Hone builds AI that owns outcomes, not tasks: agentic systems that work towards goals over weeks and months, deploy themselves, and improve over time.
About HoneModels keep getting smarter, but outside of coding most organizations can't absorb that intelligence, and the gap between model capability and the value derived from it keeps widening. The reasons are many, from human incentives to org design, but at the core we think it's a technology problem. Hone builds engines: AI systems that you hand a goal, like "keep the recruiting pipeline healthy." An engine builds itself, maintains its own agents and code, pulls in people when it needs judgment, and learns from every correction. Leading AI companies and global enterprises already run engines across funnel optimization, procurement, deal sourcing, asset management, financial risk, and product and customer delivery. We measure ourselves by the real-world economic impact our engines create, not benchmark scores. We're ex-founders and early engineers from Cognition, Mercor, Ramp, Jane Street, Decagon, Brex, and Harvey, backed by Benchmark and Index Ventures.
The RoleHone runs its own operations on engines. You'll work directly with the co-founders and own the work that keeps them and the company moving, including deciding what a person should handle and what an engine should: founder support, recruiting coordination, company logistics, events and community, and the systems behind them.
What You'll Work OnCo-founder calendars, inbox triage and travel.
Recruiting coordination: interview scheduling, onsites and candidate logistics.
Company logistics, the office, and operational admin like NDAs and records.
Dinners, events and community, from guest list to follow-up.
Relationship outreach, applications and company presence.
Lightweight systems and AI automations that make recurring work run itself.
Experience supporting founders or executives at a fast-growing startup
You've built systems and processes from scratch
You're extremely meticulous and catch the missed detail before anyone else
You see what needs doing and close the loop without being chased
Strong judgment on what to handle yourself, what to escalate, and when
You use AI tools every day to automate recurring work
You're warm and socially confident with candidates, guests and partners
You genuinely enjoy making things run well
Experience in recruiting coordination
You've run events or built a community
Intro call.
Conversation with a co-founder.
Conversation with a second co-founder.
Half-day onsite in San Francisco.
References.
Offer.
Location: San Francisco, in person, Monday to Friday.
Compensation: Competitive salary + meaningful equity.
Visa: We sponsor visas and support you through the immigration process.
Benefits: Health and dental insurance, maternity and parental support, and relocation support.
Skills Required
- Experience supporting founders or executives at a fast-growing startup
- Experience building systems and processes from scratch
- Extremely meticulous attention to detail
- Ability to identify needs and close the loop independently
- Strong judgment about handling tasks independently versus escalating
- Daily use of AI tools to automate recurring work
- Warm and socially confident communication with candidates, guests, and partners
- Enjoyment of improving operational efficiency
- Experience in recruiting coordination
- Experience running events or building a community
What We Do
Hone builds persistent AI systems, called Engines, that organizations assign goals rather than discrete tasks. The Engines learn an organization's systems, people, history, and constraints; determine and carry out work, collaborating with people when needed; and adapt based on feedback and results. Hone focuses on autonomous AI for business operations, aiming to deliver measurable economic value rather than simply complete tasks or score well on benchmarks.
