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# Finance at Long Lake

- **Company:** Long Lake
- **Location:** New York, NY / San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-05-13
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-14
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/long-lake/0449fd29-8278-4c90-aaa6-9ad4490a20f6

## Job description

We are transforming the services economy with AI. Long Lake acquires service business and transforms how they operate through a shared AI platform, forward-deployed engineers, and a world-class M&A / operations team. We're backed by General Catalyst, Alpha Wave, Elad Gil, and others, with billions in permanent capital raised. We are not a private equity fund but a permanent capital vehicle with an extremely long-term view.

## The Role

You will lead execution and value creation behind Long Lake’s investments - owning transactions from diligence through close, then working alongside management teams to drive performance through operational improvements and AI-enabled transformation. This role sits at the intersection of investing, operations, and technology - underwriting not just what a business is today, but what it can become when our AI platform and growth team are embedded within it.

## What You'll Do

- Own core workstreams across the deal lifecycle: diligence, structuring, negotiation, financing, etc.
- Request and analyze data to distill key findings on the business and share with the broader team
- Evaluate business fundamentals including unit economics, customer behavior, pricing power, and cost structure to identify key value drivers and risks on an AI first world
- Build and underwrite detailed operating and valuation models, assessing both standalone performance and upside from operations and AI technology-driven improvements
- Partner with technology and operations teams at Long Lake and verticals to scope and quantify AI-enabled value creation opportunities pre-close—and execute them post-close
- Work directly with management teams to implement strategic initiatives, build reporting infrastructure, and drive change management

What Success Looks Like

- Leverage prior experience (at least 1-5 years) from a leading investment bank or private equity firm
- You take ownership of outcomes across both deal execution and post-close performance
- Transactions are executed with rigor, speed, and strong judgment across all phases of the deal lifecycle
- You translate complex analyses into simple, decisive recommendations that drive action internally and with counterparties
- You are the face of LLM with potential management team and current partner leadership teams. You can drive discussions without senior level support
- Diligence consistently identifies and highlights clear, actionable value creation opportunities and key risks
- You love AI and it is integral to how you do your work day to day

## Equal Opportunity

Long Lake is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities throughout the hiring process - please let us know if you need any.

## About Long Lake

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Long Lake is a holding company that applies frontier technology, including its proprietary Nexus AI platform, in partnership with management teams and founders to transform traditional service businesses across the American services sector.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Venture Capital-Backed; raised $3.78B to date)
- **Headquarters**: New York, NY, United States
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Alex Taubman (Co-Founder and CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Holding Companies, Other Commercial Services, Construction and Engineering
- **Target customers**: Service businesses across the American services sector (B2B, enterprise)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To apply frontier technology in partnership with leading management teams and founders to revolutionize traditional service businesses with artificial intelligence, encouraging growth and competitive advantage in an evolving marketplace.

## Products & Services
- **Nexus AI Transformation Platform**: A proprietary AI platform used to accelerate growth, improve customer experience, and drive operational efficiency across Long Lake's portfolio of acquired service businesses.
- **Strategic Partnerships & Acquisitions**: Long Lake acquires and partners with wide-ranging services businesses, providing capital, strategic guidance, and AI capabilities to modernize and scale them. Notable acquisitions include Wold Architects and Engineers (June 2025) and a pending $6.3B acquisition of American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company).
- **Key Metric**: Total funding raised is $3.78B. The company has completed a $2.5B debt acquisition deal (June 2026) and is in the process of acquiring Amex GBT for $6.3B.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Alpha Wave Global, General Catalyst, Thrive Capital, Definition, Lightscape Partners, Koch Equity Development (Koch, Inc.), Elad Gil, D1. Debt financing partners include JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citi, and MUFG.
- **Growth Signals**: Raised $3.78B in total funding since its founding in 2024. Completed a $2.5B debt acquisition in June 2026. Announced the $6.3B acquisition of Amex GBT, the world’s largest corporate travel platform, in May 2026. Acquired Wold Architects and Engineers in June 2025. Backed by a consortium of top-tier venture capital and growth investors.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary AI Platform (Nexus)**: A key differentiator that allows Long Lake to systematically apply AI to modernize and accelerate a wide range of traditional service businesses, creating a unique value proposition for acquisition targets.
- **Deep Capital & Strategic Backing**: Supported by a world-class investor syndicate (General Catalyst, Thrive Capital, Alpha Wave, etc.) providing significant capital for large-scale acquisitions and operational investments.
- **Founder-Friendly Partnership Model**: Positions itself as a partner to management teams and founders, not just a financial acquirer, which can be attractive for acquisition targets seeking to maintain their culture and leadership.

## Strategic Focus
- **Aggressive Acquisition & Roll-Up Strategy**: Rapidly acquiring and partnering with service businesses across the American services sector to build a diversified portfolio.
- **AI-First Transformation**: Deploying its Nexus AI platform across acquired companies to drive growth, improve customer experience, and create operational efficiencies.
- **Large-Scale Platform Acquisition**: The pending $6.3B acquisition of Amex GBT represents a major strategic move to enter the corporate travel and expense management market, leveraging AI to transform a massive, established industry.

## Why Work Here
- **High-Impact, Fast-Paced Environment**: As a well-funded, rapidly growing private company making large-scale acquisitions, employees will likely work on high-stakes projects with significant resources.
- **Cutting-Edge AI Work**: The company is centered on applying frontier AI to real-world service industries, offering engineers and researchers the chance to work on a proprietary AI platform (Nexus) with tangible business impact.
- **Top-Tier Backing**: Working for a company backed by General Catalyst, Thrive Capital, and Alpha Wave signals strong financial stability and a high-growth trajectory.
- **Location**: Based in New York, NY.
- **Culture**: The company emphasizes partnership with founders and management teams, suggesting a culture that values collaboration, innovation, and operational excellence. The careers page lists roles in Engineering and M&A/Investments, indicating a focus on both technical talent and deal-making.

## Sources
1. [llmh.com](https://llmh.com/)
2. [PitchBook](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/640045-00)
3. [BusinessWire](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260504231235/en/Long-Lake-Agrees-to-Acquire-American-Express-Global-Business-Travel-the-Worlds-Largest-Corporate-Travel-Platform-for-%246.3-Billion-With-Support-From-General-Catalyst-and-Alpha-Wave)
4. [Ashby Careers - Engineering & Research](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/long-lake/fb2228ce-80d9-4d3c-afae-bc01e7e9f023)
5. [Ashby Careers - M&A and Investments](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/long-lake/0449fd29-8278-4c90-aaa6-9ad4490a20f6)

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