Founders Associate Intern

Clera Labs, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 78,000 - 123,000; Part time

Job summary

Clera Labs, Inc. in San Francisco (in person) is seeking an intern to work directly with the founder on strategic priorities.

This 3–6 month program starts November 1 and pays $7,000–$11,000 per month, with opportunities to contribute to revenue generation and capital-raising efforts. You will take projects from open questions through research, recommendations, and execution, gaining exposure to client development, fundraising diligence, and talent acquisition in a fast‑moving stealth startup

Qualifications

• Experience in investment banking, consulting, private equity, or startups is preferred.
• Strong analytical and communications skills.
• Ability to translate questions into actionable recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Drive revenue growth: identify potential clients and partners, develop approaches, and help turn conversations into commercial relationships.
• Help raise capital: research investors, sharpen fundraising materials, build financial analyses, and keep diligence and follow-ups moving.
• Drive ops & recruiting: find outstanding people, help assess candidates, and build the processes that help them do their best work.
• Own confidential special projects: investigate new opportunities, answer difficult strategic questions, and help execute the founder's highest-priority initiatives.

Job description

San Francisco (in person) · 3–6 months · Start Nov 1 · $7k–$11k/month

We are a stealth startup building a media company that monetizes through AI-native investment banking. Through our media, we intend to earn the attention and trust that bring clients, exceptional colleagues, and capital. Our AI platform delivers investment banking services at scale. The people who build the world deserve a financial institution as ambitious as they are. The ambition is to replace Goldman Sachs and become the number one investment bank in the world.

We previously worked at top tier investment banks: Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley. We also have experience at high growth startups: Mercor (backed by Benchmark), Hut 8 (backed by Coatue), Hebbia (backed by A16Z), Rho (backed by Balderton) and Avelios (backed by Sequoia Capital).

We are backed by Andreessen Horowitz Scouts and Entrepreneur First, whose investors include Stripe co‑founders Patrick and John Collison, LinkedIn co‑founder Reid Hoffman, and DeepMind co‑founder Demis Hassabis.

What you will do

Work directly with the founder on the important priorities. Take projects from an open question through research, a recommendation, and execution.

• Drive revenue growth: Identify potential clients and partners, develop approaches, and help turn conversations into commercial relationships.
• Help raise capital: Research investors, sharpen fundraising materials, build financial analyses, and keep diligence and follow‑ups moving.
• Drive ops & recruiting: Find outstanding people, help assess candidates, and build the processes that help them do their best work.
• Own confidential special projects: Investigate new opportunities, answer difficult strategic questions, and help execute the founder's highest‑priority initiatives.

You will learn how a founder decides where to focus, wins clients, raises capital, and recruits exceptional people. Direct feedback and responsibility for real outcomes will make the learning curve steep. Our ambition is the top 0.01%. You will help identify and bring together the creative, technical, and financial talent needed to build this institution.

You might thrive here if

• You've interned at top firms in investment banking (e.g. Goldman, Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan), consulting (e.g. McKinsey, BCG, Bain), private equity (e.g. Blackstone, KKR, Apollo), hedge funds or quant (e.g. Citadel, Jane Street, HRT, Millennium), or top startups (e.g. Ramp, Rogo, Hebbia).
• You are sharp, resourceful, commercially minded and discreet.
• You turn an unfamiliar problem into a clear recommendation, then act on it.

Why join us

We will assemble the top 0.01% of engineers, researchers, and financial minds. We will not compromise on the people beside us. You should work with colleagues who challenge your best ideas and produce work you wish you had created. More people should get to discover how far their ambition can take them. If these are the problems you want to solve, come talk with us. Help shape the institution that stands beside people when they attempt something extraordinary.