Job Description
About Safari AI
The Company's vision is to Automate Action of the leading companies in the physical economy, from Entertainment, QSR's, Retail and beyond. It's using computer vision AI to Measure, Alert and provide AI-generated Recommendations at the operations of leading companies such as Merlin/Legoland, 7-11, Tanger Outlets, Manhattan Mini Storage, Charlotte Hornets, Calgary Flames, and more. In the near future, Safari AI will use this data and to suggest how its clients can optimize its SOPs to generate more revenue and create more valuable guest and staff experiences.
Safari AI is seed-funded by leading venture capital investors and expects to raise its Series A in 2025.
Leadership & Culture
Safari AI is co-founded by Ali Vahabzadeh & Kaiwen Yuan, two leaders who have meaningful exits under their belts and have managed large, high-performing Go To Market and Engineering teams. The company is headquartered in NYC where the GTM team is based and works from the office five days a week, while Engineering is distributed between North America and Brazil.
About You And How You Succeed At Safari AI
You're excited about building a product and creating a market that hasn't been done before. You have a strong bias toward action when you are stuck but are not afraid to ask for help when you need to. You're high agency, and eager to test new ways of doing things, taking advantage of the freedom and culture an early stage startup can afford you. You're eager to lead the company's engagement with category leaders in a variety of industries, solving some of their biggest challenges.
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Who You Are:
You’re a technically proficient and enthusiastic engineer who thrives on problem-solving and innovation. You excel at both hands-on engineering and effective project management. You are driven by results and have a passion for delivering exceptional customer success.
Why bet on Computer Vision and Safari AI?
Safari AI uses computer vision to provide enterprises the ability to auto-measure the most important physical activity in their operations. Our clients point their own IP cameras inside and outside their theme parks, stores, buildings and other property to gather mission-critical data and insights using Safari AI's proprietary technology. Safari AI's clients are finally getting reliable and automated counts, throughput, utilization, dwell times, live wait times, and a number of other KPI's, replacing manual measuring, antiquated hardware and oftentimes no measuring at all. Safari AI is serving category-defining companies in Theme Parks, CRE, Transportation, Hospitality, Retail, and QSR/Restaurants. Click on the media below for specific client use cases. The company is venture-funded led by General Catalyst & Initialized Capital and operates distributed with team members residing in the US, Canada and Brazil.
