Founding Business Development Rep (AI Cloud US/CA)
About Featherless
Featherless.ai is building the world’s most reliable open-model inference platform — a serverless foundation for deploying and scaling AI without infrastructure overhead.
Backed by AMD, Airbus Ventures, 500 Global, Kickstart Ventures, HF0 Residency, Panache Ventures, and Oakseed Ventures, we’re a well-funded team of researchers and engineers on a mission to democratize AI through performance and accessibility.
Our cloud provides instant access to 40,000+ open-source AI models and the research innovations powering next-generation efficiency, reliability, and model optimization.
About the Role
We’re looking for a founding member of the US/CA GTM team — someone both technical and entrepreneurial that thrives at the intersection of AI, communication, and execution.
This is not a traditional sales role. You’re expected to be fluent in AI and be able to hold your own in conversations with model creators, AI startups, enterprises, and developers exploring open-model deployment.
If you're a charismatic developer looking to expand into sales or a young entrepreneur that's developed technical skills we want to speak to you.
What You’ll Own Immediately
Build & qualify pipeline across enterprises and AI startups
Manage inbound requests through chat and email
Manage outreach sequences and automations (HubSpot, Clay, Reply.io, n8n)
Re-engage existing sign-ups and subscribers; identify high-value users
Track CRM, pipeline metrics, and weekly reporting
Attend events to generate pipeline and establish key relationships
What You Bring
Combined 1-2 years experience in Sales, Developer Relations, or Entrepreneurship
Comfortable engaging technical audiences (developers, founders, researchers)
AI power user
Excellent written and verbal communication in english — concise, credible, human
Entrepreneurial and self-driven — you operate independently and get things done
Why Featherless
Work directly with exec on high-impact partnerships and GTM strategy
Build your network across one of the fastest-growing open AI ecosystems
Be part of a small, high-performing team making open weight AI accessible to everyone
1-2 years combined experience in sales, developer relations, or entrepreneurship; comfort engaging technical audiences; AI power user; excellent written and verbal English; self-driven and entrepreneurial.
Key Responsibilities
- building pipeline
- managing inbound requests
- attending events
Skills & Tools
HubSpot, Clay, Reply.io, n8n
Job Details
- Category: Sales
- Seniority: Entry Level
- Commitment: Full Time
- Workplace: Remote — United States or Canada or Atlanta or Los Angeles or Tampa or Miami or Orlando or Ottawa or New York City or Salt Lake City or Nashville or Ashburn or San Francisco or Austin or Montreal or Toronto or Halifax or Charlotte or Seattle or Dallas-Fort Worth or Fairfax or Boston or Houston or Raleigh or Washington or Chicago or Phoenix or Scottsdale or Denver or Vancouver
- Languages: English
About Featherless AI
A well-funded team building a reliable open-model inference platform for deploying and scaling AI without infrastructure overhead. — Industry: Information Technology