Sepal AI

Data Development for Advanced AI

Strategic Project Lead - Founding Biz Ops

$120K - $150K0.30% - 0.70%San Francisco, CA, US / New York, NY, US
Job type
Full-time
Role
Operations
Experience
3+ years
Visa
US citizen/visa only
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Robi Lin
Robi Lin
Founder

About the role

About Sepal

Sepal AI builds reinforcement learning environments for leading AI labs.

We’ve built the largest global talent graph and tooling to deliver proprietary training datasets that improve models. We are relied on by top labs (think open ai, anthropic, google, etc) and enterprises for high-quality training environments.

Sepal AI was founded in 2024 by engineers + operators from Vercel + Turing. We went through YC, raised several million dollars from leading investors, closed several Fortune 500s + top AI research labs as customers paying.

Responsibilities

Sepal AI is seeking to hire a Strategic Project Lead - Founding Biz Ops to join our team. In this role, you will generate millions of dollars in revenue by executing large-scale data projects, building relationships with researchers from foundational AI labs, and unlocking new offerings by designing reinforcement learning environments and data generation systems, working directly with our engineering team, and collaborating with some of the brightest AI researchers in the world.

About you

  • 1-3 YoE in MBB consulting or IB
  • 1-3 YoE in Biz Ops / CoS / Start Ops roles
  • Brings structure to ambiguity; able to drive outcomes
  • Comfortable interfacing with executives, technical experts, and operators.
  • Commercially minded, connecting operations directly to revenue and growth.

Compensation

  • $100-140k cash comp
  • Generous equity grant
  • Commission-based bonuses

About the interview

  1. Fit / behavioral interview (30 mins)
  2. Technical deep dive (45 mins) (eg case study - hypothetical)
  3. (if needed) additional fit / deep dive conversation
  4. Paid work trial period

About Sepal AI

Sepal AI builds the highest-quality training data for AI model development. We provide robust frontier data through a comprehensive process in sourcing, vetting, matching, trials, and peer quality control. We also research and design RL environments and tasks that push the models to their limits.

We are currently working with the world's leading foundational AI model companies across domains in advanced sciences, professional services, and safety & preparedness.

Sepal AI
Founded:2024
Batch:S24
Team Size:15
Status:
Active
Location:San Francisco
Founders
Kat Hu
Kat Hu
Founder
Robi Lin
Robi Lin
Founder