Founding Product Manager

Askdodo· San Francisco / Bay Area (in-person preferred)

Full-time · Equity + Salary

The best AI shouldn’t live behind a closed wall. Askdodo is building consumer AI onfrontier open-source models— so users get cutting-edge capability without being locked into one lab’s stack.

Privacy is how we ship it:no surveillance tax, user control, private by design. Open models are the mission; privacy is the foundation that makes that mission trustworthy.

We’re hiring afounding Product Manager— someone early in their career who can own product end-to-end with the founders. Marketing and public brand stay with the founding team; you make the product impossible to leave.

What you’ll do
* Own core product loops: chat + API experience, onboarding, retention, and privacy UX that users actually understand
Own core product loops: chat + API experience, onboarding, retention, and privacy UX that users actually understand
* Turn “private by design” into clear product decisions (not marketing copy)
Turn “private by design” into clear product decisions (not marketing copy)
* Ship fast with eng — specs, prioritization, experiments, launch notes
Ship fast with eng — specs, prioritization, experiments, launch notes
* Talk to users (power users, privacy-conscious builders, early adopters) and turn signal into roadmap
Talk to users (power users, privacy-conscious builders, early adopters) and turn signal into roadmap
* Partner with founders on positioning when product needs a public narrative
Partner with founders on positioning when product needs a public narrative

Must-haves
* Technical background(CS / eng / math / physics degree or equivalent technical work)
Technical background(CS / eng / math / physics degree or equivalent technical work)
* Experience or internships at anAI / consumer softwarecompany (or shipping consumer products with real users)
Experience or internships at anAI / consumer softwarecompany (or shipping consumer products with real users)
* Passion forconsumer products— you obsess over craft, clarity, and delight
Passion forconsumer products— you obsess over craft, clarity, and delight
* Comfortable in US / Bay Area startup culture
Comfortable in US / Bay Area startup culture
* Early-career founding energy (new grad to ~2–4 years) — IC who still ships, not a process PM
Early-career founding energy (new grad to ~2–4 years) — IC who still ships, not a process PM
* Curious about open source LLMs and privacy
Curious about open source LLMs and privacy

Nice-to-haves
* Built or shipped an AI feature, agent workflow, or consumer app (0→1 signal)
Built or shipped an AI feature, agent workflow, or consumer app (0→1 signal)
* Comfortable reading technical docs / APIs (OpenAI-compatible stacks a plus)
Comfortable reading technical docs / APIs (OpenAI-compatible stacks a plus)
* Cross-cultural experience
Cross-cultural experience
* Some public presence (writing, demos, podcasts) is a bonus
Some public presence (writing, demos, podcasts) is a bonus

Not a fit
* Pure brand / CMO / social-first marketers (founders cover that)
Pure brand / CMO / social-first marketers (founders cover that)
* Enterprise B2B PMs with no consumer DNA
Enterprise B2B PMs with no consumer DNA
* Non-technical PMs who can’t partner deeply with eng
Non-technical PMs who can’t partner deeply with eng
* Big-co process owners who need heavy process to move
Big-co process owners who need heavy process to move

How to apply

Apply via Handshake / Crimson Careers, or emailwith:
* Your résumé
Your résumé
* A short note on one consumer or AI product you shipped (or would ship) and why open-source LLMs matter to you
A short note on one consumer or AI product you shipped (or would ship) and why open-source LLMs matter to you

About the Company:

AskDoDo is a frontier AIGC and AI Agent platform that prioritizes high degrees of freedom and extreme privacy protection. We target core overseas markets including Europe, the US, Japan, and Korea, offering end-to-end generation services across text, images, video, and novels.We uphold “Uncensored Capability” as a core value. Built on anonymity, end-to-end encryption, transparent routing, and deeply integrated open-source models, we commit to collecting no user data and completely eliminating privacy risks.Our vision is to build a powerful multi-model Coding-Agent that enables AI to autonomously complete complex tasks in real code and tool environments — becoming a truly trusted and empowering productivity tool for developers and creators worldwide.

Why Join Us
* Own the core, not a cog: You will lead the end-to-end development of the AI Agent layer from 0 to 1 — defining how AI autonomously completes tasks in real environments and directly shaping AskDoDo’s most critical user experience.
Own the core, not a cog: You will lead the end-to-end development of the AI Agent layer from 0 to 1 — defining how AI autonomously completes tasks in real environments and directly shaping AskDoDo’s most critical user experienc