Chief Operating Officer

About Prime Intellect

At Prime Intellect, we are on a mission to accelerate open and decentralized AI progress by enabling anyone to contribute compute, code or capital to train powerful, open models. Our ultimate goal? Openly accessible AGI that benefits everyone.

We are building the infrastructure for decentralized AI development at scale. We aggregate global compute and enable researchers to collaboratively train state-of-the-art models through distributed training across clusters.

Role

As our Chief Operating Officer (COO), you will be a key driver in shaping our strategy, overseeing day-to-day operations, and ensuring the smooth execution of our decentralized AI platform and protocol. This role requires a reliable hands-on operational leader with strong technical understanding, and the ability to stay on top many different operational areas.

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Leadership and Execution: Work closely with the CEO and CTO to define and implement the company's strategic vision, and ensuring the team productivity and accountability.

2. Operational Excellence: Design and optimize workflows to enhance productivity, scalability, and operational efficiency. Lead the implementation of systems for continuous improvement and high-velocity execution.

3. Protocol Support: Support our protocol team to drive the development, deployment, and scaling of our decentralized AI protocols, ensuring technical progress, legal, financial and other support.

4. Team Management: Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing team across various functions, fostering a strong culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence.

5. Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including investors, partners, datacenters and our broader customers.

6. Financial Management: Work with our fractional CFO to develop and manage budgets, optimize resource allocation, and ensure financial stability and growth.

7. Risk Management: Identify and mitigate potential risks, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, and maintaining the highest standards of security and ethics.

Requirements

• Proven track record of successful operational leadership in fast-paced, high-growth technology startups, preferably in the AI space.

• Deep understanding of AI research and protocols.

• Exceptional strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions in a rapidly evolving environment.

• Strong business sense and financial management skills, with experience in fundraising and investor relations.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with diverse stakeholders.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive compensation, including equity and token incentives, aligning your success with the growth and impact of Prime Intellect.

• Flexible work arrangements, with the option to work remotely or in-person at our offices in San Francisco.

• Visa sponsorship and relocation assistance for international candidates.

• Quarterly team off-sites, hackathons, conferences and learning opportunities.

• Opportunity to work with a talented, hard-working and mission-driven team, united by a shared passion for leveraging technology to accelerate science and AI.

We have recently raised a $5.5 million seed round from an awesome group of investors and angels, such as Clem from HuggingFace and Dylan Patel from SemiAnalysis.

If you're excited about the opportunity to build the foundation for the future of decentralized AI and create a platform that empowers developers and researchers to push the boundaries of what's possible, we'd love to hear from you.