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Alexa

Kayman

chasing the rush of creation

Head of Operations @ Nova Intelligence (agentic enterprise systems for Fortune 500s, $40m seed + series A led by Chemistry and Accel).

Angel investing $5k-$25k. Grants up to $1k @ bagel.fund.

Prev, Head of Operations @ Bloom ($3 million+ ARR, YC W21) at 16, Research Fellow @ Contrary, Philosophy/CS @ Columbia, Barnard.

Nova Intelligence

2026 - Present

Head of Operations

Agentic AI platform for enterprise systems, starting with SAP. $40m seed + series A led by Chemistry and Accel.

  • Revenue operations to land and expand the largest companies in the world across core commodities, energy, mining, automotive, and more
  • Strategic operations from keeping the boat afloat, generalist internal tooling + our own agentic workflows, to whatever it takes
  • Working with lots of germans and flying red eyes

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2024 - 2025

Special Projects

Special projects + consulting during freshman year of college. Essentially tried to be a kid for a year. Got bored very quickly.

  • Footprint: Growth Strategist — anti-fraud in 5 lines of code, $13m series A
  • Mercor: Campus Growth Strategist — model training for the world's biggest AI labs, $100m series B at $1B
  • Dub: Operations Specialist — copy trading for all, $17m seed, $30m series A

Bloom

2021 - 2024

Head of Operations

The investing app that teaches you how to invest. $4.4 million seed backed by Y Combinator (YC W21).

  • Founding team, 1st hire
  • Hit 1 million+ users in the US, 20 million+ lessons taken
  • Grown from $300k to $3M+ in ARR
  • Achieved profitability while still growing double digit % MoM
  • Acquired a card company
  • Currently top 30 in the finance charts

Contrary Research

2023

Research Fellow

  • Published 8 research reports analyzing product, business model, and corporate valuation — including Midjourney, Webflow, Klarna, Intercom, Greenlight, and Zapier

Kayman Ventures

2019 - Present

Founder

  • Incorporated my own holding firm at 14 for $199 with Stripe Atlas
  • Product design for global supply chain, web infrastructure, and urban infrastructure YC/VC backed companies
  • Development for edtech and political-tech nonprofits
  • Helping longevity companies go from 0-1 through growth and revenue operations

Shennanigans

2019 - Present

Child Labor

  • I had various schemes as a kid, from sewing and selling dog bandana business on Etsy at 10, website development for nyc businesses around 11
  • In 4th grade, I got in trouble for firing a classmate & soliciting sales from other students. We had a bead making business and my classmate ate the beads, which I guess I didn't appreciate.
  • In 3rd grade, I wrecked my favorite pair of shoes by trying to drill a spring into them. I reasoned the spring would make me fly. This was not correct.

If you made it this far, maybe we should chat.

I'm excited about american dynamism, problems of scale, renaissance technologists, classics, cheese, biohacking, and delightful digital experiences.

As Anson Yu put it, I love meeting anyone who is “as kind as they are ambitious, and as thoughtful as they are optimistic.”

Catch me over a morning run, living on the wrong timezone, or a late night coffee. Sometimes I host events in NYC.

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