Join a high-signal team building the world’s fastest AI agents for enterprise automation. You will develop reasoning pipelines and visual systems that operate desktop and web applications at 10% of the speed of humans. This founding role bridges cutting-edge ML research and production deployment, directly impacting the core technology of a YC-backed startup.
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Founding AI/ML Research Engineer at Generalcatalyst
Are you a top-tier AI researcher who wants to ship code instead of just papers? Join this YC W26 startup as a Founding AI/ML Research Engineer and build the world's fastest computer-use agents. Founded by an elite team from CMU and IIT Delhi, this startup is automating legacy enterprise workflows at 10x speed. With a 0.30%-1.20% equity stake on the table, you'll work directly with the founders in San Francisco to develop reasoning pipelines and multi-agent systems that redefine how businesses handle manual tasks. If you have a PhD from a top program and a passion for agentic orchestration, this is your ground-floor opportunity.
Overview
Role overview
Company
Generalcatalyst
Finance
YC W26 enterprise AI startup building high-speed computer-use agents
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Design and implement multi-agent orchestration systems, focusing on task decomposition, context management, and memory architectures.
- Develop reliable reasoning pipelines using Large Reasoning Models (LRMs), chain-of-thought architectures, and reflexion agent loops.
- Build and integrate Vision-Language Models (VLMs) for advanced GUI understanding and real-time screen interpretation for automation.
Candidate profile
Who this is a fit for
- Recent PhD or Master’s from a top-tier program (MIT, Stanford, CMU, IIT) with a track record in agentic AI or computer vision.
- Strong research pedigree with publications at major venues like NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, or CVPR, paired with production engineering skills.
- Deep proficiency in Python and orchestration frameworks like LangChain or AutoGen, with experience deploying ML models to AWS environments.
What makes it remarkable
Why this role is remarkable
- Ground-floor equity stake (0.30%-1.20%) in a YC W26 company led by founders from IIT Delhi, CMU, and McKinsey.
- Direct impact on core technology by developing agents that reason and execute complex workflows at 10x the speed of current market solutions.
- High-velocity research environment where you move from paper to production-quality systems quickly alongside an elite AI research team.
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