Founder in Residence – Generative AI
Remote
AI Fund – AI Fund /
Contract to hire /
Remote
Who We Are:
AI is the new electricity. Just as it transformed entire industries 100 years ago, AI is poised to do the same today. AI Fund is a venture studio that co-founds companies alongside entrepreneurs, and we build companies from inception to market launch. Founded in 2017 by Dr. Andrew Ng, the $370 million-dollar funded venture studio is backed by top-tier VC firms, Fortune 500 companies and notable investors, and brings to bear the AI Fund teams’ combined experiences as AI pioneers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and builders.
Together, let’s build great companies that will move humanity forward.
About the Role:
AI Fund is launching a new venture in Generative AI and seeking a Founder in Residence (FIR) to lead it from concept to company. This is a ground-floor opportunity for a technical builder with proven 0–1 product experience to shape, execute, and scale a venture. As Founder in Residence, you will define the product vision, lead technical execution, and serve as the company’s CEO. You’ll apply deep GenAI expertise and product intuition to solve meaningful user problems—working in close partnership with a Product Builder, Technical Builder, and AI Fund leadership. This role demands high ownership, rapid iteration in ambiguous environments, and a founder mindset. If you’re a hands-on technical leader eager to co-found and build a GenAI venture from the ground up, we’d love to meet you.
What You’ll Do:
- The FIR will work with the AI Fund Leadership Team to launch and scale new businesses from the ground up. If you're obsessed with startups and building exceptional products, this role is for you.
- Work alongside our staff to iteratively research and validate on a problem to solve that can benefit from AI/ML. This includes idea validation, product validation, market validation, and funding validation.
- Design a product and prototype it.
- Set the vision and the strategy of the portfolio company once the idea has been tested and determine MVP.
- If all makes sense, we capitalize the company to help you stand the company up, bring in the best talent, build the product, and get pilot customers.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or advanced degree in a STEM field.
- Strong technical fluency in Generative AI, LLMs, and modern ML frameworks, as well as a deep understanding of the latest trends shaping the space.
- Hands-on experience shipping full-stack, cloud-native applications.
- Demonstrated 0-to-1 product building experience from concept to launch, either in a startup or within a larger company.
- Strong product instincts and decision-making skills, developed through experience as an engineer or product manager.
- Proven leadership experience in a product-driven organization, with a track record of driving innovation, inspiration and execution.
- Comfortable leading in ambiguity and acting with limited information at times.
- Excellent communication skills that inspire alignment and trust.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous experience as a co-founder, founding engineer, and/or first product hire.
- Previous experience raising capital or managing investor relationships.
- Prior exposure to early-stage startup environments and the challenges of scaling new products.
- Deep domain expertise in one or more of the venture’s focus verticals.
What Sets You Apart:
- Initiative & Grit: You own outcomes, move fast, and thrive in chaotic environments.
- User-Obsessed: You actively seek feedback and design with the end user in mind.
- Scrappy & Resourceful: You deliver results despite constraints.
- Technically Curious: You continuously explore new tools and approaches, applying them creatively.
- Builder Energy: You’re energized by creating from scratch and making bold bets.
At AI Fund, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. AI Fund believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Selection for employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
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