AI Knowledge Systems

Summary

Join 1848 Ventures as the first Head of AI Knowledge Systems and architect an AI-powered system that transforms insights into action. Accelerate innovation by operationalizing knowledge workflows using AI agents, establishing taxonomies, and ensuring knowledge evolves with market shifts. Power the studio's ability to identify trends, synthesize research, and generate ideas. Design and maintain the "AI Knowledge Engine," implement a structured taxonomy, and integrate real-time data feeds. Drive the synthesis of multimedia insights and create feedback loops to improve venture quality. Serve as the point person for signal detection, identifying emerging trends. This remote role with occasional travel offers the chance to pioneer the intersection of knowledge and AI in SMB innovation.

Requirements

• 7+ years in a strategy, research, or knowledge management role—bonus points for VC, consulting, or innovation environments
• Experience with and deep curiosity about agentic AI systems and LLM-based knowledge tools
• Strong sense for patterns across data, behavior, and narratives—especially in SMBs and vertical AI
• Highly organized, systems-oriented thinker with the ability to translate chaos into clarity
• Comfortable moving between high-level vision and prompt engineering

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain 1848V’s “AI Knowledge Engine” to collect, validate, tag, and synthesize internal and external information (e.g., venture insights, research, transcripts, market trends, and historical learnings)
• Design and implement a structured taxonomy, metadata strategy, and refresh workflows across internal and external sources
• Implement agentic systems and AI tools to automate knowledge ingestion and synthesis from structured and unstructured sources
• Identify and integrate real-time data feeds (RSS, APIs, transcripts, webhooks) into our research workflows
• Drive the synthesis of multi-media insights (e.g., audio/video/text) into reusable strategic frameworks and venture signals
• Create feedback loops between venture outcomes, idea generation, and research repositories to continuously improve venture quality
• Serve as the point person for signal detection—identifying emerging trends or resurgent themes

Benefits

• This role is a remote role
• Occasional travel may be required for team collaboration