AI Innovators Wanted: Equity Only Roles in a Groundbreaking Startup

Job ID: 39724238

Budget: $100,000 – $0 USD

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Title: AI Innovators Wanted: Equity Roles in a Groundbreaking Startup
Description:
Join a visionary UK-based AI startup that straddles and disrupts multiple explosive markets.

Enterprise Collaboration $56B
AI Meeting Assistants $4–5B
AI Companions (social) $36.8B
Wellness/Fitness AI $5.2B
Digital Goods $50B

...and these markets set to treble in the next 5 years.

The first year will be on an equity basis only at least until MVP and funding. Full time paid roles implemented as soon as viable.

1. Chief Technology Oficer (CTO) — 2% Equity
Role Focus: Architect the platform, make build vs buy decisions, lead the tech team.
Skills Needed:
* AI/ML: Expertise in natural language processing (NLP), machine learning models, and agent-based systems.Architecture: Experience with enterprise SaaS platforms (multi-tenant, secure).
* Cloud: Strong with AWS or Azure, understanding of GDPR/SOC2 compliance.
* AI productisation: Can integrate APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic) and plan shift to custom models later.
* Team leadership: Comfortable managing engineers, setting sprint goals, and balancing tech debt.
* Investor facing: Can translate tech into plain English for SEIS/EIS investors and enterprise buyers.
Fit for Company: Ensures MVP is credible for enterprise pilots and scalable for 100k+ users.

2. AI Lead Engineer — 1.5% Equity
Role Focus: Build project brains (meeting briefs, agent to agent comms, personality mirroring).
Skills Needed:
* LLMs: Hands-on with LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, fine-tuning models, prompt engineering.
* Memory & Embeddings: Vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus) for agent personalities.
* Agents: Experience with autonomous AI agents (social exploration, agent to agent conversations).
* NLP & Summarisation: Strong background in summarisation pipelines (meeting briefs).
* Privacy-first AI: Knowledge of federated learning / on-device storage for compliance.
Fit for company: Delivers the unique differentiator — “agents that think, talk, and mirror personality.”

3. Full-Stack Lead Engineer — 1.5% Equity
Role Focus: Build the user-facing platform (web + integrations).
Skills Needed:
* Frontend: React/Next.js (for dashboards + agent control panels).
* Backend: Node.js or Python (FastAPI/Django) for APIs.
* Realtime Systems: WebSockets/Firebase for live agent comms.
* Integrations: Slack, Teams, Zoom, Google Meet APIs.
* Database: Postgres/Firestore + knowledge of scaling.
* Security: Authentication (OAuth2, SSO), role-based access.
Fit for company: Ensures MVP is enterprise-ready (works on web + integrates with Teams/Slack).

Details:
* Location: Remote (global welcome).
* Commitment: Part-time initially, full-time option post-MVP.
* Process: Submit portfolio/link, short pitch (200 words max) on your AI vision. NDA required before detailed discussion.
* Contact: DM via Freelancer
Why Join?
Be a founding member of a startup with global potential, shaping the future of human and enterprise connection. Equity ties your success to ours—let’s build something extraordinary!
Project Length: 6-9 months (MVP phase)
Experience Level: Expert
Proposed Start Date: ASAP (September, 2025)