Edge Inference Developer Tooling Founder

Early-stage fund, accelerator, and AI venture studio for B2B technology startups.

New York, United States
About Forum Ventures

Forum Ventures is a founder-focused early-stage investment platform operating a pre-seed fund, accelerator, and AI venture studio for B2B technology startups. It provides capital, hands-on company-building support, mentorship, investor and enterprise introductions, and a founder community.

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About the Role

You will found and lead a new venture-backed company building the software and tooling layer for edge AI: hardware-agnostic frameworks, memory management and testing, observability and developer tools, and memory architectures. You will start with high-cost-of-failure verticals like autonomous vehicles and industrial robotics, build your team, and raise funding.

Requirements

  • Early-stage operator experience and expertise in the problem space
  • Experience shipping inference at the edge
  • Ability to attract, hire and lead world-class teams
  • Passion for technology's ability to change the world
  • Desire to be a venture-backed founder
  • Canada or US-based
  • Ability to collaborate in North American time zones

Responsibilities

  • Found and lead a new company building edge AI developer tooling
  • Build frameworks, memory managers and observability stacks for edge inference
  • Target verticals such as autonomous vehicles and industrial robotics
  • Attract, hire and lead a world-class team
  • Execute a go-to-market strategy to reach $50-100K ARR
  • Raise seed and Series A funding

Benefits

  • $250K USD investment
  • Fundraising playbook and investor network
  • Validation partner and sales pipeline support
  • Operating team support in business design, product, growth, recruitment, legal
  • Community of mentors, peers and leaders
  • $100K worth of business perks