# GM, AI Ecosystem at Solana

- Company: Solana
- What the company does: Solana is the high performance network powering internet capital markets, payments, and crypto applications. Fast. Decentralized. Scalable. Energy efficient. Solana can power thousands of transactions per second. Backed by a16z, Lightspeed and 500 Global.
- Company website: https://solana.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-07-06
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/solana%20foundation/1dc31c3e-1f5f-47d0-8e01-d95e396e7119
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/solana-gm-ai-ecosystem/

## About the role

As GM, AI Ecosystem, you will be the Foundation's most senior presence in Silicon Valley and the single point of accountability for Solana's growth in the region. This is not a community or events role with a bigger title. You will set regional strategy, control a dedicated budget, make funding decisions that seed new teams and initiatives, and personally carry the relationships that determine whether the most ambitious companies of this cycle build on Solana — or somewhere else.

## What they're looking for

- A senior operator with a decade or more across venture capital, ecosystem leadership, company founding or scaling, product or growth at a top-tier technology organization — with a track record others can point to
- Deeply networked in the Bay Area , with real, earned relationships among founders, investors, and operators that you can activate from day one
- Fluent in both worlds: you understand crypto and Solana, and you can hold a substantive conversation with AI founders and researchers about what they're building and why it matters
- The judgment of a capital allocator: you tell signal from noise quickly, concentrate on the few relationships and bets that compound, and deploy resources where they'll matter most
- An exceptional communicator and closer — the kind of person who earns trust in a single meeting and is remembered after it
- Comfortable with full ownership and ambiguity: you create your own surface area, set your own agenda, and don't wait to be told the priorities

Tags: Strategy