Moyai (moyai.ai) is an AI company focused on agent reliability and monitoring. Jan Wilmake has been actively pursuing a role at Moyai since late April 2026, with the interview process reaching the CV submission stage by May 2026.[1]
Moyai was founded by Robert Hommes and Vladimir Vuckovic. On April 27, 2026, Jan researched both founders on LinkedIn while evaluating a Founding Product Engineer job posting from Moyai.[1]
The company publishes a blog at moyai.ai/blog. On May 13, 2026, Jan performed two deep reads of the post "Mission defines strategy, and strategy defines structure" — first a brief 9-second glance post-meeting with Atlas, then a longer 5-minute read later in the day — suggesting active pre- or post-interview research.[2]
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| April 22, 2026 | First visit to Moyai website; initial exploration[3] |
| April 27, 2026 | Read Founding Product Engineer listing; researched founders on LinkedIn[1] |
| May 8, 2026 | Received "CV Request - Moyai Interview" email; reviewed CV PDF[4] |
| May 11, 2026 | Email about "Let's connect about Moyai" — scheduling follow-up[5] |
| May 13, 2026 | Deep-read Moyai blog (strategy post) — interview prep or follow-up research[2] |
| May 15, 2026 | Email received: "First intro call with Robert from Moyai" — pipeline escalating to live call[6] |
| May 17, 2026 | Calendly booking visited for May 19 @ 13:00 CEST; email re-read 3 times before committing[7] |
| May 19, 2026 | Intro call completed (~11:00–11:32 CEST) with Robert Hommes and Wijnand Karsens via Google Meet; Jan prepared a PDF deck and showed GitHub profile during the call[8] |
On May 15, 2026, Jan received an email titled "First intro call with Robert from Moyai" — confirming that the pipeline has escalated from CV review to a live introductory call with Robert (likely Robert Hommes, co-founder). The email described the call topic as "agent reliability engineering" — closely aligned with Jan's Self-Driving_Repos and OpenPolsia work.[6]
Between May 15 and May 17, Jan re-read the Moyai intro call email at least three times — at 17:59, 18:00, and 18:03 on May 17 — suggesting careful deliberation before committing. At 18:04 on May 17, he visited the Calendly booking page and selected the May 19, 2026 at 13:00 CEST slot for the call with Robert.[7]
This intro call on May 19 represents the most advanced stage in any of Jan's active interview pipelines as of mid-May 2026 — moving from initial research (April 22) through CV submission (May 8) to a scheduled intro call in under four weeks.[9]
The Moyai intro call took place on May 19, 2026, earlier than the originally scheduled 13:00 slot — running from approximately 11:00 to 11:32 CEST. The call was a Google Meet with two participants from Moyai's side: co-founder Robert Hommes and Wijnand Karsens — the same Wijnand who had previously connected Jan to Arsen Ibragimov at Topliner on May 11.[8]
Jan prepared a dedicated PDF slide deck titled "Presentation for Moyai — AI Agent Reliability & Observability", which he reviewed for approximately 5 minutes before the call. He also briefly checked the Langfuse website (~39 seconds) for context on the AI observability competitive landscape. During the call, Jan showed his GitHub profile (github.com/janwilmake), referencing his Self-Driving_Repos and other projects. He also briefly visited the DORM project (getdorm.com) after the call — likely something referenced during the conversation.[8]
The presence of Wijnand Karsens on the Moyai call is significant: it reveals that Wijnand is not merely a recruiter who connected Jan to Arsen at Topliner, but an active participant in the Moyai evaluation process — suggesting he may be an advisor, investor, or scout for Moyai. This deepens the network overlap between the Topliner and Moyai pipelines considerably.[10]
On May 20, 2026, Jan re-read the "wijnand karsens and Robert Hommes" email thread at least three times (~16:20–16:22, totalling ~1m 55s) — but did not send a reply. This mirrors the hesitation pattern observed before booking the Calendly slot on May 17 (when the intro call email was re-read three times before action).[11]
May 21 was consumed almost entirely by Color Block Jam puzzle game walkthroughs (~6 hours) and JRE #2503 with Eric Weinstein — no emails, no job follow-ups, no coding. May 22 continued the same pattern: a 2-hour+ Graham Hancock deep-dive on ancient civilisations, Color Block Jam (levels 529–537), JRE #2504 with Skylar Grey, and a Claude session calculating interest on €12,500 savings — but no follow-up email sent.[12] May 23 was a marathon Color Block Jam day (~75 levels, 553→628) capped by watching Mickey 17 on Netflix — again no follow-up.[13] May 24 opened with more Color Block Jam (level 631+), YouTube geography/history content (Darién Gap, Paleolithic Europe), and a brief LinkedIn notification check — still no email to Moyai.[14]
May 25 was dominated by a new interest: wildcamping trip planning. Jan spent the morning using Claude to research bivouac spots near Groningen, then purchased trekking food and a 65L Weikani backpack on bol.com. The afternoon and evening continued with Color Block Jam (reaching level 718) and geography YouTube. In the evening, he briefly scrolled X and noticed the new MCP 2026-07-28 release candidate specification, but sent no follow-up emails.[15]
On May 27, Jan briefly visited moyai.ai for ~2 minutes 48 seconds — the first Moyai-related browser activity since the call on May 19. The visit was sandwiched between Color Block Jam sessions and occurred without any follow-up email or outreach, suggesting idle curiosity or reflexive checking rather than re-engagement.[16]
On May 28, no Moyai-related activity was observed. Instead, Jan spent the morning on an extended LinkedIn job browsing session (09:46–10:30+), scrolling through 100+ recommended positions and applying to two new roles (YOHR Consultancy and Creative Clicks B.V.) — signalling a decisive pivot from the stalled Moyai/Blixt pipeline toward fresh opportunities.[17]
May 29 continued the forward-looking job search: Jan applied to a Front-end Engineer (TypeScript/React) role at Itproposal, browsed CIMSOLUTIONS vacancies, updated his LinkedIn experience section, and received a calendar invite for an intro call with Foreside on June 2 — a new pipeline target. No Moyai-related activity was recorded.[18]
May 30 data is incomplete (early morning only), but no Moyai activity is expected. Jan's attention has shifted entirely to newly emerging leads (Foreside, Creative Clicks, Itproposal).[19]
As of May 30, the Moyai post-call follow-up is 11 days overdue — far past any reasonable follow-up window. The GOALS document (updated May 23) identified this as the single most time-sensitive action in the entire job search pipeline and flagged it at critical-to-cold status. At 11 days with no communication from either side, this opportunity is dead.[20]
The Moyai opportunity aligns closely with Jan's stated career goals: AI/LLM-adjacent work with genuine technical depth. The Founding Product Engineer title suggests a small-team, high-ownership role — matching Jan's preference for collaboration with technically strong peers over large corporate environments.[21]
Moyai's focus on AI agent reliability also overlaps directly with Jan's own product work on Self-Driving_Repos (autonomous agents with budget controls) and OpenPolsia (autonomous business-managing agents), giving him relevant domain experience to discuss in interviews.
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