Early-stage Bay Area business development/operator for an AI startup. Responsibilities include finding customers, building partnerships, and shaping company strategy from day one. Must have founder-level hustle, enthusiasm for AI, strong interpersonal skills, and authorized US work status.
I am starting a new AI startup. Looking for a Bay Area-based BD/operator.
Repeat founder and we're building a new company around the idea that access to frontier AI should be dramatically easier and more affordable.
Looking for someone who is obsessed with AI, has founder-level hustle, loves meeting people, and gets excited about turning ideas into opportunities.
You'll help find customers, build partnerships, and shape the business from day one.
You must be based in the San Francisco Bay Area and already authorized to work in the US. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide visa sponsorship at this time.
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