Founding Business Development Rep (AI Cloud US/CA)
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 9, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 18, 2026. Featherless scores C on the Alion truth index.
About Featherless
Featherless.ai is building the world’s most reliable open-model inference platform - a serverless foundation for deploying and scaling AI without infrastructure overhead.
Backed by AMD, Airbus Ventures, 500 Global, Kickstart Ventures, HF0 Residency, Panache Ventures, and Oakseed Ventures, we’re a well-funded team of researchers and engineers on a mission to democratize AI through performance and accessibility.
Our cloud provides instant access to 40,000+ open-source AI models and the research innovations powering next-generation efficiency, reliability, and model optimization.
About the Role
We’re looking for a founding member of the US/CA GTM team - someone both technical and entrepreneurial that thrives at the intersection of AI, communication, and execution.
This is not a traditional sales role. You’re expected to be fluent in AI and be able to hold your own in conversations with model creators, AI startups, enterprises, and developers exploring open-model deployment.
If you're a charismatic developer looking to expand into sales or a young entrepreneur that's developed technical skills we want to speak to you.
What You’ll Own Immediately
Build & qualify pipeline across enterprises and AI startups
Manage inbound requests through chat and email
Manage outreach sequences and automations (HubSpot, Clay, Reply.io, n8n)
Re-engage existing sign-ups and subscribers; identify high-value users
Track CRM, pipeline metrics, and weekly reporting
Attend events to generate pipeline and establish key relationships
What You Bring
Combined 1-2 years experience in Sales, Developer Relations, or Entrepreneurship
Comfortable engaging technical audiences (developers, founders, researchers)
AI power user
Excellent written and verbal communication in english - concise, credible, human
Entrepreneurial and self-driven - you operate independently and get things done
Why Featherless
Work directly with exec on high-impact partnerships and GTM strategy
Build your network across one of the fastest-growing open AI ecosystems
Be part of a small, high-performing team making open weight AI accessible to everyone