founderbuilt

Forward deployed founders.

Founders who've built venture-backed companies. We embed with your team, solve the problem that matters, and ship it into production.

Taking on new engagements

Founder speed

Working software in weeks, not a roadmap in quarters.

Shipped at scale

Production experience from venture-backed startups to NVIDIA.

Right-sized

Solo or as a team, scoped to the problem. No juniors, no handoffs.

Who we work with

Already deployed in finance.

Family offices

$1B+ in assets under management

Private agents for research, reporting and operations, deployed on infrastructure you control.

Venture firms

$50M+ funds

Internal agents for sourcing, diligence and portfolio support, wired into the tools your team already uses.

The team

Founder operators.

We've all built venture-backed companies, then sold or scaled them. We take on work solo or together, depending on the problem.

Frankie Le Nguyen, Exited founder

Frankie Le Nguyen

Exited founder

PreviouslyVenture capitalist
Jake Harwood, Senior Staff Architect, NVIDIA

Jake Harwood

Senior Staff Architect, NVIDIA

PreviouslyFounder, exited
Anwar Jeffery, Founding Engineer, GovAI

Anwar Jeffery

Founding Engineer, GovAI

PreviouslyCTO, venture-backed startup

Questions

How it works.

What is a forward-deployed founder?

A founder who has already built a venture-backed company and now embeds with your team to solve one specific problem and ship it into production. You get founder-level judgment and speed without hiring a full-time executive or managing an agency.

Who does founderbuilt work with?

Family offices with $1B+ in assets under management, venture firms with $50M+ funds, and startups or companies with a hard problem and a team that wants it solved. We take on a few engagements at a time.

What do you build for family offices and venture firms?

Private AI agents. For family offices, that means agents for research, reporting and operations. For venture firms, agents for sourcing, diligence and portfolio support. Everything is wired into the tools your team already uses.

How fast do you ship?

Working software in weeks, not a roadmap in quarters. Most engagements have something in production within 2–4 weeks.

Who actually does the work?

The founders do. Every engagement is staffed by the team on this page, solo or together depending on the problem. No juniors and no handoffs. Between us we've built and exited venture-backed companies and shipped production systems at NVIDIA and GovAI.

Does our data leave our infrastructure?

No. We deploy on infrastructure you control, so your data, models and agents stay inside your environment.

How is an engagement priced?

Either fixed-scope or a monthly retainer, depending on the engagement. A well-defined build is priced as a fixed-scope project and agreed up front. Ongoing work, like running and extending agents after launch, is a monthly retainer sized to the team and scope.

How do we get started?

Start a conversation. Tell us what you're solving, and we'll be straight about whether we're the right people. If we are, we scope the problem together before any work begins.

Bring us your hardest problem.

We take on a few engagements at a time. Tell us what you're solving.