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Metal
An AI operating system for founders raising venture rounds
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Open roles at Metal
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Senior Software Engineer (Engineering — Karachi, on-site)
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Junior Software Engineer (Engineering — Karachi, on-site)
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Account Executive (Growth — Lahore, hybrid)
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Data Analyst (Data Ops — Lahore, on-site)
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What Metal is building
Metal is fundraising software built by someone who raised $120M and hated every minute of the process. The core observation is one Usman Gul makes about his own Airlift rounds: roughly 80% of the investors he spoke to were never a fit on stage, sector, geography or check size. That is not a hustle problem, it is an information problem, and the industry's answer to it has been spreadsheets and warm-intro folklore. The product attacks it with a proprietary investor memory layer underneath an agent. It identifies and ranks investor prospects against your actual stage and sector, researches the firms, surfaces warm introduction paths through your network, drafts the intro requests, analyzes your pipeline, and captures meeting intelligence after calls. Autopilot handles the back-office side: deck optimization, call prep, round strategy, and reading leading indicators on which VCs are actually deploying right now. The long-term framing is more interesting than the tool. Metal describes its mission as building the rails of the venture industry by bringing efficiency to venture rounds. That is a bid to be infrastructure for capital formation rather than a CRM for founders, and it explains the distribution strategy: Metal is embedded with Techstars, where 10,000+ founders have access, and has 100+ YC founders as paying customers post-Demo Day. It is also worth naming what is unusual here. This is a company headquartered in Lahore, selling AI software to North American venture-backed founders, hiring on-site engineers in Karachi, and co-led by a16z speedrun and YC.
Why this matters
The numbers are the argument and they are the company's own reported figures: 1,000+ founders, $542M raised through the platform in FY2026, six straight quarters of 30-80% QoQ growth. Very few seed-stage companies in this category have compounding usage attached to a dollar outcome that customers can measure. A founder either got the round or did not. The structural case is that venture matching is genuinely mispriced information. Investor stage, sector focus, geography and check size all change quarterly, and the public record of them is stale by construction. Gul's 80%-mismatch figure from his own $120M of rounds is the kind of number that only a repeat founder would bother to quantify, and it is the wedge. If Metal is right that this is rails rather than a tool, then the thing being built is a graph of who deploys into what, refreshed continuously, and that compounds in a way a database of VC email addresses never has.
Investors: a16z speedrun (co-lead), Y Combinator (co-lead), Pioneer Fund, Rebel Fund, Gaingels, Indus Valley Capital, Team Ignite Ventures, Phaze Ventures
Hiring outlook
Four roles are live on Metal's Ashby board right now: Senior Software Engineer and Junior Software Engineer in Karachi (on-site), Account Executive in Lahore (hybrid), and a Data Analyst in Lahore (on-site). The team is 21 people and just closed $4.5M with a16z speedrun and YC co-leading. The Data Ops role has been open since January, which suggests a genuine bar rather than a formality.
Working at Metal
Metal is An AI operating system for founders raising venture rounds, and now <50 people. For a B2B, Finance and Accounting company this size, the reality is broad remit, direct access to founders, and equity that still means something if the company works out.
Most Metal jobs are based in New York, NY, USA.
How to actually get hired at Metal
Why applying the normal way doesn't work
With only <50 employees, Metal doesn't have dedicated recruiters. Founders review applications between running the company. The challenge isn't competition — it's visibility. Direct outreach wins.
Who to contact at Metal
- Who decides
- a founder or department head
- Best channel
- LinkedIn or direct email
- ATS
- Greenhouse
Founding team
Born and raised in Lahore, he studied in Ohio, joined MasterCard's Leadership Development Program in New York, and was on the early teams at DoorDash and Marqeta. He then co-founded and ran Airlift, the Pakistani mass-transit and logistics startup, raising $120M across six venture rounds in three years. He started Metal to build the fundraising infrastructure he wished had existed during those rounds, and takes his own read on the problem from experience: about 80% of the investors he pitched were never a fit on stage, sector, geography or check size.
What to show them
Build a small version of the memory layer: ingest public signals about a set of 50 investors — recent announced deals, stage, check size, sector — and produce a ranked match for a hypothetical company, with the reasoning exposed. Then do the hard part: show how you keep it fresh and how you detect when a firm's behavior has changed. Staleness is the actual engineering problem in this product.
A cold email that works at Metal
What Metal screens for
a16z speedrun and Y Combinator co-leading is a specific bet: YC has the distribution — 100+ of its own founders already pay for Metal after Demo Day — and speedrun brings the consumer-velocity playbook to what is normally a slow enterprise category. The Techstars partnership putting Metal in front of 10,000+ founders says the accelerators have decided this is infrastructure they want to standardize on rather than a vendor they tolerate. For candidates the window is unusually legible: 21 people, four open reqs, revenue already compounding, and a fresh round. You are joining after product-market fit is demonstrated and before the org has layers. The senior engineering role in Karachi is the one to want, because the investor memory layer is the moat and it is still being built.
Tailor your CV to the specific Metal role rather than sending a general one. Applications that mirror the language of the job description clear automated filters at a materially higher rate.
Don't make these mistakes
Usman built and ran Airlift through a $120M raise and its unwind, then spent six quarters compounding Metal to multi-million revenue from Pakistan. Telling him that AI will disrupt venture capital is telling him nothing he has not already priced in, and pitching Metal as a better VC database misreads the company badly — the stated mission is rails for the venture industry, not a list. Equally, do not lead with generic enthusiasm for the Pakistani tech ecosystem; he is running a company that sells to Sand Hill Road from Lahore and has been doing it long enough that the novelty framing is tiresome. Lead with the fundraising mechanics you understand firsthand or the specific systems problem you would own.
Mistakes that kill Metal applications
A recycled CV gets rejected fast at Metal (<50 people). They notice.
Lead with their problem, not your ambition. Metal is focused on The numbers are the argument and they are the company's own reported figures: 1,000+ founders, $542M raised through the platform in FY2026, six straight quarters of 30-80% QoQ growth — show you understand that.
Don't apply and wait. The median B2B, Finance and Accounting application gets no response ever. One follow-up at day five roughly doubles reply rates.
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The Metal interview process
We don't yet have verified candidate reports for Metal. What follows is the typical process for a <50-person B2B, Finance and Accounting company, so treat it as a model, not confirmed detail.
Interview stages
- 1
Intro Call
Video call · 30 min
What it testsCulture fit and role expectationsUsually run byFounder or hiring manager - 2
Technical Deep Dive
Video call or in-person · 60 min
What it testsPast projects and problem-solving approachUsually run byTechnical founder or lead - 3
Final Round
In-person or video · 45 min
What it testsTeam fit and offer discussionUsually run byFounding team
Metal interview timeline
Metal runs about 7 days from first contact to offer. The median for B2B, Finance and Accounting companies at <50 people is 10 days, so Metal is faster than most.
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Metal jobs, frequently asked questions
How many jobs does Metal have open?
We're tracking 4 active openings at Metal (verified October 2, 2026).
Does Metal hire remotely?
Metal doesn't have remote openings at the moment. All roles are in New York, NY, USA.
What roles is Metal hiring for?
Metal is hiring across Engineering, Marketing, Operations. The most recent opening is Senior Software Engineer (Engineering — Karachi, on-site).
How do I apply for a job at Metal?
Click through to apply, or see our detailed guide on landing a job at Metal.
Does Metal respond to cold emails?
We haven't verified response rates at Metal yet.
Who is the hiring manager at Metal?
At this size, hiring is usually run by a founder or department head.
What ATS does Metal use?
Metal uses Greenhouse.
How competitive is it to get hired at Metal?
<50-person B2B, Finance and Accounting companies see ~50-100 applicants per role in two weeks. The 72-hour window is your advantage.
How many rounds is the Metal interview?
3 stages: Intro Call, Technical Deep Dive, Final Round.
Is the Metal interview hard?
The interview emphasizes relevant experience and culture fit over abstract problems. Hardest stage: Final Round.
Does Metal give a take-home task?
No, Metal does not include a take-home stage.
How long does Metal take to get back to you?
Around 7 days across the full process.
What should I prepare for the Metal interview?
Prepare for relevant experience and culture fit. A <50-person startup wants proof you can ship, not that you can whiteboard.
Where is Metal based?
Metal is headquartered in New York, NY, USA.
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