Primary
Investment Associate, Compute
San Francisco, CA, Remote. Posted 2 months ago
The role
You will source, diligence, and help originate investments across the compute stack. You will build relationships with founders and engineers and support the existing compute portfolio.
What you will do
- Source and build relationships with founders, engineers, and operators across the San Francisco compute and AI ecosystem
- Run diligence on prospective investments
- Represent Primary and Compute100 efforts across community events, dinners, and podcast tapings
- Help develop and pressure-test investment theses across the compute stack
- Support the existing compute portfolio
- Build and maintain a running map of high-signal people and companies worth tracking
- Help extend Primary's reach into technical communities
Required qualifications
- 2-4 years of experience with at least 1-2 years of experience in a production engineering role at a leading tech company, AI lab, or high-growth startup
- Computer Science degree or equivalent experience
- Deeply plugged into the San Francisco technical and AI scene
- Genuine, self-directed curiosity about compute
- Comfortable operating with real ambiguity and building process where none exists yet
- Down-to-earth, collaborative, and able to build trust quickly
- Must be available to work full-time in SF with periodic travel to NYC
About the company
Primary is a seed-stage venture capital firm dedicated to delivering exceptional support to the founders of transformational businesses.