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 on frontier 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 a founding 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 • Turn private by design into clear product decisions (not marketing copy) • Ship fast with eng - specs, prioritization, experiments, launch notes • 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 Must-haves • Technical background (CS / eng / math / physics degree or equivalent technical work) • Experience or internships at an AI / consumer software company (or shipping consumer products with real users) • Passion for consumer products - you obsess over craft, clarity, and delight • 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 • Curious about open source LLMs and privacy Nice-to-haves • Built or shipped an AI feature, agent workflow, or consumer app (0 1 signal) • Comfortable reading technical docs / APIs (OpenAI-compatible stacks a plus) • Cross-cultural experience • Some public presence (writing, demos, podcasts) is a bonus Not a fit • Pure brand / CMO / social-first marketers (founders cover that) • Enterprise B2B PMs with no consumer DNA • Non-technical PMs who can t partner deeply with eng • Big-co process owners who need heavy process to move How to apply Apply via Handshake / Crimson Careers, or email with: • Your r sum • 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. • Flat structure, top-tier rewards: Extremely flat team (Shanghai office) with direct reporting to the business lead. We are strictly merit-based and offer highly competitive compensation (benchmarked against core levels at major tech companies, with a million-RMB annual base) plus significant early-stage equity. • Proven DNA, unlimited upside: The founding team has validated overseas B2C success and a clear commercial path. As a member of the early elite team, your career growth and leadership opportunities have no ceiling. • Pure geek vision: This is a geek s mission to defend technical freedom and privacy. Push the limits of AI autonomous coding with the hardest-core technology and deliver truly secure Privacy AI to users worldwide. Originally posted on Himalayas