Founders Associate Intern

The Setup

6-month internship · Full-time · Start ASAP · Remote-first, with time on the ground in the communities we launch and in Berlin. A real path to full-time.

The role

You sit at the founders' side and take on the problems that don't have an owner yet — growth, go-to-market, hiring, ops, strategy. Whatever the week needs, you take a piece and run with it. It's a founder residency for anyone serious about building companies: you see how a startup actually gets built, and you shape it while you do.

What you'll do

• Work directly with the founders on the problems that matter — they hand you the projects they don't have time to run themselves, and you own them end to end.
• Turn ambiguity into shipped work — you get problems, not task lists. You write the plan, execute it, and the founders hear how it went in the update, not by chasing you.
• Build the systems the company runs on — hiring pipelines, launch playbooks, reporting, internal knowledge. What you build becomes the foundation the next person uses.
• Turn research into decisions — market, customers, competitors, partners. You dig, write it up in a memo the founders can act on in ten minutes, and the call gets made because of your work.
• Get out into the communities we launch — talk to real users and bring the feedback back to the table.
• Work AI-native — automate the repetitive parts with agents so an hour's work takes ten minutes.

Who you are

• High agency — you take a problem, write the plan, ship the outcome, and don't wait to be told what to do.
• Sharp writing and thinking — you turn messy inputs into clear, short memos, and structure comes naturally.
• A builder mindset — if something's missing, you build it; you iterate and improve instead of over-polishing.
• Ideally some time in a high-pace environment — a startup internship, an MBB or IB stint, or a side project you scaled. If not, ambition compensates.
• AI-native by default — Claude for memos, Cursor for prototypes, whatever gets it done fastest.
• Done or at the end of your studies, and you could see yourself starting full-time after. Fluent German and English.

Maybe not for you

• You only want high-level "strategy" work — a lot of this is unglamorous and hands-on.
• You've never touched AI or automation tools and don't want to start.
• You want a predictable 9-to-5 — this isn't that.
• You need a fixed playbook to follow — here you write it.

What we offer

• A paid, 6-month internship — no unpaid work here.
• Impact from day one — high ownership, fast feedback, real responsibility for outcomes.
• Daily mentorship from founders who've built products for millions of users and scaled real companies — you learn straight from the source.
• A funded, fast-moving startup at the ground floor — you see the whole thing, from fundraising to the field.
• An AI-first, builder environment — the best tools, low overhead, a strong bias to ship.
• Remote-first and flexible, with time together in Berlin and out in the communities.
• A real path to full-time — and a reference and network that open doors either way.

How we hire

1. A short intro chat with one of the founders.
2. A small paid task or trial day on something real — not a whiteboard quiz.
3. Offer.