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Liva AI

Scale AI for video and voice data.

Founding Operations Lead

$120K - $160K*San Francisco, CA, US
Job type
Full-time
Role
Operations
Experience
3+ years
Visa
US citizen/visa only
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Ashley Mo
Ashley Mo
Founder
Ashley Mo
Ashley Mo
Founder

About the role

The mission at Liva AI (YC S25) is to make AI feel truly human. AI
voices and faces today still feel flat and generic, missing emotion,
nuance, and identity. We're fixing that by building the world's
richest library of human voice and video data, fueling the next
generation of realistic AI.

We're hiring an extremely organized and committed operator to take on
a full-time role. You'll manage complex projects and people with
efficiency, solve problems in uncertain situations, and help us scale
fast. Over time, you'll also play a key role in building the most
automated operations system of any data company, translating the
workflows you run today into scalable processes and overseeing the
internal systems we're developing.

This is a founding role: your work will directly fuel the next
generation of AI in a tangible way, while shaping the foundation of
how Liva runs at scale.

ABOUT THE ROLE

What you'll do:

  * Plan, coordinate, and execute multiple data collection projects
  * Improve internal agentic workflows to make operations faster and
    more scalable
  * Work closely with Liva's founders to design systems that let
    humans and AI agents work together seamlessly

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Requirements:

  * Move to San Francisco
  * Be comfortable working 12 hours a day 6 days a week
  * Extremely organized, good problem solver
  * Have experience managing people
  * Have a strong interest in AI agents and the data space

Nice to have:

  * At least 1-2 years in consulting, investment banking, product
    management
  * Have previous experience working with AI agents
  * Have previous ML experience


BENEFITS:

  * Competitive salary
  * Free food, free equipment, wellness, anything you need to do your
    best work
  * Paid family leave - whatever you need this comes first
  * Opportunity to be an early member of a fast growing YC-backed
    startup

About Liva AI

Liva's mission is to make AI look and sound truly human. The AI
voices and faces today feel off, and lack the capability to reflect
diverse people across different ethnicities, races, accents, and
career professions. We're fixing that by building the world's richest
library of human voice and video data, fueling the next generation of
realistic AI.

Liva AI
Liva AI
Founded:2025
Batch:S25
Team Size:2
Status:
Active
Location:San Francisco
  
 
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