# Founder-in-Residence — Industrial AI at The Flywheel

- Company: The Flywheel
- Type: VC firms (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Remote (US)
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-09-08
- Apply by: 2026-10-23
- Apply: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4462214578/
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/the-flywheel-founder-in-residence-industrial-ai/

## About the role

We are looking for ambitious entrepreneurs with first-hand insights into industrial challenges, bottlenecks, and revenue blockers. We turn your insight into a formidable company. You keep up to 80% equity of the company we build together. We compress the 0 to 1 journey from years down to months. Accelerators, VCs, and incubators fund you and advise you. We build with you: validating the idea, shipping the first prototype, forming the founding team, incorporating, and winning your first customers and investors.

## What they're looking for

- As a Founder-in-Residence, you will work closely with The Flywheel team to identify, validate, and build a venture that uses AI to accelerate productivity and efficiency in one of our core domains:
- Manufacturing & Supply Chains
- Defence & Security
- Energy & Sustainability
- During the FiR Program (ideally 1-3 months, up to 6 months):
- Conduct deep user research and problem validation across target industries