CTO – AI Start Ups

San Francisco or New York

Up to $450K

We are looking for a Chief Technology Officer with 7+ years of experience to serve as the senior-most technical leader across an AI start up incubator. This role is for a founder-CTO type who has built and scaled products from zero to one and from one to many. We are looking for someone equally comfortable in the boardroom and hands-on keyboard, who will own the technology strategy for the platform, build and lead internal teams, and work directly with founders and operators across our portfolio.

What will you be doing?

• Set a unified technology strategy across a leading AI start up incubator
• Partner with founders in incubation and early-stage ventures on product, architecture, and early technical hiring.
• Architect shared systems, data infrastructure, and internal tools used across our operating companies.
• Drive the development of AI agents, automation workflows, and vertical AI tools for real businesses.
• Build and lead a cross-functional team spanning software engineering, AI/ML, data, and product.

Ideal candidates

• 7+ years of experience as CTO, VP of Engineering, or Founding Engineer at a high- growth technology company
• Track record of shipping real products and driving the development of AI agents, automation workflows, and vertical AI tools
• Successful founder or senior technical leader with successful scale/exit.
• Experience in incubators or venture studios
• CS (or similar) Bachelors from a top 30 US undergraduate program
• Deep expertise in software architecture, distributed systems, and/or data platforms.
• Meaningful experience with AI/ML and modern LLM ecosystems.
• Networks in top- tier engineering and AI/ML talent pools.
• Proven ability to build and lead high- performing engineering and data teams.

If this sounds like you apply today or contact [email protected]