# Past Founder at Cogent

- Company: Cogent
- What the company does: Vulnerability response at the speed of AI. Cogent. Backed by Greylock.
- Company website: https://www.cogent.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $100K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-18
- Apply by: 2026-11-02
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cogent-security/3d33b3b5-b412-4f5f-9812-2a902b64b98c
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/cogent-past-founder/

## About the role

We're hiring a Past Founder to own high-impact work across Cogent. You've built a venture-backed company before. You've raised capital, shipped product, hired a team, and made hard calls without a playbook. We want that operating experience applied to what we're building: autonomous AI agents that secure enterprise environments. This role is scoped to your strengths. Whether your background leans product, engineering, GTM, or operations, you'll own a workstream end-to-end and work directly with our founding team.

## What they're looking for

- Alumni of a top accelerator like Y Combinator, Techstars, or a similar program - with the operating tempo and network that comes from it
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and taking ownership without direction. You've run a company before, and you want to bring that intensity to a team that's scaling with Fortune 500 customers depending on our product

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