Terac
Another one that was reader-submitted. Thanks!
Come build the search engine for human opinion.
I can literally go on any website right now and find someone's dumb opinion. You're reading my dumb opinion right now. Why are we doing this.
$9M Funding
The internet was a mistake.
From Terac's inception, we've been fascinated by a single idea: as agent-run companies emerge, they won't need employees, but they will still need people. Today, humans do most of the world's work with the help of AI. In a not so distant future, AI will do most work with the help of humans. Terac is the labor marketplace that will power this post-AGI future.
Please mercy-kill me before this future arrives, thanks.
What We Do Today: We are an expert network powering frontier research by building the infrastructure layer that makes human labor accessible on-demand. Companies integrate with us via API to access our wide array of research-grade experts. We handle recruitment, verification, screening, and payouts so our partners can focus on building their products.
1) What the everloving fuck does this even mean, and 2) This is just nine raccoons in a trenchcoat like those guys at Builder.ai, isn't it?
Where We're Going: Over the course of human history, jobs have only become shorter and shorter term. In the stone age, you hunted or gathered your whole life. In the industrial era, you worked at one factory for 30 years. Now, on platforms like Uber, people take on dozens of micro-jobs per day. We believe this trend will continue and the need for AI-driven labor marketplaces will only grow.
I hate this so much, I don't have anything funny to say.
How We Work: We're building something that matters. These are the principles that guide us.
This is fucking exhausting. I might need that mercy killing a little sooner.
Their "values" are as boilerplate and shallow as you'd expect them to be, so I'm just skipping them.
Terac helps teams reach faster research breakthroughs through our marketplace of verified experts. We are building agents to recruit, verify, and match 10,000s experts with 100s of research opportunities. We work with leading enterprises and are backed by top investors.
Is this company even AI? WHAT DOES THIS FUCKING MEAN
We're looking for a founding operator to partner directly with the CEO to shape and scale the company’s core functions. You will work on the highest-priority problems in the company including managing customer relationships, building out the founding team, and ensuring nothing falls through the cracks. You're someone who thrives in ambiguity, has exceptional judgment, and can context-switch between strategic planning, tactical execution, and people operations.
I don't think they have any better idea of what Ops is supposed to do than they do about what their product actually is.
Coordinate the delivery of our highest-value projects
Work with the CEO to drive important business decisions
Oversee and orchestrate the work of 10,000s of experts on our platform
🎶 One of these things is not like the others, one of these things just doesn't belong 🎶
Work with our team six days a week in our San Francisco headquarters
I'm sorry what
Background in consulting, finance, startups, or other operationally intense environments.
"You can be as clueless as us, it's fine." – Terac, apparently
Comp - In-office six days per week
Is this supposed to be a benefit? I-
This is just so very, deeply stupid. $9 million, guys.
Original Job Description: Founding Ops
Terac: The Expert Network Powering Frontier Research
Location: San Francisco (in-person required)
Terac helps teams reach faster research breakthroughs through our marketplace of verified experts. We are building agents to recruit, verify, and match 10,000s experts with 100s of research opportunities.
We work with leading enterprises and are backed by top investors.
About the role:
We're looking for a founding operator to partner directly with the CEO to shape and scale the company’s core functions. You will work on the highest-priority problems in the company including managing customer relationships, building out the founding team, and ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.
You're someone who thrives in ambiguity, has exceptional judgment, and can context-switch between strategic planning, tactical execution, and people operations.
You will:
- Coordinate the delivery of our highest-value projects
- Work with the CEO to drive important business decisions
- Oversee and orchestrate the work of 10,000s of experts on our platform
- Ensure execution under demanding timelines
- Diagnose bottlenecks, restructure workflows, and implement solutions that improve quality, throughput, and cost-efficiency.
- Work with our team six days a week in our San Francisco headquarters
You have/are:
- Background in consulting, finance, startups, or other operationally intense environments.
- Strong analytical and communication abilities; proven track record of managing complex projects.
- Comfortable working directly with high-profile clients.
- Excited by “gritty” process optimization and large-scale execution.
Comp
- In-office six days per week
- Meaningful equity vested over four years
- Bi-annual performance bonus structure
- $15K relocation bonus (for moving to the Bay Area)
- $10K housing bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)
- In-office meals and snacks
- Health, Dental, Vision insurance
- 401(k) with company match
Terac: The Expert Network Powering Frontier Research.
