AI Venture Capital Investor

About the role

A leading early‑stage venture capital fund is seeking an AI‑focused Investor to lead its thinking and investing across the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence ecosystem. This full‑time role involves developing conviction around AI, building relationships with exceptional founders, and identifying the companies that will define the category. The fund has roughly 20 team members, including an investment team of about 12, and recently closed a new approximately $220 million fund that is still early in its deployment. Its AI portfolio spans consumer applications, infrastructure, research, and agents. The investment approach combines early‑entry positions with the ability to concentrate capital behind the opportunities where the team has the strongest conviction.

Responsibilities

• Build and own a distinctive investment perspective across the AI landscape
• Source and evaluate new opportunities
• Develop relationships with founders and technical communities
• Lead investments from initial thesis through diligence and decision‑making
• Assess emerging technologies, markets, competitive dynamics, business models, and valuations
• Help the wider partnership maintain a current, differentiated view of the ecosystem

Requirements

• Already deployed capital as part of an investment team and can demonstrate genuine, independently developed conviction about AI
• Experience with consumer‑facing AI companies is particularly valued
• Built own networks and reputation rather than relying solely on an established firm’s brand
• Strong technical breadth (this is an investing role, not an engineering position)
• May come from venture capital or less traditional backgrounds (angel investing, founding/exiting a technology company, operating within a leading AI business, relevant academic/technical communities)
• Must demonstrate strong investment judgement, access to exceptional founders, and credible experience evaluating or deploying capital

Skills

• Ability to discuss foundation‑model competition
• Ability to discuss open‑source versus closed‑source ecosystems
• Ability to discuss AI infrastructure
• Ability to discuss application‑layer opportunities
• Ability to discuss consumer adoption
• Ability to discuss changing valuation dynamics

Qualifications

Preferred level is Principal, although the fund is open to exceptional candidates from Principal through Partner.

New York or San Francisco is preferred, but location is not an absolute requirement.