Founder-in-Residence CEO Realtime Voice Develop...
@ AI Fund

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Who We Are

AI is the new electricity. AI Fund, founded by Dr. Andrew Ng in 2017, is an early stage venture firm backed by a $176 million fund. Our portfolio companies leverage AI technology to transform industries.

About The Portfolio Company

Flowcast is creating a neutral, plug-and-play voice layer that allows any developer to maintain control over their model, workflows, and brand persona while delivering sub-400 ms, human-sounding conversations. This realtime pre-response orchestrator is set to be the standard for agentic voice and video apps.

Co-build With An Industry Partner

In collaboration with DeepLearning.AI, Flowcast benefits from a network of 5 million learners and 50,000+ ML engineers for distribution, design partnerships, and credibility.

Why Partner With AI Fund

We help transform great ideas into impactful companies swiftly by offering guidance on market validation, team assembly, and capital raising.

What You Will be Doing

  • Vision & Strategy: Refine product thesis and roadmap; evangelize realtime voice infrastructure.
  • Product & Tech Leadership: Achieve <400 ms latency across varied STT/LLM/TTS combos and drive early pilots to production.
  • Go-to-Market: Develop wedge-first positioning, pricing, and secure 5-10 lighthouse customers in 6 months.
  • Team Building: Recruit top engineering, product, and GTM talent while fostering a high-ownership culture.

What You Must Bring

  • Strong AI/ML literacy and ability to discuss technical details.
  • GTM excellence from shipping developer-first products and closing enterprise logos.
  • Effective stakeholder management with Fortune 500 and open-source communities.
  • Proven startup experience in building developer tools.

Nice to Haves

  • Experience with WebRTC, STT/TTS, or streaming ML inference.
  • Track record of scaling conversational-AI or dev-tools startups.
  • Deep network in the AI voice ecosystem.
  • OSS contributions to WebRTC/voice repositories.
  • Leadership experience in a VC-backed startup.

Characteristics That We Value

  • Accountability
  • Leadership
  • Grit
  • Scrappiness
  • Extreme ownership

Equal Employment Opportunity

AI Fund is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion in its workforce.

Key skills/competency

  • AI
  • ML
  • Developer Tools
  • Realtime
  • Voice
  • Latency
  • GTM
  • Team Building
  • Product Strategy
  • Stakeholder Management

How to Get Hired at AI Fund

🎯 Tips for Getting Hired

  • Research AI Fund's culture: Study their mission, portfolio, and team.
  • Tailor your resume: Highlight AI and developer tools experience.
  • Emphasize technical skills: Showcase ML and realtime tech expertise.
  • Prepare for interviews: Practice discussing strategies and stakeholder management.

📝 Interview Preparation Advice

Technical Preparation

Review realtime voice system architectures.
Study latency optimization techniques.
Brush up on STT, LLM, TTS integrations.
Examine developer tools startup case studies.

Behavioral Questions

Describe a time of extreme ownership.
Explain overcoming project challenges under stress.
Illustrate team-building and leadership examples.
Share experiences managing stakeholder expectations.

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