Fellow - Industry/Domain Expert at The Utopia Venture Platform (Doha, Qatar)
The Utopia Venture Platform· Doha, Qatar·
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Job description
Disclaimer: Applications for the current cohort are closed.
We are no longer reviewing applications for this intake. You are welcome to submit your application now as we will begin processing new applications from October 2026 and will be in touch if there is a fit.
About the Studio
We’re an AI-native venture builder for the Global South. We partner with people who know their industry from the inside. You bring the problem, access, and insight. We bring product, design, engineering, and GTM support.
About the Role
This Fellowship is for operators and specialists who’ve lived the inefficiency/problem they want to fix. You’ll validate the problem, build an AI prototype with our team, test it with real users, and prepare it for venture formation. No product or technical background needed.
What You’ll Do
- Define the problem with real evidence
- Validate with customers
- Prototype with design and engineering
- Run pilots and early commercial tests
- Shape the venture case and strategy
What You Bring
- Deep domain fluency
- Access to workflows, data, or customers
- Credibility in your field
- Clear understanding of where value leaks
- A bias for action
Support
- 6-month structured co-build
- Hybrid with key sprints in Doha
- Full access to product, design, engineering, and GTM teams
Why This Fellowship
You know how your industry works. You’ve seen the gaps and failures from the inside. We help you turn that insight into an AI-native venture built for your region and ready for scale.
We believe innovation should be inclusive and globally distributed. Our team is built on openness, curiosity, and collaboration — with people from across the GCC, Africa, and Southeast Asia working together to build meaningful ventures.
All roles are based in Doha, Qatar, with flexible hybrid options and global travel opportunities (unless otherwise stated). We welcome talent from every background to join us in shaping the future of AI-native innovation.
Why work at The Utopia Venture Platform
- Culture highlights: The studio emphasizes humility, empathy, challenge, and ambition. Core commitments include: "Tell the truth. Hold the trust," "We hold a view and bet the studio that way," and "We ship to operational systems. Not to the pilot graveyard." The team values soft feedback as a disservice and prioritizes honest, direct communication.
- Remote/hybrid/office policy: In-Office — employees work from physical offices in Doha, Qatar (Ad Dawhah). The company has an OnSite workspace.
- Notable perks or engineering culture: The engineering culture is AI-native, using cutting-edge tools (Cursor, Claude, Next.js, Convex, Stripe, Vercel, etc.). Engineers are expected to build systems that "survive messy data, regulated environments, and operators who will break anything not built properly." The team operates as "pods" that are treated as theses, not folders — backed with capital, time, and reputation. The studio prides itself on building structures that outlast meetings and coaching the room, not the deck.