🌟 About You

Are you excited about driving business growth at a pre-seed startup tackling a massive, untouched market? Do you thrive when juggling outreach, recruiting, content, and operations in the same week? Are you eager to work directly with a technical founder to build the commercial engine of an AI company from scratch? If so, we'd love to meet you!

🚀 About INC

INC (Iudex Non Calculat) is a pre-seed AI startup based in Zurich, building the infrastructure that automates coverage checks for legal insurance companies. Legal insurance is a €16.8B European market where every case still requires 15-45 minutes of manual review. We compress that to under 2 minutes. We're backed by a paid pilot with a Swiss insurer and a founder with 120+ B2B customers at his previous company. Our long-term vision: make legal insurance affordable for everyone in the world.

Tasks

🛠️ Your Responsibilities

As a Founder's Associate Intern, you'll work directly with the founder across business development, operations, and company-building. No two weeks look the same.

• Business Development: Identify, reach out to, and build relationships with legal insurance companies across Switzerland and Germany. Own the outreach pipeline.
• Founder Personal Branding: Help build the founder's presence on LinkedIn and at industry events -- draft posts, manage content calendars, and coordinate speaking opportunities.
• Landing Page & Web Presence: Own and iterate on INC's landing page, messaging, and public-facing materials based on customer feedback and market positioning.
• User Interviews: Organize and coordinate interviews with claims handlers and insurance executives. Prepare discussion guides, take notes, and synthesize insights.
• Recruiting: Conduct first-round screening interviews for early hires. Help source candidates and manage the recruiting pipeline.
• Networking: Represent INC at insurance and legal tech events (RIAD, insurtech meetups, startup events). Build relationships in the Swiss and German insurance ecosystem.
• Market Research: Track competitors, regulatory developments (EU AI Act), and expansion opportunities across European markets.
• Investor Relations: Support preparation of investor updates, pitch materials, and financial models.
• Operational Support: Help set up and optimize internal processes, tools, and workflows as we scale from 1 to 5 people.

Requirements

📌 Qualifications

✅ Minimum qualifications

• A degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field (or currently pursuing one).
• Strong analytical skills and a structured, independent approach to problem-solving.
• Sales & Communication Skills: Ability to articulate value propositions clearly and build trust with senior insurance executives.
• Self-Starter Mentality: You don't wait to be told what to do. You identify what matters and get it done.
• Work Permit: You have a Swiss work permit.
• Language Skills: Proficient in German and English (French is a plus).
• Availability: Ideally full-time; 70%+ may be considered for exceptional candidates. 3-6 months internship duration. On-site in Zurich at least twice per week.

🎯 Preferred qualifications

• Business Development Experience: Previous exposure to outbound sales, partnerships, or startup operations.
• Insurance or Legal Tech Interest: Curiosity about how AI is transforming insurance workflows.
• Startup Experience: Prior involvement in an early-stage company or founding your own project.
• Content & Branding Skills: Experience with LinkedIn content, copywriting, or managing a founder's public profile.

Benefits

🤝 Benefits

• Autonomy & Ownership: Real responsibility from day one. We hire people who manage themselves, not people who need managing.
• Impactful Work: Help build a company that could fundamentally change how 150M+ Europeans access legal protection.
• Direct Founder Access: Work side-by-side with the founder on strategy, customers, and company-building decisions.
• Professional Growth: Learn product thinking, sales, recruiting, and operations simultaneously in a high-intensity environment.
• Startup Culture: Small team, flat hierarchy, written decision-making, no unnecessary meetings.
• Compensation: CHF 2000-3000/month, aligned with the value you provide and your experience.
• Prospect of a Permanent Position: Possibility of full-time employment with equity (ESOP) after successful completion of the 6-12 month internship.

We're excited to hear from candidates who want to build the commercial engine of an AI company from scratch. Apply today by pressing the Apply button.