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We are moving the industry from \"human-plus-tools\" to autonomous agency.\nThe Founders Associate role is the founders' force multiplier. You'll work directly alongside our two co-founders and the Chief of Staff across every dimension of building the company: fundraising, hiring, partnerships, go-to-market, investor relations, operations, and whatever else shows up tomorrow. There is no fixed job description because the job changes every week. What stays constant: you're in the room for every critical decision, and you co-own the execution that follows.\nWhy this matters\nEvery engagement Riplo touches makes the system smarter. The context, the judgment, the work product - all of it compounds into a knowledge layer no individual consultant or competing tool can replicate. The firms that move first on this category don't just work faster; they build a structural advantage. The next twelve months are when the category gets defined. Joining now means working on the problems that determine whether Riplo becomes the default - not future hypotheticals, but the actual decisions being made right now.\nRiplo was founded by an ex-McKinsey / BCG / DeepMind / Hg founding team, and emerged from stealth in March 2026 with $3.1M in pre-seed funding led by Cherry Ventures, joined by Blue Lion Capital, partners from McKinsey and BCG, the founders of QuantumBlack, and angels from OpenAI, Apple, Goldman Sachs, and Hg Capital.\nWhat you'll do\nYour scope will evolve week to week, but the initial areas:\nFundraising and investor relations. End-to-end process support: deck iterations, data room, investor pipeline, due diligence coordination.\n\nHiring and talent operations. Source, screen, and close candidates across engineering, product, and commercial roles.\n\nStrategic research. Market sizing, competitive landscapes, partnership opportunities, pricing models. 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