AI-first, assembly-focused robotics that rebuilds American manufacturing—faster, more flexible, and ready for what’s next. Backed by Khosla Ventures.
About the role
Foundry is crossing from building robots to selling them. This role owns the growth of the sales organization and of the business side — finance, legal, marketing, and the operations functions that keep a capital-intensive manufacturer solvent, compliant, and able to deliver what sales promised. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 5+ years recruiting, with real experience in either GTM or G&A (ideally both but a spike in one counts)
- You are business savvy. You can read a pipeline, understand sales models, and hold a credible conversation with a finance candidate about what our finance function actually needs
- You are a great salesperson. Closing is a craft you have practiced, and you can point to candidates you won who had better offers on the table
- Genuine curiosity about how the business works — the customers, the deals, the margin structure. You ask the questions most r never think to ask
- You have hired first-of-kind roles — a first AE, a first controller, a first supply marketing lead— with no existing team to pattern-match against
- AI-efficient: you use tooling to multiply your sourcing, research, and market-mapping output
More about this role
Foundry Robotics is building an AI-native robotics manufacturing company focused on deploying advanced assembly and production capability for leading robotics companies and national-security-critical hardware. Basically, we're building robots that build robots. Our mission is to rebuild the American manufacturing industry as an AI-first, assembly-focused, dual-use contract manufacturer. As a founding member of our team, you will have a direct and significant impact on our product, culture, and ultimate success. This role is 100% in-person at our office in Emeryville, CA.
Foundry is crossing from building robots to selling them. This role owns the growth of the sales organization and of the business side — finance, legal, marketing, and the operations functions that keep a capital-intensive manufacturer solvent, compliant, and able to deliver what sales promised.
It is deliberately one role for now. As both sides grow we expect to split it, and whoever is in this seat gets first choice of which half to take. That is the offer: come in early, build both, and pick your specialization from the position of having actually done the work
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