At General Intelligence Company, we’re building highly-capable autonomous agents for startups. Our goal is to enable the one-person, one-billion-dollar company. Our agents don’t just automate workflows - they replace them.
As Chief of Staff, you'll work directly with founders as their day-to-day operator. You're the person founders lean on for everything: strategy, operations, people, capital, partnerships.You'll be solving any and every problem preventing us from shipping fast and scaling quickly.
This role will be intense and rewarding. You'll learn a lot and quickly be given a large amount of responsibility.
What you'll doPeople operations: Build and own recruiting pipeline; conduct interviews and evaluations; handle hiring, onboarding, and people logistics as we scale
Company operations: Manage cap table and equity records; handle HR admin (contracts, documentation, compliance); coordinate with lawyers and accountants
Strategy & execution: Translate founders' vision into quarterly roadmaps; track progress obsessively; course-correct quickly
Fundraising operations: Build models, manage diligence, coordinate with investors; own metrics that matter to capital conversations
Cross-functional unblocking: Own how teams coordinate; optimize decision-making loops; identify and remove bottlenecks before they slow us
Business development & partnerships: Identify strategic opportunities; manage early conversations; ship deals that unlock growth
Finance & operations: Own bookkeeping, budgeting, and long-term financial planning; manage vendor relationships; handle compliance/admin without letting it slow us
Data & analytics: Build dashboards and reporting that drive decisions; connect engineering metrics to business outcomes
Direct executive support: Be the founder's right hand - manage their calendar, priorities, and information flow; own their decision-making processes
2–3 years of hands-on experience in startup operations, people ops, or as an executive assistant at a fast-growing company
Built and managed recruiting pipelines; conducted interviews and assessments; know how to find and evaluate talent
Experience with cap tables, equity management, HR systems, and company compliance
Track record unblocking teams and scaling operations without adding process/politics
Comfort with finance, modeling, and data; can build in Excel/Sheets or learn new tools fast
Experience supporting a CEO or founder directly; you know what founders need before they ask
Incredibly high proficiency with AI models and AI tooling; hands-on experience with AI coding tools like Cursor
Shipped something meaningful
Bonus: Fundraising experience; experience in AI/tech; comfort with rapid iteration and ambiguity; knowledge of equity practices for early-stage startups
- In-person in New York. You'll be in the room with founders daily.
- No politics, no unnecessary process. We hire smart people and get out of their way.
- Outcomes over inputs. You're not measured on hours or activity; you're measured on what unblocks and moves forward.
- Direct feedback. You'll hear what's working and what's not; same applies in reverse.
- Ship fast, iterate daily. Perfection is the enemy of progress.
What's different about General Intelligence?- Real leverage. Your impact compounds across the entire company.
- No bureaucracy. You'll be frustrated by red tape everywhere else after working here.
- Trusted operator. Founders will confide in you on hard decisions; your counsel matters.
- Small, elite team. You work directly with founders and the best engineers building agents.
- Craft matters. Speed is key, but sloppiness isn't tolerated.
- In person, in New York City.
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The General Intelligence Company is building highly-capable ai agents to run entire businesses autonomously.
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