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Updated: March 2, 2026
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Raphael Danilo

Building @ Gong | GP @ Darkmode Ventures | Prev. Founder @ Yobs (acquired by Gong)

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What I do: + Building and scaling new AI products @ Gong. Part of senior leadership team. + Co-Founder and General Partner @ Darkmode Ventures. Investing the first check in top 1% technical founders building in AI and developer platforms. Portfolio includes: Tessl, Drata, Bluesky, Merge, Flexion, Cellular Intelligence, Camber, FlyBy, Daytona, Connectly, and more. Previously I was Founder/CEO of Yobs (acquired by Gong), an AI co-pilot for recruiting teams. We first incorporated the company out of my university dorm room in California. I landed from Paris weeks before without much besides a French accent and irrational conviction in this AI thing, years before ChatGPT. Our journey was the ‘classic’ startup rollercoaster: got rejected by 100+ VCs, major media outlets called our idea crazy at the time, and nearly went out of business a couple times. But, the progress of AI and remote work turned our product into a must-have. We raised millions in funding to create the "Interview Intelligence" category, and scaled to many global enterprise customers. We eventually sold the company to Gong ($7B, Sequoia-backed). I live in Brooklyn with my beautiful wife and dog Fan of building, helping, investing, traveling the world, tennis/padel, football (guess which one), and dry French humor always

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