The Role
Mentors advise early-stage founders building AI-enabled life science and healthcare companies. Responsibilities include evaluating scientific and technical strategies, product-market fit, regulatory and clinical pathways, commercialization, fundraising, data strategy, intellectual property, team development, and responsible AI use. Mentors also lead office hours, workshops, company reviews, events, Demo Day preparation, and strategic introductions. Candidates need substantial industry or entrepreneurial experience and a strong understanding of venture creation and innovation commercialization.
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About the AI Bio Hub
The AI Bio Hub is a venture creation and innovation platform focused on the convergence of artificial intelligence, biology, therapeutics, and healthcare.
Created by C10 Labs in partnership with LabCentral, the AI Bio Hub brings together exceptional founders, scientists, technologists, investors, mentors, and industry partners to build the next generation of AI-enabled life science companies.
Through mentorship, technical support, venture-building resources, programming, and access to the Cambridge innovation ecosystem, the AI Bio Hub helps founders translate scientific and technical innovation into high-impact companies.
Position Summary
Position Summary
The AI Bio Hub is seeking experienced mentors to advise founders building companies across artificial intelligence, biotechnology, therapeutics, drug discovery, diagnostics, computational biology, synthetic biology, healthcare, and related fields.
Mentors will provide founders with practical, experience-based guidance on scientific strategy, technical development, company formation, product strategy, customer discovery, regulatory planning, commercialization, fundraising, and organizational growth.
This is an opportunity to support emerging entrepreneurs and help shape companies working at the forefront of AI-enabled scientific innovation.
What You Will Do
• Advise participating founders through individual mentoring sessions, office hours, workshops, and company reviews.
• Help founders evaluate and refine their scientific, technical, product, and commercial strategies.
• Provide guidance on company formation, team development, customer discovery, market validation, and fundraising.
• Support founders in assessing scientific feasibility, technical differentiation, data strategy, validation requirements, and intellectual property considerations.
• Offer insight into clinical development, regulatory pathways, healthcare economics, reimbursement, partnerships, and commercialization when relevant.
• Help teams understand the responsible use of AI and sensitive scientific, biological, and healthcare data.
• Provide constructive feedback on company presentations, investor materials, partnership strategies, and fundraising plans.
• Make relevant introductions to researchers, clinicians, operators, investors, corporate partners, and potential customers when appropriate.
• Participate in AI Bio Hub events, panels, Demo Days, and founder programming.
• Promote a collaborative, inclusive, and scientifically rigorous community.
• Help founders evaluate and refine their scientific, technical, product, and commercial strategies.
• Provide guidance on company formation, team development, customer discovery, market validation, and fundraising.
• Support founders in assessing scientific feasibility, technical differentiation, data strategy, validation requirements, and intellectual property considerations.
• Offer insight into clinical development, regulatory pathways, healthcare economics, reimbursement, partnerships, and commercialization when relevant.
• Help teams understand the responsible use of AI and sensitive scientific, biological, and healthcare data.
• Provide constructive feedback on company presentations, investor materials, partnership strategies, and fundraising plans.
• Make relevant introductions to researchers, clinicians, operators, investors, corporate partners, and potential customers when appropriate.
• Participate in AI Bio Hub events, panels, Demo Days, and founder programming.
• Promote a collaborative, inclusive, and scientifically rigorous community.
What We Are Looking For
• Significant experience in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, therapeutics, diagnostics, computational biology, synthetic biology, medical technology, artificial intelligence, or a related field.
• Experience as a founder, executive, investor, scientist, clinician, researcher, product leader, technical leader, or industry operator.
• Demonstrated understanding of early-stage company development and the challenges involved in translating innovation into commercially viable products.
• Experience advising, mentoring, investing in, or supporting founders and early-stage companies.
• Excellent judgment, communication, coaching, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to provide candid and practical guidance while allowing founders to retain ownership of their decisions.
• Commitment to responsible innovation, scientific integrity, diversity, and inclusion.
Preferred Experience
• Experience as a founder, executive, investor, scientist, clinician, researcher, product leader, technical leader, or industry operator.
• Demonstrated understanding of early-stage company development and the challenges involved in translating innovation into commercially viable products.
• Experience advising, mentoring, investing in, or supporting founders and early-stage companies.
• Excellent judgment, communication, coaching, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to provide candid and practical guidance while allowing founders to retain ownership of their decisions.
• Commitment to responsible innovation, scientific integrity, diversity, and inclusion.
Preferred Experience
• Experience with AI-enabled drug discovery, computational biology, clinical development, digital health, medical devices, diagnostics, synthetic biology, or healthcare data.
• Familiarity with regulatory strategy, intellectual property, clinical validation, biopharmaceutical partnerships, healthcare procurement, or reimbursement.
• An established network across the Cambridge and Boston life sciences, healthcare, technology, investment, or academic ecosystem.
• Previous involvement with an accelerator, venture studio, incubator, university innovation program, or founder community.
Engagement
This is a part-time mentor appointment. Time commitments will vary based on program needs, founder requirements, and mentor availability.
Mentors may contribute through:
• Scheduled office hours
• Individual founder advising
• Workshops and educational programming
• Scientific and business reviews
• Panels and community events
• Demo Day preparation
• Strategic introductions
Why Join the AI Bio Hub?
• Individual founder advising
• Workshops and educational programming
• Scientific and business reviews
• Panels and community events
• Demo Day preparation
• Strategic introductions
Why Join the AI Bio Hub?
Mentors have the opportunity to work with ambitious founders at the earliest stages of company creation, contribute to breakthrough scientific and technical ventures, and help strengthen the AI and life sciences innovation ecosystem.
The AI Bio Hub offers a unique opportunity to support companies before their paths are fully defined and to help founders transform promising ideas into enduring businesses.
About
C10 Labs is a Cambridge-based venture studio fund transforming the future of AI-First startups. We partner with inspiring entrepreneurs to push their businesses forward and scale their solutions. Through surrounding our teams with expert technology support, operational know-how, and our network of advisors, we help create a greater impact together.
Skills Required
- Significant experience in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, therapeutics, diagnostics, computational biology, synthetic biology, medical technology, artificial intelligence, or a related field
- Experience as a founder, executive, investor, scientist, clinician, researcher, product leader, technical leader, or industry operator
- Demonstrated understanding of early-stage company development and translating innovation into commercially viable products
- Experience advising, mentoring, investing in, or supporting founders and early-stage companies
- Excellent judgment, communication, coaching, and relationship-building skills
- Ability to provide candid and practical guidance while allowing founders to retain decision ownership
- Commitment to responsible innovation, scientific integrity, diversity, and inclusion
- Experience with AI-enabled drug discovery, computational biology, clinical development, digital health, medical devices, diagnostics, synthetic biology, or healthcare data
- Familiarity with regulatory strategy, intellectual property, clinical validation, biopharmaceutical partnerships, healthcare procurement, or reimbursement
- Established network across the Cambridge and Boston life sciences, healthcare, technology, investment, or academic ecosystem
- Previous involvement with an accelerator, venture studio, incubator, university innovation program, or founder community
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The Company
What We Do
C10 Labs is an MIT-born AI venture studio and fund creating AI-first ventures from Cambridge and New York City. It partners directly with founders, principal investigators, and labs to co-build AI-native companies, providing full-stack AI engineering, product development, venture design, and enterprise pilots. Its model brings together critical skills, sector expertise, capital, and corporate networks to help scale startups and apply AI across industries.
