Co-Founder

Company Description

Quintuple Technology is innovating the future of business through AI-driven solutions. Our flagship product, MindFleet OS, is an enterprise platform that redefines traditional organizations by transforming them into autonomous business operating systems powered by CXO-level AI agents. These AI personas excel in decision-making, planning, and execution while upholding ethical and self-evolving standards. Our mission is to enable founders to scale billion-dollar companies with the support of an elite AI workforce. At Quintuple Technology, we prioritize trust, transparency, and performance in advancing enterprise intelligence.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Position: Chief Technology Officer / Technical Co-Founder

• Location

  : Chennai, India (on-site required, not remote)

• Commitment

  : 100% full-time, 12-month Series A runway

• Start Date

  : January 2026 (Target: M1 Alpha milestone)

• Funding

  : ₹4 Crore pre-seed; 12-month bridge to Series A (Dec 2026)

THE OPPORTUNITY

Join as co-founder in a category-defining startup. MindFleet builds an AI-native OS for startups: 13 AI personas (CEO, CFO, CMO, etc.) as a virtual C-suite, delivering Fortune 500 capabilities at 1/10th cost.

Current State

• 60 live agents, 354 passing tests
• 4 pods (CEO, CFO, CMO, CRO) in production
• 8-layer agentic architecture partially built
• 170 git commits in 4 days (5X velocity)
• ₹35L+ bootstrapped
• Zero paying customers (your market-proof opportunity)

Mission

THE ROLE: TECHNICAL CO-FOUNDER (NOT HIRED CTO)

Co-founder with board seat and full technical authority. Own the "how" of tech; align with AG (Anand Govindan) on "what/why."

Full Autonomy Domains

1. Technical Architecture

   - Full (Languages, DBs, scalability)

2. Team Building

   - Full (Hire 20 engineers, culture)

3. Infrastructure/DevOps

   - Full (Cloud, CI/CD, monitoring)

4. Code Quality

   - Full (Testing, reviews, debt)

5. AI/ML Strategy

   - Full (SLM fine-tuning, models)

Shared Decisions

Founder's Final Say

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES (12-Month Horizon)

Phase 1: Stabilize & Scale (Jan-Feb 2026)

• Audit architecture, fix debt
• Build CI/CD (SOC 2 ready)
• Hire 3-5 engineers
• Set standards, monitoring
• Success: 4 pods E2E tested; zero incidents.

Phase 2: Beta Infrastructure (Mar 2026)

• Multi-tenancy, onboarding
• Security, rate limiting
• Hire to 8-10 engineers
• Beta for ₹25K ARPU customers
• Success: 50 betas; 99.5% uptime; <200ms latency.

Phase 3: GA Scale (Apr 2026)

• Team to 15-20
• Full AGORA governance
• Scale to 10K requests
• Analytics dashboard
• SLM pipeline
• Success: GA with 700+ agents; 99.9% SLA.

Phase 4: SLM Optimization (May-Jul 2026)

• Fine-tune 4 Mistral models
• Routing (40% SLM tasks)
• Cut costs ₹2K → ₹700/customer
• A/B testing
• Hire 2-3 ML engineers
• Success: SLM v1 live; NPS >40.

Phase 5: Series A Prep (Aug-Dec 2026)

• Scale to 250+ customers, ₹1.5Cr ARR
• 75%+ margins
• Team to 25-30
• SOC 2 Type II
• Technical narrative
• Mentor leadership
• Success: Series A term sheet.

TECHNICAL CHALLENGES

1. Agent Scaling

   : 60 → 700 agents (latency/correctness/auditability). Decide: Kafka/DAG/custom?

2. Cost Reduction

   : 60-70% LLM cut via Mistral fine-tuning. SLM-safe tasks?

3. Determinism

   : Auditable decisions (HITL, scoring). Frictionless compliance?

4. Team Scaling

   : 2 → 20 engineers. Org structure?

5. Infrastructure

   : Custom vs. open-source (LangChain/CrewAI) for India-scale agentic OS.

COMPENSATION

Base

Equity

Post-Series A

EQUITY VESTING & PROTECTION

• Schedule

  : 1-yr cliff (2% vest), then 0.167%/month to 100% at 4 yrs.

• Good Leaver

  : Keep vested.

• Bad Leaver

  : All returns.

• Non-Compete

  : 2 yrs in AI/agentic space.

AUTHORITY & DECISIONS

Unilateral

Co-Founder

Conflicts

SUCCESS METRICS

Product: Agents 700 (M2)

Financial (You Influence):

Business (Founder Leads)

CRITICAL FACTORS

1. On-Site Chennai

   : Daily alignment essential.

2. Learning Speed

   : Absorb 1,500+ pages in 2 weeks.

3. Action Bias

   : Embrace restarts; "good enough" over perfect.

4. Founder Mindset

   : Challenge, own outcomes.

5. Commitment

   : 12-month sprint; post-Series A ambiguity.

FIRST 90 DAYS

• Weeks 1-2

  : Audit architecture; code review; daily AG syncs. Deliver: Report.

• Weeks 3-4

  : Hire leads; source 15+. Deliver: 2 offers.

• Weeks 5-8

  : CI/CD, reviews, testing, monitoring. Deliver: Pipeline live; pods ready.

• Weeks 9-12

  : Multi-tenancy, auth, beta setup; hire 3-5. Deliver: Beta env; 99.5% uptime.

• Criteria

  : 8-10 team; automated processes; zero incidents; beta ready.

WHAT WE SEEK

Must-Haves:

1. 7-10+ yrs backend/distributed/ML; scaling MVP to millions.
2. Led 5+ team; hired/mentored.
3. Founder/Series B+ exp.
4. Rapid learner; ambiguity OK.
5. Chennai full-time.

Nice-to-Haves

Red Flags

OFFER PACKAGE

• Role

  : CTO / VP Eng Designate; board seat; full tech autonomy.

• Security:

  ₹4Cr raised; 18-month runway.

• Timeline

  : Jan 2026 start; Series A Dec 2026.

HOW WE WORK

• Cadence

  : Daily 15-30 min; weekly 2-hr strategy; bi-weekly demos; monthly board.

• Velocity

  : You decide small; align medium; data for large.

• Escalation

  : Data → Trade-offs → Founder's call → Execute.

THE REAL TALK

Upside

Challenges

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Don't If

HOW TO APPLY

Email

1. 1-page story: Why you/MindFleet?
2. 1-page challenge: Technical leadership solve.
3. 1-page concerns: Honest thoughts.
4. 2-3 references.

MindFleet

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