Become a business co-founder at Loka AI

Are you curious, courageous and want to make a real difference? Then we might have just the thing for you.

Loka AI is looking for a third person in the founding team - for everything to do with business, go-to-market and building our product on the market. And don't worry: youdon'thave to bea startup veteran. It's more important to us that you want to grow with us.

🚀 Who we are - and what we plan to do

Loka AI develops AI-powered tools for the executive search and interim management industry, GDPR and EU AI Act compliant. Our goal: to make the recruitment industry smarter and more efficient with local AI.

We want to start EXIST funding from June 2025 - and we are looking for you as a co-founder tosuccessfully bring our product to users.

🔍 What we build

We are developing two AI-supported tools that make executive search work significantly more efficient:

1. Internal search for candidates
   Imagine Amazon search - but for the internal candidate databases of headhunters. We solve the problems of keyword searches and enable a semantic search.
2. Target company search
   Imagine Dun & Bradstreet - but much better. A semantic search for target companies by industry, product range, location, company size, etc. Intuitive, fast and effective.

💼 Your role in the team

You are the bridge between product and market - you take our tool to where it is needed. Your tasks include

• Lead generation, outbound sales & building strong relationships in the recruiting world

• Marketing - online (e.g. LinkedIn, blog) and offline (e.g. events)

• Designing contract and negotiation processes

• Fundraising & maintaining contact with investors

• Assistance with software testing, training & customer support

• Tinkering with the business model together

✅ What you should bring with you

• Experience in recruiting / headhunting / executive search

• Enthusiasm for technology & AI

• Entrepreneurial curiosity & willingness to learn

• Good communication skills, sales talent, openness to new ideas

• Willingness to work full-time from the start of EXIST

🌱 Plus points (but not a must)

• Current student or graduated in the last 5 years (for EXIST eligibility)

• Interest in HR tech and/or AI

• Experience in dealing with decision-makers

• Network in the HR industry

• Residence in Bavaria

🤝 What you get

• 1/3 of the company shares - just like us. You are a fully-fledged founding member right from the start

• With EXIST, we are joining the startup full-time

• A team that complements each other: tech, product, business

• The opportunity to help build a scalable HR tech company

• Trust, equality and plenty of creative freedom

👋 Who we are

Markus - AI and LLM expert, PhD candidate at the University of Regensburg

5+ years of AI research, sailing enthusiast and avid traveler. Specialized in fine-tuning local AI solutions.

Ha - Product & Business, EMBA at the TU Munich

8+ years of B2B SaaS experience, lived in 6 countries. From product to frontend and business development - Ha brings diverse experience. Music lover, runner, world explorer.

We've been a team since March 2024 - all we need is you.

🕰 Why now?

• AI is changing recruiting - but data protection concerns (e.g. EU-US Privacy Framework) make local AI a must in Europe.
• We are the only solutionthat focuses on local AI for internal candidate search.
• Our first pilot customer has 10.000 € and is actively co-developing.
• Supported by AI+Munich, BayStartup and Migrant Founderswith further partners in planning (CRM systems such as Meffert, EmmySoft).

📬 Curious?

Then let's talk! Network with us on LinkedIn:
💼 Our LinkedIn
📧 info@loka-ai.de

It's time to rethink recruiting. With you. 🚀