100 engineers who build like founders — the strongest match already says his next company will be his own
Asked:
“find me 100 more cracked engineers like Moritz Stephan of Hone who might want to start their own companies soon.”
A ranked scouting shortlist of 100 identifiable engineers assembled from public web evidence as of 15 October 2026, each backed by one linked source across 21 independent hosts. The rank blends concrete technical proof with founder signals into a similarity index against the model profile (Moritz Stephan before Hone), spanning 66.8–74.6 with a median of 69.0 — a relative score, not a probability, and never a claim of declared intent unless the signal text says so.
The scouting board — all 100, searchable and filterable
The strongest public match, David Gomes (74.6), is a Cursor product engineer whose source states his next company will be his own — evilmartians.com
69 of the 100 carry a prior or current founding on the record, and 2 are explicitly seeking a cofounder right now, led by Alex Kolchinski (73.3) — alexkolchinski.com
45 candidates are US-based and 29 list no public location; Europe adds 9, including OpenAI deployment engineer and EF cohort member Immanuel Schwall (73.2) — linkedin.com
Signals extend inside big labs too: OpenAI Codex researcher Hanson Wang (71.2) previously co-founded the Sequoia Arc-backed Arcwise — linkedin.com
Sources and uncertainty
All 100 rows carry a live public URL across 21 independently named hosts; no single URL backs more than 2 rows (2%). The discovery scan covered several thousand live search results across frontier-AI company teams, engineering profiles, fellowships, founder programs, GitHub, LinkedIn, interviews and build-in-public sources. Public evidence is uneven: roles change quickly, 71 rows carry no source date, and “might want to start” is inferred only from public signals. Re-verify every row before outreach; this page holds no personal contact data.
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Scouting shortlist of 100 ranked candidates, one row per person, compiled 2026-10-15 from public web sources (21 hosts; no URL backs more than 2 rows). Similarity index (66.8–74.6, median 69.0) blends technical proof with founder signals against the Moritz Stephan pre-Hone profile; it is a relative ranking score, not a probability. Technical-proof and founder-signal texts are shortened on the board for space; full texts live in each linked source. Signal types and regions were classified from the row text for filtering.