Your Decision:

FutureHouse

Interested — High ConvictionProduct / Forward DeployedCommercial Spinout / Active

Product & Applied AI Deployment (Exploratory / Custom)

San Francisco, CA (Dogpatch)·In-Person (Dogpatch Lab, SF)·$170,000 – $240,000 Base + Benefits

Role & Company Summary

AI-for-science lab developing semi-autonomous AI Scientists (PaperQA, BioPlanner, LAB-Bench) to automate and accelerate fundamental scientific discovery in biology, therapeutics, and human health.

Scorecard Assessment: Pure mission alignment: democratizing cutting-edge scientific expertise. Founded by Sam Rodriques (TIME100 AI) and Andrew White, backed by Eric and Wendy Schmidt and Open Philanthropy, with a tangible goal of accelerating disease cures.

1–2 Year Target Skill Acquisition Fit

Response Strategy:

Customer-to-Product Tuning (Needs → Iteration)9/10

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 (28 people)

Proven Customer ROI

Demonstrated active customer traction

Mutual Connections

Sam Rodriques2nd Degree

CEO & Co-Founder

Via: McGill and MIT academic networks, SF AI builder community

Direct overlap in SF biotech and AI research community.