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Associate / Senior Associate
Founding Team
Full-time
Gurugram, India Apply for this role → Or write to
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About Zstate
As AI models become increasingly capable, the industry needs better ways to measure reasoning, reliability, and real-world performance.
Zstate AI is building the evaluation and post-training infrastructure powering the next generation of AI systems. We create expert-driven benchmarks, reward signals, RL environments, and high-quality datasets that help frontier AI models become more capable, reliable, and trustworthy across diverse real-world domains.
Zstate AI is led by a founding team from IITs, IIMs, and DCE, bringing together deep technical and strategic expertise to build category-defining AI infrastructure. We are backed by Giraffe Studios, a venture studio focused on deep-tech startups founded by Himanshu Aggarwal (Co-founder & CEO, Aspiring Minds) and Mohit Tandon (Co-founder, Delhivery).
As one of our earliest hires,
you'll work directly with the founders to solve challenging engineering problems and help shape both the product and the company from day one.
What this role looks like
A generalist problem-solver sitting close to the founders, primarily driving business development: sourcing leads, building outreach and partnership pipelines, and helping close deals, while also helping build and manage Zstate's network of domain experts (pharmacists, radiologists, engineers, and others) who power our datasets and evaluations.
A day in the life
Be a thought partner in building a 0-1 journey and organisation in a rapid-paced industry.
Identify, research, and build outreach lists of target AI labs, enterprises, and partners across coding, healthcare, finance, and other domains.
Draft and run outbound campaigns and manage a structured pipeline from first touch to signed deal.
Prepare pitch decks, one-pagers, and proposals tailored to each prospect, working closely with the founders on positioning and pricing.
📌 Associate / Senior Associate (Kolkata)
🏢 Zstate Ai
📍 Kolkata