Compute Investment Associate - Build the SF AI Ecosystem

Primary Venture Partners; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Primary Venture Partners in San Francisco is hiring an investment associate to build out the compute practice. You will source, diligence, and originate investments across the full compute stack, including software and hardware opportunities in thermals, advanced packaging, cooling, power, data center management and token efficiency.

A technical background in CS/EE and startup exposure are valued as you grow the practice.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience in a production engineering role at a leading tech company, AI lab, or high-growth startup.
• Computer Science degree or equivalent experience.
• Deeply plugged into the San Francisco technical and AI scene.
• Genuine, self-directed curiosity about compute.
• Comfortable operating with real ambiguity and building process where none exists yet.

Responsibilities

• Source and build relationships with founders, engineers, and operators across the San Francisco compute and AI ecosystem.
• Run diligence on prospective investments - technical differentiation, competitive dynamics, market sizing - alongside the compute pod.
• Represent Primary and our Compute100 efforts across community events, dinners, and podcast tapings to build the firm's brand and network in the Bay Area.
• Help develop and pressure-test investment theses across the compute stack.
• Support the existing compute portfolio, including Etched, as needed.
• Build and maintain a running map of high-signal people and companies worth tracking.
• Help extend Primary's reach into the technical communities - Neo, top engineering orgs, research labs - that produce the next generation of compute founders

Skills

Startup experience

Compute fundamentals

San Francisco network

Education

Computer Science degree or equivalent

Job description

Primary Venture Partners in San Francisco is hiring an investment associate to build out the compute practice. You will source, diligence, and originate investments across the full compute stack, including software and hardware opportunities in thermals, advanced packaging, cooling, power, data center management and token efficiency.

A technical background in CS/EE and startup exposure are valued as you grow the practice.