Co-Founder & CEO – AI Freight & Supply Chain

FutureSight; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity stake in the venture

Job summary

FutureSight is seeking an experienced Founding CEO to lead HawkAI, an autonomous voice and messaging assistant for logistics teams. The role entails piloting pilots, shaping pricing, and validating customer retention; you will build the product with the team and lead the seed fundraise.

You will hire the founding team, set the cultural foundation, and oversee a full-time venture-building effort in a fast-moving logistics SaaS context.

Qualifications

• Founding CEO with leadership experience in B2B software or venture-backed startups.
• Proven ability to raise capital and shape early product and pricing.
• Strong GTM, sales, and customer engagement capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Win customers—lead pilots, shape pricing, validate retention and expansion.
• Build the product—collaborate with product/engineering to launch V1.
• Raise seed capital and lead the initial fundraising process.
• Hire and scale the founding team and establish culture.

Skills

Founder-level drive

Startup scrappiness

Previous founding experience

Risk appetite and capacity

GTM chops

Fundraising fluency

People leadership

Industry experience

Exposure to AI agents/LLMs

Job description

FutureSight is hiring an experienced and visionary Founding CEO to lead HawkAI, an autonomous voice and messaging assistant for logistics teams. Logistics is a $26B+ industry drowning in manual communications. Freight brokerages, carriers, and warehouses make thousands of calls and emails daily.

HawkAI’s AI workers autonomously handle 90%+ of routine communications from track-and-trace calls, load status updates, to shipment confirmations, so human teams can focus on exceptions and customer relationships.

As Founding CEO, you will:

• Win customers — Run pilots, shape pricing, and validate retention + expansion
• Build the product — Work with FutureSight’s product/engineering pod to launch V1
• Raise capital — Lead the seed raise with our initial cheque
• Build your team — Hire your founding team and set the cultural foundation

About FutureSight

FutureSight is a venture studio that co-creates and invests in B2B SaaS and Vertical AI startups alongside exceptional entrepreneurs. We give founders an unfair advantage — pairing hands-on studio support with early capital, reducing risk and increasing the odds of success by 10x.

We’re led by a cross-functional team of builders and investors. Kevin Nguyen and Alan Smith lead venture design and product strategy. Prathna Ramesh applies her experience as a venture investor with capital strategy in every new business. Dennis Ensing mentors our ventures with operational and strategic expertise, Krista LaRiviere brings years of entrepreneurial and marketing experience as a multi-time exited founder, and Anupama Joshi drives founder excellence. John Carbrey (San Francisco), a successful software entrepreneur and people leader, adds deep insight into scaling startups from 0 to 1, having built and exited multiple prior SaaS ventures.

What We Bring

• Validated problem — You will enter a venture with a proven market need and strong momentum toward building and scaling
• Studio bench strength — Designers, engineers, growth marketers, and fundraising pros are embedded from Day 1
• Capital commitment — Initial pre-seed funding for early hires and building the MVP with potential for follow-on funding, and access to our investor and advisor network

What You Bring

• Founder-level drive — You’re motivated to co-found a new venture as the CEO. With or without us, this is your calling
• Startup scrappiness — You know what you’re signing up for. You’re familiar with the scrappiness of owning something from start to finish
• Previous founding experience — You have co-founded a product company or B2B SaaS venture or have been at a venture-backed company
• Risk appetite and capacity — Read more on our post on the Entrepreneurial Risk Profile
• GTM chops — Proven success in B2B SaaS sales, marketing, and customer engagement
• Fundraising fluency — Able to craft investor narratives and close capital; well-networked in fintech and early-stage communities
• People leadership — Magnet for top talent; coach and culture carrier
• Industry experience – Background in logistics, supply chain, freight brokerage, transportation, or B2B enterprise software that serves these industries
• Bonus: Exposure to AI agents/LLMs

What You Can Expect

• Daily active engagement with our team to: launch initial product, achieve initial market traction and prepare for seed fundraise
• Full P/L ownership of the new entity
• A significant equity stake in the business
• This is a full-time role; we are looking for someone to commit full-time and exclusively to building and owning a new SaaS venture