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# Founders Associate (Growth & Marketing) (f/m/d) at Zeit AI (YC S24)

- **Company:** Zeit AI (YC S24)
- **Location:** Munich, Germany
- **Compensation:** €60k–€120k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-08-05
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/zeit-ai/a8510b32-2327-4ab8-9336-e7fb9efec205

## Job description

ZeitMind, the autonomous data engineer for the European mid-marketAbout Zeit AI Zeit AI builds the agent framework for business intelligence. We connect to the systems companies already run (ERP exports, CRM data, spreadsheets, internal databases) and put agents on top, so operators get reliable answers without hiring a data team. Founded by Marvin and Leopold, both ex-Palantir. YC S24, backed by Oxford Seed Fund and Sequoia Scout. Customers in manufacturing, agriculture and aviation. Zero to €1M ARR in our first twelve months with six people. Small team, one room in Munich, regular team offsites. What This Role Is We have revenue, customers and a product that works. What we do not have is a brand that carries that story for us. Most customers and hires still come from outbound. Your job is to change that. Inbound moves fast. You own the website and change it as often as we change the product: keywords, SEA campaigns, landing pages per use case, the blog, and tracking what converts. The goal is qualified meetings that arrive without a cold call. Brand builds on what we have. We already have organic reach, now we push further: press, LinkedIn, conferences. Events are yours end to end, which ones are worth it, what the stand looks like, negotiating the speaker slot, and sometimes standing on stage yourself.

## What You Will Own

- The website, in Webflow: content, structure, landing pages, conversion, tracking
- SEO: keyword research, on-page and technical work, backlinks. A bet you keep placing, not a project that ends
- SEA: Google Ads and LinkedIn, measured on qualified inbound, not impressions
- Writing: blog, landing pages, one-pagers
- Brand guidelines that stick: fonts, colours, templates, tone
- Events end to end: selection, stand, materials, speaker slots, follow-up
- (optional) an eye for product UX

You thrive if you

- have 1 to 3 years in marketing, growth, consulting or a startup
- are familiar with Webflow, SEO, SEA and GA4
- speak German and English fluently
- write sharply, think visually, and notice when something looks off
- are comfortable in front of people: a customer, a camera, a conference room

## What We Offer

- Full trust, maximum support. You shape this from day one with the team as your content source
- a real path into owning marketing at Zeit AI
- Munich is our hub. In-person by design, we support your relocation within Europe
- Regular team offsites for product sprints
- Best tools, zero blockers. Daily lunch allowance, covered dinner in the office, Wellpass
- €5k referral bonus if we hire someone you refer

Interview Process

- First call with Elisa (15 min)
- Role deep-dive with Deepika, GTM Lead (45 min)
- Call with Leopold, Founder (30 min)
- Reference Check + in-person Case in Munich (2 hours)
- Meet the team, including Marvin, Founder

Apply Send us something you made: a website, a landing page, a campaign, a deck, a product. We look at the craft, and we care more about that than your CV. Apply even if you do not match everything. Exceptional in the core beats a full checklist.

## About Zeit AI (YC S24)

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Zeit AI builds an autonomous AI Forward Deployed Engineer that connects to business systems (ERP, CRM, SAP) and turns raw data into operational applications and decisions using natural language.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Startup) — Y Combinator S24 batch, Seed stage
- **Headquarters**: Munich, Germany
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Leopold von Waldthausen (CEO) and Marvin Bornstein (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Data Infrastructure and Analytics, Enterprise AI
- **Target customers**: Mid-market and enterprise companies in Europe, specifically heads of controlling, operations managers, and business operators who rely on ERP, CRM, and SAP systems
- **Mission**: To build the first AI Forward Deployed Engineer for the European market — an autonomous system that connects to source systems, prepares messy data, and turns business questions into operational applications in natural language.

## Products & Services
- **ZeitMind**: The core product — an autonomous AI system that connects to business systems (ERP, CRM, SAP, etc.), cleans messy data, and builds custom operational applications and dashboards using natural language. No IT or data engineering team required. Use cases include inventory control, procurement analytics, financial controlling, and margin risk detection.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Total Funding**: $625,000 USD (Seed round led by Y Combinator, with a prior pre-seed round)
- **Key Metric**: Reached €1M ARR within 12 months of founding
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Y Combinator (S24 batch), backed by top global investors and industry leaders
- **Growth Signals**: 10 employees (+66.7% YoY), 8 active job postings, reached €1M ARR in first year, customer results include €700k saved through AI inventory control, €24M in unified procurement data, 370 hours back per month from automated reporting

## Competitive Advantages
- **Founder-market fit**: Both founders are former Palantir Forward Deployed Engineers who built and deployed the first instances of Palantir's AIP platform and generated over €50M in new revenue for large industrial clients
- **Speed of deployment**: Claims to deliver measurable results within weeks, not months — a risk-free, low-friction onboarding model
- **Natural language interface**: Business users can build analytics, dashboards, and workflows without engineering effort, using plain language
- **In-person, forward-deployed model**: Engineers work directly at customer sites, ensuring deep integration and rapid value delivery
- **YC-backed credibility**: Part of Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch, with strong investor backing

## Strategic Focus
- **European market dominance**: Specifically targeting European industrial and mid-market companies that rely on SAP, ERP, and CRM systems
- **Product-led growth**: Building an autonomous system that scales from initial use cases (inventory, procurement, controlling) to full operational control
- **Hiring aggressively**: 8 open positions across engineering, forward-deployed, sales, and GTM — signaling a push to scale the team and customer base
- **Proven ROI model**: Using a six-month engagement to prove value, track savings, and validate impact before scaling

## Why Work Here
- **High-impact, small team**: A team of 10 engineers, builders, and operators — every hire has outsized ownership and impact
- **YC-backed startup**: Part of Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch, with strong investor support and a clear growth trajectory
- **In-person culture**: Munich-based, in-person work — not remote. Engineers are forward-deployed at customer sites, not behind a screen
- **Cutting-edge AI work**: Building with frontier models to solve real, messy enterprise data problems — the kind of work that was previously only possible at Palantir or large tech companies
- **Founding team pedigree**: Founders are ex-Palantir (Leopold led DACH business, Marvin deployed first AIP instances). Early engineers come from Palantir, BCG, and top European tech companies
- **Transparent and principled culture**: The team operates on five core principles: Bias for Action, Live Growth, Ownership, Candor, and Craftsmanship
- **Competitive compensation**: Salaries range from €70K–€120K EUR for engineering roles, with equity (0.10%–1.00%) for founding team members
- **Real business impact**: Customer results include €700k saved in inventory control, €450k in procurement savings, and 90% reduction in Excel reporting

## Sources
1. [zeit-ai.com](https://www.zeit-ai.com/)
2. [zeit-ai.com/about-us](https://www.zeit-ai.com/about-us)
3. [ycombinator.com](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/zeit-ai)
4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/zeit-ai)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/zeit-ai)

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