Founding CTO (AI Startup)
Aisceen
London Area (Hybrid)
Full Time
About the Role
aisceen is hiring a founding CTO to take its AI content platform from demo to global launch, with founder-level equity (up to 10%) plus salary from funding. This is a co-founder-level seat on the founding leadership team, reporting to the CEO.
- Company: aisceen Ltd (aisceen.com)
- Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
- Location: UK, remote or hybrid (London / Buckinghamshire)
- Type: Full-time, founding leadership team
- Package: Founder-level equity (up to 10%) plus salary from funding
- Start: As soon as possible; funded build from January 2027
About aisceen
aisceen is the home of AI content: one global platform where people create, share, discover and buy high-quality AI-generated content. It is a British company built for a worldwide audience.
- Quality over "AI slop": the platform promotes good, lasting content that changes how people see AI creativity.
- Wide from day one: sport, news and business, art sales, games and creator content, plus a built-in AI generator.
- Commerce: a planned shop where products are promoted through AI content, piloting in the UK.
- Impact built in: aisceen Earth Impact funds freshwater restoration as the platform hits creation milestones.
- Stage: a working demo is live, a CFO and leadership team are in place, and a £10m raise is being prepared.
The role
The CTO owns everything technical at aisceen: turning the demo into a secure, scalable product and building the team that runs it.
Strategy and architecture
- Set the technical vision and roadmap, aligned with the CEO and the fundraise milestones.
- Design a cloud architecture that scales globally for content, payments, a marketplace and heavy AI workloads.
- Choose the stack, vendors and AI model partners, balancing speed, cost and long-term control.
Build and launch
- Take the existing demo to a production launch, then ship new verticals (sport, news, art, games, shop) quickly.
- Integrate third-party AI models for the built-in generator, then lead the move to aisceen's own in-house generator.
- Build creator tools, discovery and recommendations, content moderation and quality controls.
- Deliver payments, creator monetisation and shop features with partners such as fulfilment and logistics providers.
Security, data and compliance
- Own security, reliability and data protection, including UK GDPR and global privacy rules.
- Put in place content safety, copyright and AI-labelling controls that meet UK, EU and US expectations.
- Measure and report the platform's energy and water footprint to support aisceen Earth Impact.
Team and investors
- Hire and lead the engineering, AI and product team, in-house and outsourced, within budget.
- Present the technology to investors, partners and the board, and support technical due diligence.
- Sit on the leadership team alongside the CEO, COO, CFO and Funding Director.
Who we're looking for
A hands-on technical leader who has built and scaled a consumer platform and wants to own one from the start.
Essential
- Solid experience building web or mobile products, ideally in a senior or lead role.
- Has helped take a product from early stage to launch.
- Practical experience with AI tools and models, or a strong interest in working with them.
- Good working knowledge of cloud platforms (such as AWS, GCP or Azure).
- Able to manage developers, whether in-house or outsourced.
- Can explain technical ideas simply to non-technical people.
Desirable
- Experience training, fine-tuning or hosting AI models in-house.
- Content moderation, recommendation or search systems at scale.
- E-commerce and logistics integrations.
- Has been through a venture fundraise and technical due diligence.
- Knowledge of UK GDPR, the EU AI Act and online safety rules.
Personal qualities
- Founder mindset: comfortable with pace, ambiguity and building from a small base.
- Cares about quality and responsible AI, not volume for its own sake.
- Commercially minded: builds what drives users, creators and revenue.
- Calm, honest and collaborative inside a small leadership team.
What we offer
- Equity: a founding stake of up to 10% of aisceen, subject to vesting and final agreement.
- Salary: paid from January 2027, linked to funding raised, rising as the raise completes.
- Leadership: a seat on the founding leadership team, shaping the company, culture and product.
- Budget to build: a share of a planned £10m raise to fund the platform and team.
- Impact: build a global platform that raises the standard of AI content and funds clean-water causes.
- Flexibility: remote-first working within the UK, with regular in-person sessions.
How to apply
Apply through LinkedIn or message the CEO directly with a short note and your CV or LinkedIn profile, including:
- A platform or product you built and scaled, and your part in it.
- One example of shipping a generative AI feature, with the models and tools used.
- Your availability and what you would want in a founding package.
Shortlisted candidates will meet the CEO, then the wider leadership team, followed by a short technical and product discussion.
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