Consolidated agenda from our recent iMessages — recruiting demo path (MCP blocked at his work), his Apr 21 'money shot' vision, Collab Fund pilot framing, feature requests to park. Apr 24, 2026 markdown
Andrew Montgomery · Partner @ Collab Fund ·
[email protected]· +1 (978) 729-7431
Meeting: Roosevelt, 8:45a · outside (Forrest + jacket)
Core ask: MCP is blocked on his enterprise Claude → demo it live for him. Recruiting angle is what he's most fired up about.
From Apr 21, 21:27:
"OK two things. (1) I want this list of ai software engineers cross referenced by who left or may have left or just started a company! I want this for work. (2) the REAL money shot here I think is to take your onlydata company scanner, pair it with job openings, and then cross reference to this list."
Both halves are now live. Demo them in order.
Use OnlyData: ai_builders_at_company({ company: "Anthropic" })
Then narrow to people in transition:
Use OnlyData: query_custom_dataset({
dataset_id: "ai-builders",
filters: { transition_status: "recently_left" },
limit: 20
})
→ Ranked list with contact paths. Exactly what he asked for at work.
Use OnlyData: post_job_opening({
company_name: "Collab Fund portfolio co",
title: "Founding AI Engineer",
role_type: "research_engineer",
description: "LLM infra, tool use, evals",
compensation_max_usd: 280000
})
Then:
Use OnlyData: match_candidates_for_job({
job_id: "<returned id>",
only_transitioning: true,
require_contact: true,
limit: 10
})
→ This IS his Apr 21 vision: "pair your onlydata company scanner with job openings, cross reference to this list." Built.
Use OnlyData: company_brief({ domain: "coreweave.com" })
Show the builder_tier badge (S/A/B) + floored AR score. CoreWeave shows Tier S with floored AR 75 even though raw is 15 — exactly because the heuristic alone missed it.
Then live on /ar100: Digits #1, then 18 Tier S companies floored to 75 — Cursor, OpenRouter, Character.AI, Inflection, Camel AI, etc.
Important callout: "stage" as in funding maturity is NOT shipped yet — builder_tier answers "AI-adoption depth," not "funding stage." His Apr 22 ask for founded-date/stage on cards is in the roadmap.
Use OnlyData: browse_public_dataset({ slug: "ai-builders", limit: 5 })
Show him the evidence-first design — every row cites a public artifact (arxiv paper, OSS commit, program roster). No scraped emails.
And the blog post: https://onlydata.club/blog/jepa-disagreement-hunt — the story of how OnlyData already had the ai_native classifier label and the AR scorer was ignoring it. Character.AI scored 0, Cognition/Devin scored 11. Shipped the tier-floor fix this week.
Apr 22 thread — he switched Collab Fund to Claude Enterprise and custom MCP is greyed out for him.
The checklist he needs to send his admin (he already pasted the form Apr 22):
https://mcp.onlydata.club/mcpread, writeBridges until admin unlocks:
His pitch:
"Not when you can have an agent doing it for you! I think it is an elegant way to overcome otherwise crowded inboxes. You could sell the database as is to recruiters and make money. But we could also ramp it up to drive better conversion and value."
Your response: "agree but two sided marketplaces are hard!"
What to say today: we're one-sided right now — recruiters-as-buyers on AI Builders. People don't need to sign up to be discovered (public signal only). Skip the two-sided trap.
Ask him the real question: what would Collab Fund pay for vs. what do they need in-kind? Portfolio hiring is the obvious wedge.
Collab Fund = early-stage VC. Most portfolio needs hiring help + competitive intel.
/company-ecosystem/sturdy-aiOffer: free portfolio access → case studies + introductions. His Apr 21 "I want this for work" = the natural lead-in.
/datasets/consumer-ai-brands (Apr 15)/datasets/consumer-cpg-next (Apr 15)/company-ecosystem/sturdy-ai (Apr 15)art-61774c6b8c56 (Apr 21)Lead with one of these he hasn't seen:
/blog/jepa-disagreement-hunt (the story)/ar100 with tier badges (shipped this week)/stats → MCP Test tab (proves it's tested nightly)match_candidates_for_job. Missing piece: "here's a competitor we're watching, who's transitioning out AND matches this company's hiring signals?"Everything else is color.