Partnerships - Intern

Job Summary - Partnerships

This is an un-paid internship with potential equity and/or commission potential that will involve mentorship and educational components so interns can gain industry experience and receive academic credit. Utilyze is hiring a motivated Partnerships Intern to help build relationships and acquire clients for Ethos, our AI governance and evaluation platform.

Ethos is focused on helping organizations evaluate, monitor, and understand the behavior of AI systems across models, agents, and real-world environments.

This role combines partnerships and business development to accelerate revenue. You’ll help identify and build relationships with AI model providers, inference providers, academic labs, technology platforms, startups, and other organizations while also conducting outreach to potential customers and acquiring design partners who can help shape and expand Ethos’s capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Research and identify potential partners and clients for Ethos.
• Conduct outreach through email, LinkedIn, networking, and other channels.
• Build relationships with AI model providers, inference providers, academic labs, technology platforms, startups, and research organizations.
• Identify and pursue potential design partners who can test Ethos and help inform new capabilities.
• Speak with businesses and organizations about their AI evaluation, governance, and monitoring needs.
• Schedule and participate in introductory calls with potential partners and clients.
• Help develop partnership opportunities including integrations, research collaborations, pilots, and joint evaluations.
• Assist with sales materials, partnership proposals, presentations, and follow-ups.
• Track outreach, conversations, partnerships, and opportunities.
• Research the AI industry and identify companies, technologies, and organizations that could be valuable to Ethos.
• Potentially assist with conversations involving investors, accelerators, and strategic partners.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong communicators who are comfortable reaching out to new people.
• Curious about AI, startups, and emerging technology.
• Self-motivated and comfortable working independently.
• Strong research, organization, and follow-up skills.
• Interested in partnerships, sales, business development, venture capital, or technology.
• Comfortable learning technical concepts and explaining them simply.
• Prior sales, partnerships, startup, or business-development experience is helpful but not required