AI-First Startup Founder — Build from Scratch

Socket.dev; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Banyan Software is launching an Entrepreneur in Residence program to build AI-native companies from within our portfolio. As an EIR, you’ll stand up a new venture that leverages existing domain knowledge, IP, and customer relationships, while operating with startup speed and accountability.

This is a founder role, not corporate innovation, where you own the outcome and shape product, growth, and culture from day one.

Qualifications

• Zero-to-one experience taking a product from 0 to meaningful initial revenue (~$1M ARR).
• Builder mindset: hands-on engineer who loves problem solving and product strategy.
• AI-native thinker: builds AI-first products and AI-first support and delivery models.
• Founder DNA: urgent ownership, comfortable with ambiguity and limited resources.
• Product-led: deep product instincts; hands-on in shaping what gets built.
• Domain fit: ability to understand or quickly absorb the vertical.
• Track record: early-stage startup experience (seed to Series A).

Responsibilities

• Identify and validate a high-conviction AI-native product opportunity adjacent to the partner’s core business.
• Stand up a new company from ground up: product, team, go-to-market, and culture, AI-first from day one.
• Take the product from $0 toward meaningful ARR using the partner’s domain knowledge, IP, data, and relationships.
• Build lean: create a sellable product, not just a demo, without managing a large team.
• Operate with full accountability for the venture’s product, growth, and financial performance.
• Collaborate with leadership of the affiliated operating company and Banyan’s central team.

Job description

Banyan Software is launching an Entrepreneur in Residence program to build AI-native companies from within our portfolio. As an EIR, you’ll stand up a new venture that leverages existing domain knowledge, IP, and customer relationships, while operating with startup speed and accountability.

This is a founder role, not corporate innovation, where you own the outcome and shape product, growth, and culture from day one.