Co-Founder & CEO, AI Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure

Pre-Seed | Equity-Only | United States (Remote)

The founder seat you've been waiting for, minus the blank page.

You know you want to build a company. What you haven't found is an idea strong enough to commit to. We've done the hard groundwork on one, and we're looking for the person who will lead it.

The company

Power grids, hospitals, and financial systems face attackers who adapt faster than traditional defenses can respond. Most security tools still react after a breach has started.

This venture is an AI-driven defense platform that learns what normal looks like inside critical systems, predicts attacks before they escalate, and responds automatically by isolating compromised systems, revoking access, and alerting teams in seconds. The goal is fewer outages, less damage, and less dependence on overstretched security teams.

The venture has been through NeedTech Labs' full validation process: market, competition, business model, and risk. It's ready for a founder.

Your mission in the first 18 months

Pick the first market to win and land pilot customers there
Build relationships with security leaders and earn their trust
Raise the company's first funding round
Bring on a technical co-founder and early team
Own the strategy, including challenging ours where you see it differently

What you'll have behind you

A complete venture blueprint:

Market analysis, competitive landscape, business model, pricing, go-to-market plan, risk assessment, and technical architecture, shared with finalists under NDA
A mentor in the field:

An experienced cybersecurity expert with a proven record, guiding you from day one

This could be you

You have 3–10 years in B2B tech, ideally in cybersecurity, IT, cloud, or enterprise sales.
You've worked at an early-stage startup or started something yourself.
You enjoy getting in front of customers and investors, and you're persistent when the answer is "not yet."
You're curious enough about cybersecurity to learn the technology and talk about it credibly.
You're ready to go all in, full-time.

Experience in finance, healthcare, or energy is a plus. No degree requirements or prior exit needed.

The terms

You join as a co-owner with founder equity, standard vesting, a cliff, and acceleration, plus founder-level participation in future rounds. There's no salary until institutional funding closes,

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