SECTION I · THE BRIEF
Brief #85393Updated 21 AUG 2026SAN FRANCISCO, CAYcY COMBINATOR
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Ex-YC Founder

Wordware lets you create and hosts your whole LLM stack. Create your AI app in 2hr rather than 2 months.

Location
San Francisco, CA
Company size
10–50
Posted
6d ago
Via
Yc
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Ex-YC Founder · Wordware

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Job title
Ex-YC Founder
Job location
San Francisco
Job listing URL
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/wordware/jobs/0Uw5LLO-ex-yc-founder
Job description
# ⚠️ **Please read first** - 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 or J-1 visa sponsorship** for exceptional candidates. ## **About Sauna by Wordware** Most AI products hand you a coworker on day one and hope you trust it. Sauna is the coworker you raise: it starts by learning how you work, earns autonomy task by task, and ends up running hours of work on its own while you keep taste, review, and the final say. Wordware is the ~20-person team behind it, backed by Spark Capital, Felicis, and Y Combinator with a $30M seed, the largest in YC history. We build from a San Francisco office in the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge, and we work absurdly hard because we can see and feel the outcome every day. ## **Being Real** Something didn't work out. We get it. Some YC companies don't end the way the founders pictured, but the people who come out of that experience are some of the sharpest operators we know. We're looking for founders who still have the fire and want to plug into something that's past zero-to-one but still wide open. **The Actual Opportunity** We're 20 people defining a new category: our main product, Sauna, is the first multiplayer AI brain. You'd be one of the first people showing the world what Sauna can do on a team where your work moves the company. **You Probably…** - Ran a YC company - Know exactly what worked and what didn't - Still want to build something massive rather than settle into a comfortable role - Wear multiple hats - Are genuinely excited about AI agents, not just resume-excited **What the Role Looks Like** Shape is flexible. We've hired past founders into engineering, product, and growth roles. Tell us where you're strongest and we'll build the scope around you. ## ## **The Process:** We keep our process simple. Exceptional candidates go from first touch to offer within 2 weeks. **1. Application:** Submit your resume and answer a few short questions. **2. 15-minute intro call:** Quick check to align on location, motivation, and logistics. If it's a go, we move fast from here. **3. Deep dive call:** A longer conversation about what you built, the decisions behind it, and where you'd plug in at Wordware.
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Where this role is based

San Francisco, CA

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Wordware headquarters

San Francisco, CA

Company size

10–50 employees

Founded

2023

Total raised

$31,850,000

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Funding rounds

  • Seed$30M
  • Pre Seed$500K
  • Pre Seed$1.4M