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title: 'Business Development Intern - Berlin / Remote at Uplane'
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# Business Development Intern - Berlin / Remote at Uplane

- **Company:** Uplane
- **Location:** Berlin, Germany
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-05-10
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/uplane/e430a9f5-e324-4204-913e-d4d7bf1afb51

## Job description

## About Uplane (YC F25)

Companies waste billions on bad ads, mismatched landing pages, and poor budget allocation. Uplane fixes this by replacing a patchwork of agencies, spreadsheets, and siloed tools with one self-improving AI system. It creates ads, builds matching landing pages, allocates budgets across different channels, and more. We are building the AI engine that will manage and spend the world's marketing budget.

## About The Role

We're seeking a highly skilled and proactive Intern to join our team full-time, on-site in San Francisco, Berlin or remote for at least three months. In this role, you will work with the founders and Head of Enterprise to drive growth, execute go-to-market initiatives, and build the commercial foundation of Uplane.

## Why Join

- Be one of the first employees at a well-funded startup
- Solve a massive problem in a massive market
- Take ownership and grow quickly
- Culture: fast-moving, ambitious, fun, humble

## Responsibilities

- Growth & Go-to-Market: Build and execute inbound and outbound B2B sales motions, run structured growth experiments, and actively contribute to closing new customers across SME and enterprises
- Leadership Support & Strategic Execution: Work closely with the founders and GTM leadership team on strategic initiatives, high-priority projects, and ad-hoc analyses critical to company growth
- Internal Processes & Scaling: Support topics across hiring, finance and legal to ensure smooth day-to-day execution and scalability

## Requirements

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (business or engineering)
- Exceptional achievements during and beyond academic studies
- Prior experience through internships at leading consulting firms and/or investment banks
- Fast learner, hard-working, and stress-resistant
- Based in or willing to relocate to Berlin or San Francisco; alternatively remote

## Nice to Have

- Experience with or strong familiarity with inbound and/or outbound sales processes
- Experience with marketing or AdTech

## About Uplane

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Uplane provides a full-funnel AI marketing automation platform that autonomously generates hyper-personalized ads and landing pages, manages campaigns across channels, and optimizes budgets to replace marketing agencies.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed-stage; Y Combinator F25)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States (with offices in Berlin, Germany and Cairo, Egypt)
- **Founded**: 2025
- **Founders**: Julius Körfgen (Co-Founder & CEO), Lukas Vollmer (Co-Founder & CTO), Marvin Abdel-Massih (Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: AI Marketing Automation, Advertising Technology
- Target customers: B2B enterprises and SMBs; highlights compliance for highly regulated industries
- Mission or purpose statement: “Replace marketing agencies with AI” and “Equip marketing teams with the infrastructure to win in the AI era.”

## Products & Services
- **AI Marketing Automation Platform (SaaS)**: Unified system covering market intelligence, AI-powered production of hundreds of static and video ads with matching landing pages, automatic A/B testing, 24/7 algorithmic budget steering across Meta, Google, LinkedIn, and other channels, plus real-time analytics.
- **Managed Growth Service**: Uplane operates the platform as a dedicated marketing partner, handling strategy, execution, and optimization for clients.
- **Licensed Enterprise Platform**: Deployable on the client’s own cloud or on-premise, suitable for highly regulated industries.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding – USD 5.0 M (Pre-Seed $500K in Oct 2025; Seed $4.5M led by Play Ventures in Apr 2026)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Play Ventures (lead), Y Combinator, 20VC, Multimodal Ventures, Rebel Fund; highlighted enterprise partnership with Deutsche Bahn
- **Growth Signals**: Raised $4.5M seed round in 2026; Y Combinator-backed (Fall 2025 batch); team of 19 (rapid headcount growth from 13 reported on LinkedIn); 8 active job postings with quarterly hiring growth of +100%; already delivering 20–50% improvement in return on ad spend for early clients; presented a live use case with Deutsche Bahn at d3con conference

## Competitive Advantages
- **Full-stack AI agency replacement** – one platform handles research, creative production, campaign management, and optimization end-to-end, eliminating the need for multiple agencies and tools.
- **Self-improving system** – connects to CRM and ERP data to learn what drives profit and continuously refine ads and budgets.
- **Enterprise‑grade security & compliance** – ISO 27001 certified, role‑based access, brand safety rules, and flexible deployment (managed cloud, own cloud, or on‑premise) for regulated industries.
- **Founding team depth** – CEO with education from Imperial, TUM, and Harvard; CTO with 15 years full‑stack experience and two former YC companies as Head of Engineering.

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling the customer base (starting with enterprises and SMBs)
- Deepening AI automation capabilities to further reduce manual marketing work
- Expanding into regulated verticals (finance, pharma, etc.) with secure on‑premise deployments
- Growing the engineering and go‑to‑market teams across San Francisco, Berlin, and remote

## Why Work Here
- **High‑impact early‑stage startup** – join a Y Combinator company before it scales; current team of ~19 with a flat, founder‑led structure.
- **Remote‑friendly** – roles listed as remote (US/DE) and in‑person in San Francisco or Berlin.
- **Ambitious mission** – “the future of marketing will be nothing like the past”; work on AI that autonomously runs campaigns so marketers can focus on strategy.
- **Competitive compensation** – engineering roles range $150K–$200K; AI Marketing Strategist roles $100K–$130K (with equity). Internships paid at ~$4K/month.
- **Talent pedigree** – several hires come from McKinsey, Bain, Enpal, Deel, and other top tech/consulting firms; founders have strong academic and startup backgrounds.

## Sources
1. [uplane.com](https://uplane.com/)
2. [ycombinator.com/companies/uplane](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/uplane)
3. [linkedin.com/company/uplane-com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/uplane-com)
4. [ycombinator.com/companies/uplane/jobs](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/uplane/jobs)

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