Associate, AI & Robotics
Core
Drive venture creation for physical AI, robotics, and autonomy startups across energy, logistics, and manufacturing sectors.
Role type
Senior IC venture creation associate (hard tech)
Builds
New deep tech companies in physical AI and robotics
Domain
Hard tech, physical AI, robotics, climate infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
AI/ML applied to physical systems, robotics, autonomy, first principles reasoning, commercial orientation, talent intuition, operational constraints management
Preferred skills
Early stage startup experience, deep tech commercialisation, applied R&D, industrial tech development, AI native tools usage
Technologies
ML, RL, robotics frameworks, frontier AI tools
Responsibilities
Conduct deep technical and market analysis to identify fundable opportunity areas, identify and hire founders with high potential, develop and de-risk venture ideas into new companies with team and funding
Seniority
Associate level (open to Senior Associate)