We build AI employees. Not chatbots. Not copilots. Autonomous digital workers that do real jobs.
Ava, our first, is an AI BDR used by hundreds of companies. She researches leads, writes and sends emails in the customer's voice, runs multi-step outbound sequences, manages her own deliverability infrastructure, handles replies, and books meetings. She's not a tool someone opens. She's a teammate who works while you sleep.
YC W24. $35M+ raised. ~$10M ARR. Ava 2.0 just shipped. We're building the platform that replaces the sales stack, the surface area is enormous, and we move extraordinarily fast.
You build products from end-to-end, acting as the PM, designer and engineer. You spec, design, ship, and own the outcome. The loop from "this is a problem" to "customers are using it in production" runs through one person in days, and that person is you.
We're hiring Builders to move at lightening speed. You’ll be the person who understands the user, shapes the interface, and writes the code. You’ll be running multiple Claude Code instances at once and getting 10x leverage on your time. You’ll have real taste and real sales context.
You probably fit one of these paths:
What we're actually looking for:
You are the team. No specs sitting in a queue. No waiting on design. No engineering handoff. The fastest feedback loop possible.
The leverage is real. You’ll ideate a product and it will be in the hands of thousands of users within weeks.
The problems are new. You’re building components of AI employees, solving novel problems in new ways.
We can go from first chat to offer in 3-5 days.
At Artisan, we’re building real AI employees - not copilots, not assistants, but autonomous teammates.
Our first, Ava, is an AI BDR. She finds and researches leads, writes emails in customers’ tone of voice, runs outbound sequences, self-optimizes, and manages email deliverability infrastructure. She learns, adapts, and improves over time - just like a human would.
Human team members use Artisan as their primary working platform, replacing a sprawling stack of sales tools, and have Artisans working alongside them.
We went through Y Combinator (W24) and have raised $35M+ from top investors. We’re at $6M+ ARR, with hundreds of customers including Remote, Quora, and SumUp.
We’re currently working on Ava 2.0, pushing the boundaries of what an AI employee can do. And we're hiring.
Salary
$150,000 - $230,000
Equity
0.08% - 0.2%
Location
San Francisco, CA, US / New York, NY, US
Experience
3+ years
Total raised
$2.3M
Last stage
Pre-seed
Investors
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.