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Interested — High ConvictionProduct / Forward DeployedActive Job Requisition

Product Manager (San Francisco)

San Francisco, CA·Hybrid / In-Office (SF)·$160,000 – $210,000 Base + Meaningful Equity

Role & Company Summary

AI voice reading coach and companion designed to eradicate childhood illiteracy by listening to kids read aloud, decoding phonics in real-time, and generating personalized illustrated books.

Scorecard Assessment: Direct North Star match: expands human agency through literacy. Repeat founder (Catalin Voss sold 2 ML startups), ex-Google Education leadership, $26M+ funding (Goodwater, Reed Hastings, Khosla), and 4.9-star reviews from parents and educators.

1–2 Year Target Skill Acquisition Fit

Response Strategy:

Customer-to-Product Tuning (Needs → Iteration)10/10

Extremely high leverage: directly shaping product from enterprise customer deployments.

Frontier AI Scoping & Production Intuition10/10

Heavy engagement with cutting-edge multimodal agents and real-world failure modes.

Scorecard Signals

Repeat Founders

Founder has built/exited previous startups

Team Scale Filter

Established team beyond founders (22 people)

Proven Customer ROI

Demonstrated active customer traction

Mutual Connections

Tom Sayer2nd Degree

CEO & Co-Founder

Via: Google for Education alumni, EdTech impact network

Direct overlap in SF EdTech and impact community.

Catalin Voss2nd Degree

CTO & Co-Founder

Via: Stanford CS and AI alumni network, Socratica builder network

Stanford CS and founder network connection.