About the role
About Dust Work is being rewritten, and the people holding the pen are the ones who actually run it. We call them AI operators: the employees inside companies who build, deploy, and run AI agents for their teams, without waiting for someone to hand them a tool. Dust is the platform they choose to rewire how their company works. With 70%+ weekly active users, people stick with Dust as much as they do with Slack and Notion. We don't get piloted and shelved. We land once, and spread. We're at an exciting stage of our journey, and growing fast. We're serving great customers like Datadog, 1Password, Cursor, Clay, and Persona, and aim to x5 our growth by the end of 2026. Dust is backed by Sequoia with a determined team of optimists (coming from Stripe, OpenAI, and Stanford) who like to focus on users, ship fast, and don't take themselves too seriously while doing so. The Generalist named us among the Future 50 . Summary We're looking for a Founder's Associate to work directly with our co-founder Gabriel for a 6-month internship (July 2026 - January 2027). You'll own the operational rhythm that keeps our leadership team aligned and our investors informed, from board materials to investor updates to teamOS. This is a rare opportunity to see how a fast-growing, Sequoia-backed startup operates from the inside, work alongside founders daily, and build leverage across every part of the company. If you thrive in ambiguity, move fast, and want real responsibility from day one, this role will accelerate your career.
What you'll do Executive Support & Operations Own the preparation and delivery of monthly investor updates, ensuring they're accurate, compelling, and shipped on time Manage board meeting preparation, coordinating inputs across functions and ensuring materials are polished and ready Support the Chief of Staff on executive-level projects and strategic initiatives that have already been scoped and shipped Team Operating System Run weekly team meetings (weeklies), ensuring they're well-structured, actionable, and maintain team rhythm Maintain and improve teamOS—our internal systems for goal-setting, accountability, and cross-functional coordination Partner with Area Leads and Ops to keep