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I tracked 20+ YC W25 companies that raised $3M+ earlier this year. Here's what I found.
Over 80% of them are actively hiring Founding AI Engineers right now.
Fewer than 10% have a job description worth reading.
The ones that do? They're pulling 5x the qualified applicants compared to the ones posting vague titles and a bullet list of buzzwords.
This isn't a sourcing problem. It's a positioning problem.
Founders are spending $3M+ to build something real, then writing a job post like they're filling a commodity role. The best AI engineers — the ones who actually want "founding" responsibility — are evaluating your company based on that JD before they ever apply. If it reads generic, they bounce.
A clear job description that reflects your actual technical challenges, the scope of the role, and what "founding" really means at your stage is one of the highest-leverage recruiting moves you can make. It costs nothing but an hour of clear thinking.
This is exactly the kind of work I do with early-stage teams. If you're in that 80% and you know it, let's fix it.
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