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Tolan

Interested — High ConvictionProduct / Forward DeployedActive Careers Page

Product & AI Interaction Design (Exploratory / Custom)

San Francisco, CA & Seattle, WA·In-Person (Collaborative & Sustainable Culture)·$160,000 – $230,000 Base + Equity

Role & Company Summary

Voice-first animated AI companion (alien friend from Planet Portola) that provides long-term emotional grounding, proactive guidance, and lifelike conversation with deep contextual memory.

Scorecard Assessment: Stellar repeat founder pedigree (Quinten Farmer sold Even to Walmart for $300M), $30M+ funding (Khosla, Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross), $4M ARR, 4.8 stars, and a sustainable work culture valuing real life.

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 (14 people)

Proven Customer ROI

Demonstrated active customer traction

Mutual Connections

Quinten Farmer2nd Degree

CEO & Co-Founder

Via: Tech founder network, Cansbridge alumni in SF/Seattle

Direct mutuals through SF consumer tech & founder ecosystem.