<h3><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Mission</strong></h3><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We live in a paradox: AI is accelerating the world’s capabilities, yet the average person feels more financially precarious than ever. Inflation is rising, wages are stagnant, and the traditional "retirement" model is broken. We aren’t building another chatbot. We are building the</span><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Financial Answer Machine,</span><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">an intelligent guide designed to help people navigate a new financial reality.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Underpinned by a proprietary financial system, we are turning "average" advice into personalized, multi-modal financial power. We are closing an over-subscribed seed round and looking for founding peers to help us build a bridge between the intelligence of AI and the rigid accuracy required for financial freedom. This is a rare opportunity to join at Day Zero and architect a business designed for outsized impact and massive scale.</span></div><div><br></div><div><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Role</strong></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">As our Founding CPO, you are the product partner to our CEO’s vision. You are a Market Anthropologist, responsible for discovering the "Wedge" that turns a curious visitor into a lifelong user. You will bridge the gap between our proprietary financial philosophy and a world-class AI build, turning uncertainty into a concrete roadmap for today, tomorrow, and the next day.</span></div><h3><br></h3><h3><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">What You’ll Do (The Day-to-Day)</strong></h3><div><br></div><ul><li class=""><strong style="background-color: transparent;">Discover the "Wedge": </strong><span style="background-color: transparent;">You will experiment with the trade-offs between a library of high-utility "mini-apps" (the viral calculators) and a unified, conversational intelligence. Your goal is to find the entry point that makes our product memorable and "sticky."</span></li><li class=""><strong style="background-color: transparent;">Map the Intent Journey:</strong><span style="background-color: transparent;"> You will identify the moments of high stakes in a user's life—moving, career shifts, retirement anxiety—and design the journey that brings people to our "Answer Machine" at the exact moment they need it.</span></li><li class=""><strong style="background-color: transparent;">Define the "Magic" Output:</strong><span style="background-color: transparent;"> You will lead the design of the machine’s output. Is the answer a downloadable PDF blueprint, a personalized podcast for a morning commute, or a 2-minute voice recording? You will decide how our intelligence is consumed.</span></li><li class=""><strong style="background-color: transparent;">Design for Transparency:</strong><span style="background-color: transparent;"> In a world of "black box" AI, you will architect the transparency layer. You’ll figure out how to "show the math" and reference our proprietary system to build ironclad trust with a broad, skeptical audience.</span></li><li class=""><strong style="background-color: transparent;">Identify the Hero User: </strong><span style="background-color: transparent;">Using a small but strong sample size of early prototype testers, you will determine who our first "Hero User" is, allowing us to sharpen our product-market fit before we scale.</span></li><li class=""><strong style="background-color: transparent;">Build the Distribution Engine:</strong><span style="background-color: transparent;"> You will design the product hooks that eventually allow us to act as a distribution system for financial products, delivering value at the moment of highest intent.</span></li></ul><h3><br></h3><h3><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Who You Are</strong></h3><div><br></div><ul><li class=""><strong style="background-color: transparent;">The "Value Archeologist": </strong><span style="background-color: transparent;">You don't need 10,000 data points to see a pattern. You can listen to 10 users and intuit where the friction is and where the magic lies.</span></li><li class=""><strong style="background-color: transparent;">The Category Definer:</strong><span style="background-color: transparent;"> You are energized by the prospect of competing against OpenAI and Anthropic by being more vertical, more personalized, and more human.</span></li><li class=""><strong style="background-color: transparent;">Product Artist:</strong><span style="background-color: transparent;"> You have an eye for high-delight consumer experiences. You believe that a financial product should be as intuitive as a social app and as trustworthy as a bank.</span></li><li class=""><strong style="background-color: transparent;">Comfortable in the "White Space": </strong><span style="background-color: transparent;">You thrive in the ambiguity of a seed-stage startup. You are ready to lead when the path is clear and pivot when the data demands it.</span></li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Company Basics: </strong></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We’re a fully remote company, hiring employees in the US and Canada. Periodic in-person get togethers will be integral to our Operating cadence. We’re adults who prioritize outcomes & output over set schedules. </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This role will be a key member of the founding team (currently comprised of </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-rotman/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Frank Rotman</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, CEO, and </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachaelharnish/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Rachael Harnish</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, founding COO) , with a starting salary of $250k and generous equity. Other early hires will include a founding CTO, a founding engineer, and a content creator. </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Interested candidates should e-mail </span><a href="mailto:hello@37maru.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">hello@37maru.com</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
