Senior AI Venture Builder & Co‑Founder

Lever, Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Carried interest

Virtual shares in AI Fund

Job summary

AI Fund in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Principal Builder who blends technical depth with strategic judgment to validate new AI‑driven startup ideas and co‑found teams with elite founders and corporate partners.

You’ll drive ideas from initial concept through a 12‑week Build, shaping market opportunities, business models, and go‑to‑market plans, and you’ll decide which bets to pursue and which to end, with long‑term incentives and carried interest.

Qualifications

• Technical ability and real understanding of frontier AI.
• Experience as an engineer, product manager, product designer, or founder.
• Proven track record working with elite founders and executives.
• Strong written and verbal communication with mature opinions.
• STEM or research degree from a top research university, or equivalent rigor.

Responsibilities

• Work with commercial partners, including corporates, VCs, and LPs, and with elite founders to identify, shape, and validate new company ideas.
• Build the business case for ideas that hold up: market sizing, business model, go-to-market plan, and a clear written thesis for the company.
• Decide which ideas to bet on, based on the size of the market opportunity and how uniquely AI can solve it.
• Help recruit the founder. Explain the idea to potential founders and Engineers in Residence, and help bring the right person on to lead the Build.
• Drive AI Fund's co‑founding of companies with partners and founders, mainly through product, user, and go-to-market guidance during the 12‑week Build.
• Build the recommendation on whether AI Fund should invest at the end of the Build, then support the AI Fund partner on follow‑on investment and portfolio support.

Skills

Frontier AI understanding

Hands-on coding

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Education

STEM or research degree

Job description

AI Fund in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Principal Builder who blends technical depth with strategic judgment to validate new AI‑driven startup ideas and co‑found teams with elite founders and corporate partners.

You’ll drive ideas from initial concept through a 12‑week Build, shaping market opportunities, business models, and go‑to‑market plans, and you’ll decide which bets to pursue and which to end, with long‑term incentives and carried interest.