Company Description We are building Purpose:Labs - the world's first proactive Life & Career Navigation Engine. Think: "Google Maps" for life and career journeys world models + individual state models proactive AI agents systems that help people stay fulfilled, skilled and competitive in a fast-changing world This is not a job, it is a co-founder position. If you want comfort, stability or a clean 9-to-5 → this is not for you. If you want to build something you will still care about in 10 years and can support even your kids navigate this chaotic world towards fulfillment → keep reading. ----------- The Problems We Care About 1.1 billion jobs will be disrupted by technology by 2033 83% of employees are disengaged at work 6 out of 10 people lack a sense of purpose and direction We are building the missing layer: a system that continuously supports people navigate a changing world towards meaning and fulfillment. ----------- Role Description We are looking for a CTO / Co-Founder (Product × AI) to build this with us from the ground up. You will be the person who: drives technical direction turns abstract ideas into real systems makes the product faster, simpler and smarter You won’t be handed tasks. You will own the system. ----------- Profile Technical: AI systems & ML engineering (applied, not academic-only) world data ingestion & modeling individual state representations proactive agent orchestration memory architectures (short / long-term, event-based) knowledge graphs & state machines personalization systems control systems & decision logic event-driven architectures observability, evaluation & guardrails workflow / orchestration frameworks big data pipelines Personal: deep care for human potential, education and the intersection of AI and personal growth want to do start-ups obsessed with building comfortable in discomfort team player