Understanding Startup Equity Cliffs and Vesting

Posted on Thu 11 June 2026 in Startup • Tagged with equity, vesting, stock-options, startups, founders

A startup employee equity cliff period is the minimum amount of time an employee must stay with the company before earning any ownership rights to their stock options or equity grants.

Typical Structure

4-Year Vesting with 1-Year Cliff The most common arrangement: equity vests over four years, with nothing earned …


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AI Agent Directory - Few Shots LLM Models

Posted on Fri 10 April 2026 in GenAI • Tagged with GenAI, AI-agents, LLM, startups, directory

The AI agent ecosystem is growing fast. Here's a quick directory of notable AI startups and a couple of few-shot LLM models worth knowing about. Two lines each — just enough to know what they do and why they matter.

AI Agent Directory

Can of Soup — An AI-powered app that lets …


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