Mentor early-stage AI startups by providing strategic guidance on business strategy, market positioning, product roadmaps, go-to-market execution, fundraising, scaling, and team building. The role involves advising founders, facilitating investor and partner introductions, participating in workshops, and sharing market and startup ecosystem insights with C10 investment and operating teams.
Headquartered in Kendall Square, Cambridge (MIT), C10 Labs is expanding its presence to New York City - one of the most vibrant ecosystems for Applied AI. As we grow, we are seeking bold, entrepreneurial leaders to help shape the future of AI innovation.
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As a Mentor with C10 Labs, you will play a pivotal role in guiding and accelerating early-stage startups across multiple industries. We pride ourselves on fostering a dynamic AI ecosystem that promotes creativity, execution, and growth. Mentors are seasoned leaders—founders, operators, investors, or technologists—who provide high-impact guidance to founders navigating the journey from idea to scale.
You’ll have a front-row seat to breakthrough innovation, with opportunities to become early advisors, board members, or fractional CxOs within our portfolio companies. You’ll also gain access to exclusive C10 programs, events, and our global network of investors, corporates, and academics.
What You Will Do
- Provide strategic mentorship to portfolio companies, leveraging your domain expertise, operating experience, and network to drive meaningful outcomes.
- Support founders in refining business strategies, market positioning, product roadmaps, and go-to-market approaches.
- Act as a trusted advisor—helping startups overcome challenges, seize opportunities, and build resilient organizations.
- Share perspectives on market trends, customer needs, regulatory landscapes, and competitive dynamics across industries.
- Participate in workshops and cohort programming, enhancing founders’ skills in areas such as fundraising, business development, product scaling, and team building.
- Facilitate access to potential partners, investors, and customers within your network.
- Provide ongoing feedback and insights to the C10 investment and operating teams to strengthen our venture-building approach.
What We Are Looking For
- Proven track record as a founder, operator, investor, or industry leader in enterprise, health, bio, mobility, robotics, fintech, or related domains.
- Experience mentoring or advising early-stage or high-growth startups.
- Strong professional network and ability to make meaningful introductions to investors, partners, and customers.
- Knowledge or familiarity with of state-of-the-art (SOTA) AI models (e.g., foundation models, multimodal AI, Agentic systems) and their applications across industries.
- Understanding of venture capital, startup ecosystems, and the dynamics of scaling companies.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to deliver constructive feedback and strategic guidance.
Why Join AI Nexus NYC
- Shape the trajectory of the next generation of AI-driven companies.
- Work in an intellectually stimulating and collaborative environment.
- Leverage your expertise to make a lasting impact on founders and industries.
- Gain access to exclusive C10 global professional network, events and a broad, cross-sector network of innovators and investors.
- Explore opportunities for deeper engagement with ventures as advisor, board member, or fractional executive.
If you are passionate about AI, would love to work with an amazing team, ready to solve challenging problems, and eager to transform industries through innovative technologies, we want to hear from you. Apply now and join us on our mission to shape the future of AI.
C10 Labs is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
About
C10 Labs is a Cambridge-based venture studio fund transforming the future of AI-First startups. We partner with inspiring entrepreneurs to push their businesses forward and scale their solutions. Through surrounding our teams with expert technology support, operational know-how, and our network of advisors, we help create a greater impact together.
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