

You
Mark and Patrick are saving a seat for Solidroad's first designer.
The problem
It helps support teams scale without losing the warmth and judgment of human agents.
Solidroad makes a platform that reviews support conversations and trains human and AI agents.
The people
They worked closely together at Intercom, where Patrick built tools and Mark tested and sold them.
Mark Hughes · CEO
- Founded Gradguide, a mentorship network for graduates, which exited in 2022
- Early sales rep at Intercom and EMEA sales lead at Chargify
- Studied business at Trinity College Dublin, with a year at HEC Paris
Patrick Finlay · CTO
- Co-founded Monaru, which helped creators sell live classes
- Product engineer at Intercom
- Studied computer engineering at Trinity College Dublin
So far
Customers include Ryanair, OURA and Crypto.com.
$25M Series A led by Hedosophia, April 2026.
Your seat
Admit one · Solidroad
Founding Product Designer
- Where
- San Francisco
- Salary
- $210k to $250k
- Equity
- Yes
- With
- Mark and Patrick
- Stage
- Series A
Sources: ycombinator.com, solidroad.com