Every AI decision needs a denominator.

We give the C-suite the fact base to move on AI with speed, optionality and capital discipline. Join the founding team.

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We are builders, analysts and writers answering the defining question of the decade: how does AI reshape the value and economics of enterprises?

Rigor is the product. Every number carries a source, a date and a method that holds up in the boardroom.

AI-native by design. AI works alongside every one of us, giving a small team the leverage of a large one.

Working here

What We Believe & Who We’re Looking For

The Denominator is building the intelligence company for the AI economy. Enterprises are committing trillions to AI, and the executives accountable for that capital must move at pace, keep their options open and answer for the return. We build the empirical intelligence that lets them do all three: decide with conviction, preserve optionality in every technology choice, and deploy capital with discipline. Every number is sourced, dated and built to withstand board scrutiny.

We are AI-native in how we work, not just in what we build. AI drafts, checks and computes alongside us, giving a small team the leverage of a large one. Every person here owns a real share of the product, the methodology and the company.

We believe tomorrow will be better than today, and we build with that conviction. We think in waves: first the AI-native era, then the ones that follow. We have a small team and a large thesis, and we intend to define the category.

We hire for five qualities:

• Set the bar for rigor. You would rather say “we don’t know yet” than publish a number you cannot defend. You show your work, cite your sources and welcome the hardest question in the room.
• Lead with the customer’s problem. You understand how executives budget, buy and decide, and you build for that reality, not for a slide.
• Use AI as leverage. You see AI as the most consequential technology shift in generations. You use it daily to think faster and build better, and you know where human judgment must remain in charge.
• Own the outcome. You take an ambiguous problem from first hypothesis to production, and you hold yourself accountable for the result, not the process.
• Lead with optimism. You believe the future can be meaningfully better, and your conviction raises the standard of the people around you.

What we offer

Board-level impact from day one Your work reaches the CIOs, CFOs and boards making the decisions within months, not years.

Founding-team equity Ownership priced to the scope of a founding role, not a later hire.

Competitive base salary Every role lists its range. Your offer is set within it by location and experience.

Remote, with a home base in San Francisco Work where you do your best work. We meet in person when it matters.

Direct line to the decisions No layers between you and the decisions. Your judgment reaches the product in days, not quarters.

The best AI tools, on us Every person gets the models and tools they need to work at full speed.

Health, dental and vision coverage Medical, dental and vision insurance.

Flexible time off Paid holidays and paid time off.

Open positions

We are assembling our founding team. Every role is a first: you will architect the system, not inherit it.

Data & Measurement

Founding Data Scientist, Measurement & Benchmarks Remote · Preferred: San Francisco, New York, Washington, DC, Boston or Chicago · Full-time · $175,000–$225,000 Build the methods that turn public evidence into numbers executives can stand behind. View role

Engineering

Founding Engineer, Applied AI & Grounded Answers Remote · Preferred: San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Austin or Boston · Full-time · $180,000–$230,000 Build an answer system that cites every claim and says plainly when it doesn’t know. View role

Founding Platform Engineer Remote · Preferred: San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Austin or Boston · Full-time · $170,000–$220,000 Build the platform an AI-native company runs on, from infrastructure to agents to data. View role

Operations

Founding IT & Data Operations Manager Remote · Preferred: San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Austin or Boston · Full-time · $125,000–$160,000 Own the systems, accounts and data room an AI-native company runs on. View role

Marketing

Senior Director, Product Marketing Remote · Preferred: San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Austin or Boston · Full-time · $185,000–$230,000 Define how a new category is understood, and launch the products that create it. View role

Founding Growth Marketer, B2B Remote · Preferred: San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Austin or Boston · Full-time · $140,000–$180,000 Build an audience of the executives who decide on AI. View role

Don’t see your role? If you share how we work and think you can help, write to careers@thedenominator.ai and tell us what you would build.

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The Denominator is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.