Product Builder

AI Fund is a venture studio founded by Dr. Andrew Ng that focuses on building AI companies to advance humanity. They are seeking a Product Builder to join their team, responsible for driving projects, validating product ideas, and collaborating with Founders-in-Residence to build AI startups.

Responsibilities:

• Drive rapid engineering efforts to build full-stack applications using GenAI tools, enabling deep exploration of product ideas, user experiences, and technical feasibility
• Carry out ideation and early product validation: You will be responsible for working with our team to quickly validate or falsify specific ideas. This may involve exploring candidate business concepts, prototyping, and customer interview work
• Assist with bringing on FIRs (Founders in Residence): You will play an instrumental role in explaining the product and business idea to potential founders, helping them understand the potential of the product, and working to bring on a strong FIR to carry the product forward through a three month company Build Stage
• Collaborate closely with Founders-in-Residence (FIRs), Venture Advisors, and the Venture Studio team throughout the initial build phase to implement and iterate on the product vision
• Lead product development and coordination efforts, ensuring consistent progress and alignment during the Build Stage
• Conduct customer discovery calls to identify needs, validate hypotheses, and contribute to achieving product–market fit
• Maintain proactive and organized communication across internal and external stakeholders, including managing schedules, tracking milestones, and ensuring timely updates
• Provide regular reports to the Venture Advisor and AI Fund team, highlighting key updates, risks, and opportunities, and escalating issues as needed
• Perform market and competitive research to inform product strategy and positioning
• Support the fundraising preparation process by contributing to financial models, pitch decks, and other investor materials as needed
• Assist FIRs and Venture Advisors with ad hoc strategic and operational requests to accelerate the venture’s success
• Gather user feedback and iterate quickly based on insights to improve usability and effectiveness