Our mission

We’re building Starbridge to turn the AI revolution into a renaissance in the places we live and learn

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Justin Wenig, co-founder and CEO of Starbridge

Our vision

AI has the potential to solve critical problems in the world. But when we look out our windows at unaffordable housing, unsafe streets, unreliable trains and under-resourced schools, our expectations are incredibly low.

Somehow, we have enormous faith in the future of technology and very little faith in the future of the places we live in and learn. We have the audacious belief that AI’s biggest benefits should be felt in these places. That we can have magnificent parks, affordable homes, and extraordinary public schools. That the places we live can become as wonderful as the technology we can build. For that future to arrive, places we live and learn need to get much faster at discovering and putting better solutions to work. Starbridge is building the applied AI, media and financial infrastructure to make that happen.

We help companies understand what public institutions need and reach the officials who can act, making it easier for entrepreneurs to build businesses around improving the places we live and learn. We help public leaders discover what is possible, make informed decisions through data and nonpartisan media, and buy better solutions faster through a modern purchasing platform built for the government. We’re looking for team members who share our dream for a better future for the places we live and learn.

Our progress

We’ve doubled growth every quarter for two years

  1. Q1 2025

    • 5+ customers
    • 8-person founding team
    • $10M seed round
  2. Q3 2025

    • 200+ customers
    • $42M Series A led by Craft Ventures
    • 40 employees
  3. Q2 2026

    • 500+ customers
    • 90+ person team

Trusted by leading companies selling to government and education

  • Ramp
  • Fortinet
  • Mark43
  • Bobcat
  • Zencity
  • MagicSchool
  • Aramark
  • Abnormal

People at Starbridge

We are a team of entrepreneurs, first-generation Americans, immigrants, folks taking roles with more responsibility than they could dream of and civic nerds.

Our values

We pride ourselves on being obsessively customer-centric.

We move with extreme speed. We value momentum, decisiveness, and the ability to accelerate when it matters.

We intentionally design Starbridge to be an energizing place to do hard work. Joy, humor, and camaraderie make great teams faster, sharper, and more resilient.

We believe the best ideas come from living close to the work, feeling the friction, hearing the nuance, and experiencing the details firsthand.

  • Talia, GTMEA mission that holds up, real room to shape the work, and people who make it fun
  • Yakiv, CTOHard problems, an incredible team, what more could you ask for!
  • Morgan, AMTo drive impact in the public sector alongside a fun-loving and whip-smart team
  • Johannes, Backend EngineerSerious engineering, a mission that matters, and people I’d choose anyway
  • This can be you
  • Mike, Head of Revenue MarketingThe mission + direct access to the best gym in NYC (Chelsea Piers)
  • Julia, Product ManagerBest team, real ownership, and the fastest idea-to-ship timeline I’ve ever seen
  • Antonio, Founding Solutions EngineerOur product has Nicolas Cage mode, which says it all — a great product built by people having fun
  • Charlene, VP FinanceThe best coworkers who make late night office convos under the disco ball fun

Come work with us in Chelsea Piers, New York City