Two years ago Pillar VC launched the Encode: AI for Science Fellowship in the UK, enabled by our partners at the Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA). Our mission was clear: find the best AI for science talent and back it, via the Fellowship and/or direct investment.
32 Encode Fellows, 100s of events, multiple companies raising multiple millions and a new hub in Kings Cross later - that mission hasn’t changed. We are doubling down, scaling our impact from here and hiring three pivotal team members:
- Head of R&D > discovering large ideas, early. Chief AI for Science evangelist identifying the ideas and individuals we go onto back.
- Head of Translation > victory-planning for Encode Fellows, with lived experience founding or building at the very early stages.
- Head of Operations > the enabler of our increasingly talent-first approach, sitting at the core of our team.
We are also hiring for two part-time Venture Associates to run alongside Pillar Venture Partners Dave Husak and Andy Coravos as they support ARIA Creators and scope the most exciting research-led companies in the UK.
Core requirement for all roles: You feel an intrinsic sense of urgency about the impact you can have, and want to be a part of a team systems engineering for multiple world-changing ideas at once.
Applications are rolling.
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