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About the Role
We are seeking an Investment Associate to join our compute practice in San Francisco. This role is central to the firm's future, focusing on sourcing, diligencing, and originating investments across the compute stack, including software and hardware opportunities. We value learning velocity, curiosity, and a strong San Francisco network over extensive prior investing experience.
Responsibilities
- Source and build relationships with founders, engineers, and operators across the San Francisco compute and AI ecosystem.
- Run diligence on prospective investments, including technical differentiation, competitive dynamics, and market sizing.
- Represent Primary and our Compute100 efforts at community events, dinners, and podcast tapings.
- Help develop and pressure-test investment theses across the compute stack.
- Support the existing compute portfolio, including Etched, as needed.
- Build and maintain a running map of high-signal people and companies worth tracking.
- Extend Primary's reach into technical communities that produce the next generation of compute founders.
Requirements
- Must be available to work full-time in SF with periodic travel to NYC.
- 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.
- 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.
Skills
- Compute
- AI
- Technical Differentiation
- Competitive Dynamics
- Market Sizing
- Investment Theses
- Community Engagement
Location
- San Francisco
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 2-4 years of experience
- 1-2 years of experience in a production engineering role
Education Level
- Computer Science degree or equivalent experience
About the Company
- Primary is a seed-stage venture capital firm dedicated to delivering exceptional support to the founders of transformational businesses.
- We pair meaningful investment resources with the largest portfolio impact team of any seed investor.
- Our portfolio companies have reached an industry-best seed-to-A graduation rate.