Founding CTO (AI/ML / Data Product)

Startup Wise Guys; Polska; Hybrid; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly accountability and execution cadence

Access to 500+ mentors

CTO toolkit for AI ventures

Networking opportunities with alumni startups

Job summary

A leading European B2B accelerator is seeking a co-founder for an AI-powered venture in Poland. This 12-week program focuses on validating B2B problems and shipping prototypes. Ideal candidates have over 7 years in software engineering and experience with AI/ML products. You will craft data strategies, define MVPs, and leverage a network of 500+ mentors. Join if you're ready to transition from being an AI builder for others to launching your own company.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software engineering with strong AI/ML or data product exposure.
• Experience shipping to production with MLOps basics.
• Strong product instinct with clarity on MVP expectations.

Responsibilities

• Validate a B2B problem where AI creates measurable value.
• Define an MVP that prioritizes product over cool models.
• Design the data approach for collection and evaluation.
• Ship a reliable prototype/MVP with necessary infrastructure.
• Craft an investor-ready tech narrative.

Skills

Software engineering

AI/ML experience

Product instinct

MLOps basics

Reliability monitoring

Job description

Startup Wise Guys (SWG) is one of Europe’s most active B2B accelerators. In Founders Club, senior builders team up to validate real B2B problems and ship the first product version in 12 weeks, fully online.

If you’ve been the person deploying models for someone else’s roadmap, this is your chance to build your own AI-powered venture—from problem selection to productization.

This is a co-founder opportunity.

The goal is to help you become (or join) a founding team and launch a venture.

Tasks

• Validate a B2B problem where AI creates measurable value (time, cost, risk)
• Define MVP that’s product-first (not “cool model-first”)
• Design the data approach (collection, labeling, evaluation, monitoring)
• Ship a reliable prototype/MVP (APIs, pipelines, guardrails, feedback loops)
• Craft investor-ready tech narrative (moat, data advantage, roadmap)

Requirements

• 7+ years in software engineering with strong AI/ML or data product exposure
• Experience shipping to production (MLOps basics, monitoring, reliability)
• Strong product instinct: clarity on what “good enough” looks like for an MVP
• Founder mindset; you want ownership and upside, not a service role
• ~10–12h/week for 12 weeks

Benefits

• 12-week sprint to go from insight → MVP → iteration
• Weekly accountability + execution cadence (~10–12h/week)
• 500+ mentors including B2B, product, GTM, fundraising specialists
• 440+ alumni startups / 40+ countries for learning + intros
• CTO toolkit for AI ventures: scope, evaluation, deployment, “moat” story

Note: The cohort includes a participation ticket after acceptance to ensure commitment.

Apply if you’re ready to stop being the “AI builder for others” and ship your own company.