You will lead the technical creation of a privacy-first verification layer for the creative economy. By capturing OS-level signals without exposing master files, you will build the infrastructure that allows studios and labels to prove human origin in the age of generative AI. This is a high-impact, founding-level leadership role.
Founder CTO / Technical Co-Founder at iinvest
We are seeking a technical co-founder to build the definitive proof layer for the creative economy. As AI-generated media scales, the world's leading studios and labels need a way to verify human work without compromising privacy. Led by a founder who previously scaled a fintech to $5M ARR, this pre-seed startup is moving from demo to enterprise pilots with major industry partners. If you are a systems-minded builder with experience in desktop daemons, cryptography, and product architecture, this is your chance to own the technical vision of a new infrastructure category. Secure significant equity and build the trust layer for the future of creativity.
About this role
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About the company
iinvest
Pre-seed media trust infrastructure startup led by a founder who scaled a previous fintech to $5M ARR
What you'll do
What you will do
- Architect and build the core alpha product, including desktop daemons and a verification engine that generates detached proof certificates.
- Design a privacy-first security model that ensures master assets never leave the creator's environment while providing verifiable provenance signals.
- Lead the technical strategy and roadmap to secure upcoming funding rounds and support pilot integrations with major music labels and film studios.
Who you are
Who this is a fit for
- Proven experience building desktop software or OS-level agents for macOS and Windows, with deep knowledge of telemetry and system monitoring.
- Technical breadth across cryptography, identity verification, and cloud-native API design to handle secure, scalable human-origin metadata.
- A founder-first mindset with the ability to ship high-quality code independently using AI-native workflows while maintaining strict architectural and security standards.
Why this role
Why this role is remarkable
- Become a technical co-founder with significant equity ownership in a high-conviction startup defining a new infrastructure category for media trust.
- Work directly with a proven CEO who has a track record of scaling platforms to $5M ARR and securing enterprise design partners.
- Build a mission-critical system that protects human creativity and intellectual property against the risks of synthetic media and voice cloning.
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