# Field CTO, US at Mistral AI

- Company: Mistral AI
- What the company does: The most powerful AI platform for enterprises. Customize, fine-tune, and deploy AI assistants, autonomous agents, and multimodal AI with open models. Backed by General Catalyst, Index and Lightspeed.
- Company website: https://mistral.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-27
- Apply by: 2026-12-11
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mistral.ai/d2441578-4eea-410c-9ae7-bd4fea94992a?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/mistral-ai-field-cto-us/

## About the role

The Field CTO role is one of Mistral's senior external technical voices; a role for someone who has earned genuine credibility in the AI field and can engage enterprise boards, CIOs, and CTOs as a peer. You will shape how strategic accounts think about their AI strategy, represent Mistral at major industry events, and publish thought leadership that reflects a real point of view on where AI is going. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Demonstrable credibility in the AI field. A public track record in AI: published papers, articles, or talks that reflect a clear, defensible position. Your work should read as credible next to Mistral's technical brand
- A stated position on open-weight models and what they change for the enterprises adopting them. Your existing public positions should sit comfortable next to Mistral's
- You are fluent in European data sovereignty and on-premise deployment, at the level that holds up with a CTO or VP Engineering asking hard questions
- You are comfortable engaging C-level stakeholders across multiple verticals on technical architecture and business strategy, in the same conversation
- Cross-vertical fluency, you can credibly engage across financial services, manufacturing, defense, and energy without being a domain specialist in any one of them
- Comfortable with 30-50% travel depending on your region

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