Founding Business Development Rep (AI Cloud US/CA)
Featherless.ai is building the world’s most reliable open‑model inference platform — a serverless foundation for deploying and scaling AI without infrastructure overhead. Backed by AMD, Airbus Ventures, 500 Global, Kickstart Ventures, HF0 Residency, Panache Ventures, and Oakseed Ventures, the company is a well‑funded team of researchers and engineers on a mission to democratize AI through performance and accessibility. Their cloud provides instant access to 40,000+ open‑source AI models and the research innovations powering next‑generation efficiency, reliability, and model optimization.
About the Role
We’re looking for a founding member of the US/CA GTM team — someone both technical and entrepreneurial who thrives at the intersection of AI, communication, and execution. This is not a traditional sales role; you’ll need to be fluent in AI and able to hold your own in conversations with model creators, AI startups, enterprises, and developers exploring open‑model deployment. Whether you’re a charismatic developer expanding into sales or a young entrepreneur with technical skills, we want to speak to you.
What You’ll Own Immediately
- Build and qualify pipeline across enterprises and AI startups
- Manage inbound requests through chat and email
- Manage outreach sequences and automations (HubSpot, Clay, Reply.io, n8n)
- Re‑engage existing sign‑ups and subscribers; identify high‑value users
- Track CRM, pipeline metrics, and weekly reporting
- Attend events to generate pipeline and establish key relationships
What You Bring
- 1–2 years experience in Sales, Developer Relations, or Entrepreneurship
- Comfortable engaging technical audiences (developers, founders, researchers)
- AI power user
- Excellent written and verbal communication in English — concise, credible, human
- Entrepreneurial and self‑driven — you operate independently and get things done
Why Featherless
- Work directly with exec on high‑impact partnerships and GTM strategy
- Build your network across one of the fastest‑growing open AI ecosystems
- Be part of a small, high‑performing team making open‑weight AI accessible to everyone