Dubai; remote – Investment Director — Venture Capital – AI Startups
Position: Dubai (remote) – Investment Director — Venture Capital – AI Startups Location: New YorkSenior InvestmentProfessional — AI InvestmentsThe firm is a leading global early-stage investor backing exceptional founders building transformative technologies. With a deep focus on frontier innovation, the firm is expanding its artificial intelligence investment practice and is seeking aSenior InvestmentProfessional to drive sourcing, diligence, and portfolio value creation across the AI ecosystem.Responsibilities • Lead sourcing and origination of high-conviction opportunities across AI infrastructure, foundation models, applied AI, and enabling technologies. • Build and maintain a proprietary pipeline of global AI founders, research labs, engineers, and applied-AI operators. • Conduct detailed technical and commercial diligence: model architectures, data strategy, defensibility, scalability, and monetisation frameworks. • Develop investment memos, financial analyses, and thesis-driven research to support IC decisions.• Work closely with portfolio founders to accelerate product development, go-to-market, partnerships, and operational scaling. • Represent the firm at global AI events, research hubs, and industry networks, constantly scanning for breakthrough innovation. • Contribute to long-term thesis development on emerging AI trends and frontier technologies. Candidate Profile • 10 years of experience in venture capital, growth equity, AI-focused M&A, or a high-performance AI/ML product or research environment.• Strong understanding of AI/ML architecture, model ecosystems, data pipelines, and computational infrastructure. • Demonstrated experience sourcing or evaluating technically complex investments. • Global mindset, with a strong network across AI researchers, founders, engineers, and industry operators. • Highly analytical, detail-oriented, and able to form independent, thesis-driven views. • Excellent communication skills with the ability to distil deep technical information into structured investment insights.• Passion for AI and frontier technology, combined with a builder mentality and entrepreneurial approach. #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply tot his job