--- title: 'Founders associate intern - Growth & business ops at Alpic' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/founders-associate-intern-growth-business-ops-alpic-paris-0wxdmwakk80m' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-09' --- # Founders associate intern - Growth & business ops at Alpic - **Company:** Alpic - **Location:** Paris, France - **Employment:** internship - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-04-22 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/alpic/5b968dcd-8a1b-4b7a-979b-bd496bb9d325 ## Job description ## ABOUT US Alpic is the first all-in-one MCP cloud platform. We’re entering a major shift where AI is not just replacing search, but starting to act on our behalf through agents. These agents won’t communicate on human interfaces, but through AI-native protocols. MCP Apps are emerging as the new distribution channel for businesses in an agent-driven world, and with the launch of the ChatGPT App Store last fall, that shift became even more real. A new web powered by MCP is emerging, and every online business will soon need one to stay relevant. Alpic is building the foundation for this new internet: a unified platform to build, deploy, and monitor MCP with ease. Our goal is to deliver the simplicity of Vercel, the edge performance of Cloudflare, and the routing power of Kong - all for AI-native workflows. ## TEAM Repeat founders with a successful exit under our belt, we've known each other since university and have weathered 10+ years of startup life together at Streamroot. We're also early contributors and active players in the MCP community building the foundations of the agent-based internet. We raised a $6M preseed round last September led by Partech, with participation from Kima Ventures, Galion.exe, and founders from Mistral, Datadog, and Dataiku. The team is now 15 strong, based in Paris. We're passionate, fast-moving, and international, with high ambitions and low tolerance for ego. We value teamwork, the right to fail fast and learn, resilience, and humility. The mountains are non-negotiable: our annual ski offsite is sacred, and we think you should be able to build a billion-dollar company and still make the last lift. ## WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR ## RESPONSIBILITIES We are seeking a creative, high-energy founders associate to help us accelerate our growth and scale our business. This is a generalist role across go-to-market and operations. You'll work directly with the founders across whatever the company needs most. This could include: - Finance & accounting: fundraising support, KPI and investor reporting, cash flow projections, and day-to-day accounting - Business / revenue operations: drive internal process optimization with AI (CRM automation, KPI tracking), and helping us run a fast-growing company day-to-day - People & legal: help shape how we hire, onboard, and retain a world-class team, while keeping the legal and corporate foundations solid as we scale - Growth: build customer acquisition workflows, run messaging and product experiments, and organize events to grow the community around the Alpic platform - Market intelligence: track the MCP ecosystem, surface competitive signals, etc. ## REQUIREMENTS You're a good fit if: - You're pursuing a degree at a top-tier business or engineering school - You work independently and thrive in a very fast-paced environment - You have strong written and verbal communication in English, as well as excellent analytical skills - You learn quickly and can turn a vague vision into concrete action You're an excellent fit if: - You've worked at a fast-growing tech startup before - You're genuinely curious about AI agents and MCP Duration: 5 months minimum, with possible shift to a full-time contract afterwards Come join us to build the next-gen infra platform powering the agentic web! And check out some fun photos of the team at https://alpic.ai/about ## About Alpic ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Alpic provides an all-in-one cloud platform and open-source tooling for building, deploying, monitoring, and distributing Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and ChatGPT apps, enabling AI agents to interact with products and data. - **Entity Type**: Private (Pre-Seed stage) - **Headquarters**: Paris, France, with offices in New York, USA - **Founded**: July 2025 - **Founders**: Pierre-Louis Theron (CEO), Frédéric Barthelet (CTO), Nikolay Rodionov (COO), Erica Beavers (Co-Founder), Charles Sonigo (Co-Founder) ## Core Business - Primary industry/industries: AI Infrastructure, Model Context Protocol (MCP), Cloud Platform - Target customers: B2B and DTC companies looking to build AI-native interfaces; engineers and product teams building AI agents - Mission or purpose statement: "We're building Alpic because we believe AI should have hands, not just a voice." Their goal is to create the infrastructure for an "agentic internet" where AI can navigate tools, access data, and execute tasks across digital ecosystems. ## Products & Services - **Alpic Cloud**: Enterprise-grade, purpose-built hosting platform for MCP apps. Offers one-click deployment from a GitHub repo or the Alpic CLI, providing a live HTTPS endpoint for testing. - **Skybridge (Open-Source Framework)**: A TypeScript framework for building ChatGPT and MCP apps. It is full-stack, type-safe, and production-ready out of the box, featuring hot reload and Vite-based dev tools. - **Alpic Studio (Managed Service)**: A team-based service where Alpic handles design, build, and launch of an MCP server or app from brief to production. The client retains full IP ownership. - **Audit & Monitoring Tools**: *Alpic Beacon* for inspecting tool quality and widget rendering in Claude & ChatGPT. Platform-wide monitoring for MCP clients, sessions, tool calls, and user intent. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not disclosed. - **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$6.0M** (Pre-Seed round, raised in October 2025). - **Notable Investors/Partners**: The Pre-Seed round was led by **Partech** with 9 total investors. Customers include Kiwi.com, Clarifeye, Bitmovin, and TwelveLabs. - **Growth Signals**: Founded in July 2025, the company raised a significant $6M Pre-Seed round within three months. They are actively hiring for 7+ positions (as of early 2026) across engineering, research, and business roles, with a workforce growing from 15 to an estimated 21+ employees. ## Competitive Advantages - **First-Mover in MCP Infrastructure**: Alpic is building a cloud platform specifically for the Model Context Protocol, a standard rapidly being adopted by major AI platforms (ChatGPT, Claude) for agent-to-service connections. - **All-in-One Platform**: Offers a full vertical stack from open-source development tools (Skybridge) to deployment (Cloud) to monitoring and distribution (Beacon, Distribution), reducing friction for builders. - **Experienced Team**: Founders bring 15+ years of combined experience in cloud infrastructure, with a strong technical and operational background. ## Strategic Focus - **Scaling the MCP Ecosystem**: Enabling companies to build, deploy, and distribute MCP servers with minimal overhead, ensuring their products are accessible via AI assistants. - **Accelerating Time-to-Market**: Focus on reducing the time and resources needed for businesses to launch AI-native interfaces. - **Distribution & Reach**: Ensuring apps built on Alpic are "Live on ChatGPT and Claude today" and automatically compatible with other platforms as they adopt the MCP standard. ## Why Work Here - **High-Ambition Environment**: The team is building foundational infrastructure for the "agentic internet" at a very early stage, offering significant impact and ownership. - **Technical Depth**: The work involves cutting-edge AI infrastructure, TypeScript, and cloud-native systems, ideal for engineers passionate about agentic AI. - **Culture & Team**: Described as a team of "motivated entrepreneurs" with a vision for the future. The company was founded by five co-founders, suggesting a high level of commitment and startup energy. - **Work Policy**: A hybrid model is in place, with in-office expectations in Paris or New York depending on the role. - **Opportunity**: As an early-stage, well-funded startup (15-21 people), joining now means helping define the product, culture, and trajectory from the ground up. ## Sources 1. [alpic.ai](https://alpic.ai/) 2. [alpic.ai/about](https://alpic.ai/about) 3. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/alpic) 4. [linkedin.com](https://fr.linkedin.com/company/alpic-ai) 5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Alpic) ## Other roles at Alpic - [Account Executive](https://feeny.ai/job/account-executive-alpic-new-york-j0jmavmhhjp1) — New York, NY - [Internship - Research Engineer - Benchmarking and optimization of tool usage by language models. (in collaboration with MICS CentraleSupelec)](https://feeny.ai/job/internship-research-engineer-benchmarking-and-optimization-of-tool-usage-by-1kac9td14z9e) — Paris, France - [Internship - Research Engineer - MCP Security research. (in collaboration with MICS CentraleSupelec)](https://feeny.ai/job/internship-research-engineer-mcp-security-research-in-collaboration-with-mics-g5jxjk29jas6) — Paris, France - [Junior Software Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/junior-software-engineer-alpic-paris-sc84h4q463tg) — Paris, France - [Internship - Software Engineer - Final Year](https://feeny.ai/job/internship-software-engineer-final-year-alpic-paris-1f6h711877zv) — Paris, France - [Freelance MCP Software Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/freelance-mcp-software-engineer-alpic-paris-w60z6ptrzj4h) — Paris, France - [Senior Software Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-software-engineer-alpic-paris-me75h1azdc92) — Paris, France