pay for you to relocate). https://t.co/ls5QIlJJ8W
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Employers can solve this problem with assessments
Employers are buried in AI-generated resumes, per NYT.
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Come work with me, @lessin, and @billyfilm on the Slow Creator Fund! Link to apply below
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2/ It’s a two-pronged attack—as evaluating talent also becomes easier with experiments like @MeritfirstUS by @slow & @8vc, where expensive degree brands 🦚 are no longer the sole gatekeepers.
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Weekly reminder that we're growing our engineering team of 7 at Hello Patient! Looking for folks with 4+ years of experience and live in or willing to move to Austin, TX. DM me your LinkedIn or resume and come build the next generation of patient engagement software with us.
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First week @MeritFirstUS update: First group of partner companies is connecting to talent, with 660+ candidates starting their journey with us. And the bar is high - only 32 test takers earned an "A" so far. No grade inflation here. Top performers will hear from us this week.
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Exciting milestone @MeritFirstUS! First group of partner companies is connecting to talent, with 660+ candidates starting their journey with us. And the bar is high - only 32 test takers earned an "A" so far. No grade inflation here. Top performers will hear from us this week.
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We’ve been thrilled by the initial response to MeritFirst and are excited to connect top talent with roles across our network. If you want a new challenge and have < 60 minutes this weekend, we’d love for you to complete our assessment and show us what you can do!
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Merit First: No more interview scripts, just aptitude tests. But is that any better than dating apps where only 6’5 VP bros win? @Jack_Raines @angelesahr
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Former Cruise employees.. check us out!
Autonomous vehicle company Cruise is laying off 50% of its workforce as it prepares to shut down operations. What remains of Cruise will move under parent company General Motors as the automaker directs its resources towards improving its hands-free driver assistance system
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Your entire team should be competent. Make that happen with merit-based hiring!
The ultimate high performer killer… the curse of competence. You shouldn’t have to carry another’s load just because you can.
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The response to MeritFirst has been awesome - we are psyched. We are working through a big backlog of companies and candidates to onboard folks. If you haven't heard from us over email yet you will soon... and for general updates follow us for updates at @MeritFirstUS
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Merit is no longer a dirty word, but assessing abilities (vs credentials) is deceptively hard. We’re proud to launch Merit First with @lessin & @slow: open, high-signal testing to connect exceptional talent & worthy efforts. Now live for cos/candidates!
meritfirst.us
We're developing objective tests that measure what actually matters: raw intelligence, problem-solving ability, and the capacity to adapt & execute.
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In 2025, merit is back in the USA. But merit needs better infrastructure. Too many are stuck in credentialism, filtering for elite degrees and (worse?) FAANG resumes. So, @lessin and I are launching Merit First! You can help by getting smart friends to take our new tests! 🧵
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