Venture Builder, NewsBreak AI Innovation (Intern)

About NewsBreak

Founded in 2015, NewsBreak is the Content Intelligence platform shaping the future content economy. With over 40 million monthly active users, our flagship platform delivers highly personalized local news and information powered by advanced AI, recommendation systems, and adtech.

Recognized by Fast Company as #32 on the Top Workplaces for Innovators, we're proud to be Great Place to Work® certified and home to a dynamic team of technologists, product innovators, and business leaders who are passionate about solving meaningful challenges at scale.

Together, we reached unicorn status in 2021, and we remain committed to continuing this high-growth trajectory with the right team to fulfill our mission: building the infrastructure layer for content intelligence.

If you’re inspired to dream big, innovate fast, and make a difference, we’d love to hear from you! For more information, visit www.newsbreak.com/about

Overview:

We are seeking a Venture Builder focused on AI Innovation to ideate, validate, and launch AI-driven startups from concept to early traction. You will work at the intersection of technology, product, and entrepreneurship to turn emerging AI capabilities into scalable businesses

Roles and Responsibilities:

• This is not an “AI strategy” role — this is a 0→1 builder position for someone who can architect intelligent systems, validate markets, and spin out venture-scale businesses

• The ideal candidate must be external facing and can readily build relationships across startups, venture capital firms, startup accelerators, and other ecosystem partners

• Discern how NewsBreak can support project/portfolio company growth trajectories through technical enablement (user acquisition, product-led growth, monetization etc.)

• Lead internal fund operations, including quarterly reporting, fund administration, marketing efforts, portfolio gatherings, annual meetings, and platform operations

You might thrive in this role if you have:

• Computer Science, Engineering, or any hard sciences degree (undergraduate, masters or PhD) from top tier University

• Software engineering, ML engineering experience; Founder experience preferred

• Progressive business experience in early-stage venture investing or recent graduate from top-tier MBA

• Existing network in the San Francisco Bay Area’s startup ecosystem

• Founder’s mindset, builder’s mentality and strong problem-solving skills

• Excellent communication, influencing and interpersonal skills and strong executive presence with an ability to present thoughtful input to decision-making

• Passion for innovative technologies and artificial intelligence, with a strong pulse on key trends, themes and players

Hourly Pay: $50- $60

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