WordwareWordware

Ex-YC Founder

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Description

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  • This is a full-time, in-person role based in San Francisco (Presidio) - we work from the office 5 days a week.

  • You must be based in the Bay Area or willing to relocate before starting.

  • We require US work authorisation, but are open to O-1 visa sponsorship for truly exceptional candidates.

ex-YC founder @ wordware

being real: something didn't work out? we get it. we're looking for founders who still have that fire and want to join something that's still early but some things are working

the actual opportunity: we've had 400k sign-ups and raised the biggest seed out of YC ($30m). we're defining a new category (natural language ai development) and need people who know what it takes to build something huge. you've been through the trenches - now help us navigate ours.

the bigger picture: we're not just talking to traditional developers. we're reaching the next 500 million people who will be "coding" with plain english - lawyers, designers, product managers, founders, and domain experts of all kinds. you know how hard this kind of opportunity is to find.

you probably:

  • ran a YC company (obviously)

  • know what worked and what didn't

  • still want to build something massive

  • can wear multiple hats

  • understand both technical and business sides

ps: we're backed by spark capital, felicis, and y combinator ($30m seed — biggest out of YC round) but we still work like a seed startup. you'll be one of the first people showing the world how use Sauna.

Company

Wordware is an AI context lab based in San Francisco, founded in 2023. Its flagship product Sauna is an AI assistant that compounds context, learns user taste, detects patterns, augments thinking, and works proactively. Sauna aims to reclaim deep work by reducing busywork and surfacing relevant context before it is needed. Wordware positions Sauna as a productivity-oriented workspace that integrates into daily workflows, turning to-do lists into completed work. The team describes itself as design- and engineering-driven, building from a beachside SF office and backed by YC seed funding.

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