What we do
The Venture
Legal services are essential to our society, but the current landscape is marred by inefficiency, inaccessibility, and high costs. Our mission is to revolutionize the legal industry by harnessing the power of large language models and AI to streamline processes and increase access to justice. We aim to automate routine tasks, boost the efficiency of legal professionals, and make legal services more affordable and accessible to those in need.
We're seeking a passionate founder associate to help bring our AI-driven legal tech solutions to life. As a founder associate, you'll be instrumental in every step of the journey, from validating use cases to scaling the organization. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit, a keen interest in AI, and a desire to make a meaningful impact on the world of legal services, this opportunity is perfect for you!
Our EcosystemThe venture that you will be working for is part of the world’s first AI Venture Studio, Merantix. Already today, AI automates complex, multi-level processes that used to be dependent on human decision-making, resulting in automation and higher accuracy. Merantix aims to spearhead this development, building the category leaders of tomorrow. At Merantix Venture Studio, we build and scale machine learning companies. Through our unique incubation platform, seed financing and exceptional teams of visionary entrepreneurs and engineers, we transfer world-leading research into products that will change existing and create new industries. The growing platform constitutes a unique brand with a shared tech and operational infrastructure that attracts talent, resonates with industry partners, and leverages the proven network and product-building experience. Together with more than 60 AI teams, we collaborate on the AI Campus in the heart of Berlin. We are a big community of startups, scaleups, researchers, investors and enterprises that loves to help and support each other with a shared vision of building disruptive technologies.
Your role
In order to build outstanding companies with the help of a distinguished team, state-of-the-art machine learning technology as well as a comprehensive AI company building framework, we seek exceptional entrepreneurial minds that have the ambition to make an impact. As a founders associate, you will be working side by side with an experienced founder, who already built a company in this space, to ideate and validate cases in the LegalTech space and ultimately build the company from the ground up. Once the case is ripe for incubation, you will have the chance of joining the team full-time as one of the first hires with equity options.
If that resonates with you, here is what your role at Merantix includes:
- Conducting research around the market and the competitive landscape
- Ping-Ponging with expert stakeholders to validate and calibrate the idea
- Mining our network to identify potential for collaboration and partnerships
- Building interesting presentations, accurate Excel sheets, and crisp documents
- Identifying talent, building and recruiting the initial team
- Initiating and maintaining relationships to potential investors and partners
Your profile
We define ourselves by a culture of ownership and cooperation. We are looking for driven, capable, visionary, and prudent talents with proven track records of personal, academic, and professional achievement.
- You have an undergraduate degree from a top-tier university, MA/MSc/MBA is a plus;
- You have gained professional experience in an impactful entrepreneurial environment, at a leading technology company, or in management consultancy/ venture capital;
- You have superb communication (verbal and written English; German would be a plus) and interpersonal skills and an ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams;
- You have a demonstrated interest in technology and the legal industry
- You have strong organizational and multitasking skills with the ability to prioritize appropriately and effectively;
- You are available to work with us for a minimum of 6 months at a time.
What we offer
Our hierarchy is flat and communication direct, which means that we operate and learn fast, as a team. Perks of working with us can be summarized as follows:
- A competitive salary with the possibility of getting equity options.
- A chance to experience being a valuable member of a team that prioritizes your growth, sense of purpose, and well-being in ways that go beyond words.
- An opportunity to train in diverse skills by working directly with founders who have previously built tech+impact startups impacting millions of people.
- A work culture where you can speak your mind freely and challenge our assumptions whenever you think we are wrong.
- Super flexible work hours and styles, including being 100% remote if you so wish, as long as you are able to perform well (both individually and as a collaborative member of our team).
- A chance to be our first hire and play a vital role in building the kind of team you’d love to be a part of.
About us
We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity. We consider all applications equally regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity. We strongly encourage individuals from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech to apply, and we can help with immigration.
