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We are building the system that turns that fragmented information into a structured context and intelligence layer for leaders and their teams, from Mayors to Congressmen to CEOs.\nWe are VC-backed, a Stanford StartX company, and actively deployed with customers in government and enterprise. We won 1st place at the US Conference of Mayors and “Most Innovative Startup” at State of GovTech. Our founder previously worked for leaders in the White House, Congress, and tech c-suites and is building the solution her teams always needed. See more from our launch at SXSW and Axios.\nAbout The Role\nWe are hiring a Founding AI Engineer to build the systems that define a new category of intelligence for executive teams. You will work on everything - backend, frontend, AI, infrastructure, and security - shaping product direction and engineering culture from day one.\nThis is a genuinely hard technical problem. 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