AI Founder, Physical Cybersecurity

Forum Ventures

99d

About The Position

Forum's Venture Studio brings together ambitious people, brilliant ideas, and capital to build the best B2B SaaS businesses in the world, from 0 to 1. In addition to capital and an idea, we provide founders with access to investor networks, fundraising support, and the resources needed to build transformational companies. Our AI Studio has launched 17 companies since 2023, and we're launching 7 more in 2026. We're designed to help Founders move faster, develop better insights, and build companies that have a higher success rate than startups built in any other way.

As previously air-gapped physical systems connect so AI can operate them, the attack surface expands beyond the network. Adversaries can manipulate what the AI believes is happening in the physical world through bad sensor data or corrupted models. When an attacker compromises AI controlling a factory, power grid, or fleet, the consequences are physical, not just a data breach. Forum AI Studio is looking for a Founder exploring any of these themes:
Adversarial robustness testing for AI systems controlling critical infrastructure
Physical and digital integrity verification across independent sensors and control loops
Incident response and forensics for AI-assisted physical breaches
and more!
Maybe you've secured water utilities, energy operators, or critical manufacturing sites. Maybe you've built OT security products and know why network visibility is not enough when AI operates the process. That's who we build with.

Requirements

• Early-stage operator experience with a proven track record of building, selling, and navigating the OT security and critical infrastructure world.
• Experience securing water utilities, energy operators, or critical manufacturing environments.
• Understanding of why perimeter tools fall short when AI operates the process.
• Experience building industrial cybersecurity or OT monitoring products.
• Understanding of what buyers need when AI operates the physical process.
• The ability to attract, hire and lead world-class teams.
• A demonstrated passion for technology's ability to change the world.
• A desire to be a venture-backed founder.
• Canada or US-based.
• Ability to collaborate in North American time zones.

Responsibilities

• Explore themes such as adversarial robustness testing for AI systems controlling critical infrastructure, physical and digital integrity verification across independent sensors and control loops, and incident response and forensics for AI-assisted physical breaches.
• Build, sell, and navigate the OT security and critical infrastructure world.
• Attract, hire, and lead world-class teams.
• Execute a winning GTM strategy to get to $50-100K ARR.
• Develop the right MVP to ensure early traction.

Benefits

• $250K USD investment
• End-to-end fundraising playbook and network to raise your seed and Series A
• Validation partner with proven playbooks, networks, and the systems to validate, unlock your ICP, ignite your sales pipeline, and beyond
• Support of an experienced operating team - from business design, product development, growth, recruitment, legal and more
• Executing a winning GTM strategy to get to $50-100K ARR
• The right MVP to ensure early traction
• A community full of mentors, peers, and leaders
• $100K+ worth of business perks

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed