Applied AI Technical Evangelist, Startup Ecosystem

anthropic; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 315,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking an Applied AI Technical Evangelist to represent the startup ecosystem. You will drive awareness and adoption of Claude among founders and technical teams, running hands‑on sessions, build‑a‑thon events, and office hours.

Expect to create production ready code samples, tutorials, and demos that showcase Claude’s capabilities in real startup scenarios. You will partner with GTM, Product, and Partnerships to translate ecosystem feedback into measurable engagement, while

Qualifications

• Founded a company or worked in a startup to 0→1 stages.
• Ability to write production‑quality code and build live demos.
• 7+ years across founding, building, and technical roles; credibility matters.
• Strong stage presence with a technical audience; able to handle questions.
• Hands‑on experience building with LLMs and AI products.
• Experience turning ecosystem relationships into measurable adoption.
• Willingness to travel regularly for events.
• Genuine enthusiasm for building AI responsibly and ethically.

Responsibilities

• Lead live, hands‑on developer sessions at ecosystem events.
• Design build‑a‑thons, office hours, and workshops with VC partners.
• Create a repeatable playbook for developer sign‑ups and usage.
• Collaborate with GTM and Product to align content with Claude capabilities.
• Develop production‑quality resources and tutorials for startups.
• Build demos/prototypes showcasing Claude for startup use cases.
• Own success metrics: activation, logos, and ecosystem engagement.

Skills

7+ years experience

Live demos

LLM experience

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Applied AI Technical Evangelist, Startup Ecosystem

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About the role

As a Technical Evangelist on the Startups team, you’ll be the face of Anthropic in the startup ecosystem, driving awareness and activation among founders and their technical teams by showing them exactly what’s possible with Claude and how to build it. Your focus is the startup developer community: from first API call to production, turning early curiosity into committed platform adoption.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead live, hands‑on developer sessions at ecosystem events that take startup founders from first API call to committed platform adoption—building in the room, not just presenting slides.
• Design and run build‑a‑thons, technical office hours, and workshops at VC and accelerator partner events that activate developers against their real use cases.
• Develop a repeatable playbook for turning ecosystem touchpoints into measurable developer sign‑ups and active usage.
• Partner closely with the Startups GTM team to create clean handoffs from relationship → activation → retention.
• Create production‑quality technical resources and products—working code samples, reference architectures, tutorial repos, and blog posts—that help a two‑person team ship with Claude in under a week.
• Build live demos and prototypes that showcase Claude’s real capabilities for common startup use cases, not marketing‑grade toy examples.
• Partner with the Product team to stay current on platform capabilities and ensure content reflects what’s actually differentiated about Claude.
• Lead the technical track at Anthropic’s builder summits and global startup activations.
• Design creative sessions that move developers from curious to building within a single event—with a bias toward live coding over slide decks.
• Identify and build relationships with key technical communities—open‑source contributors, developer platforms, and accelerator cohorts—to grow Anthropic’s developer mindshare.
• Be a trusted, credible technical resource in the startup ecosystem that founders come to for advice.
• Surface real developer signal and founder feedback from the ecosystem back to internal teams.
• Work with GTM, Sales, and Marketing to shape developer‑focused activation campaigns grounded in what founders actually care about.
• Collaborate with the Startups Partnerships team to ensure VC and accelerator relationships translate into real developer engagement and usage metrics.
• Stay closely aligned with Product on platform strategy so your content and programs reflect what Claude can genuinely do.
• Own success metrics tied to developer activation, net new logos, and ecosystem engagement—build reporting that connects your work to business outcomes.
• Build repeatable processes that scale beyond yourself as the startup ecosystem grows.

You May Be a Good Fit If You Have

• Founded a company or been an early employee at a startup—lived the 0‑to‑1 journey and know what it actually takes to go from idea to product‑market fit.
• The ability to write production‑quality code and build live demos in front of a technical audience—real builds, not polished walkthroughs.
• 7+ years of experience across a combination of founding, building, and technical roles—developer relations or evangelism is a plus, but builder credibility matters more than a DevRel title.
• High energy and dynamism on stage with a highly technical audience—you can command a room of YC founders and handle tough follow‑up questions without losing the thread.
• Hands‑on experience building with LLMs and shipping AI‑powered products—stay close to the technology and speak to real production tradeoffs.
• Experience turning ecosystem relationships—with VCs, accelerators, or developer communities—into measurable developer adoption.
• Willingness to travel regularly and work non‑traditional hours, including evenings and weekends for events.
• Genuine enthusiasm for building AI responsibly—you care about Anthropic’s mission beyond the technology itself.

Compensation

The annual compensation range for this role is $240,000 – $315,000 USD.

Logistics

Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.

Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.

Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position.

Location‑based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.

Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas. We retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

Equal Opportunity Statement

As set forth in Anthropic’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.