Full-Time

Account Executive

Updated on 9/9/2026

Linkup

Linkup

11-50 employees

AI-first internet infrastructure for agents

Compensation Overview

$150k - $400k/yr

San Francisco, CA, USA + 2 more

More locations: Paris, France | New York, NY, USA

Remote

Category
Sales & Account Management (1)
Required Skills
Sales
REST APIs

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Requirements
  • At least 4 years of experience in B2B software-as-a-service or technical sales; experience in artificial intelligence, developer tools, or data infrastructure is a plus.
  • Comfort engaging with technical buyers, founders, chief technology officers, engineers, and data teams.
  • A consultative approach focused on understanding customer pain points before pitching features.
  • A proven track record of closing multi-stakeholder, high-value deals.
  • Ability to communicate clearly, tell a compelling story, and tailor the narrative to any audience.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-ownership startup environment.
Responsibilities
  • Own the full sales cycle, from outreach and discovery through demonstrations, negotiation, and closing.
  • Partner with high-intent inbound leads across artificial intelligence, data, and enterprise segments.
  • Run product demonstrations and solutioning sessions with technical teams.
  • Understand customer workflows and position Linkup’s application programming interfaces and infrastructure as the foundation for their artificial intelligence systems.
  • Collaborate with Product and Engineering to craft custom solutions and provide insights from the field.
  • Build repeatable playbooks for selling to artificial intelligence-native teams and enterprise innovation groups.
  • Contribute to go-to-market strategy, pricing, and messaging based on market feedback.
  • Track and report key metrics across pipeline, win rate, and expansion opportunities.
  • Close deals with artificial intelligence infrastructure startups building multi-agent workflows on Linkup.
  • Run discovery and expansion with a Fortune 500 innovation lab using Linkup for compliance-grade retrieval.
  • Build go-to-market playbooks for developer adoption, from the first application programming interface call to paid usage.
  • Partner with Product and Marketing to refine messaging for enterprise buyers.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in artificial intelligence, developer tools, or data infrastructure.

Linkup builds digital infrastructure that lets AI agents act as primary users of the internet, enabling them to access, process, and interact with web content in ways optimized for machines rather than humans. It aims to create a framework and ecosystem where AI can navigate online resources efficiently and safely, bridging AI with human interests to drive societal progress. Compared to others, Linkup focuses on AI-native internet access and interoperability, not just tools for AI, and positions itself as a bridge between AI capabilities and human needs. Its goal is to align AI and human interests to unlock AI’s potential for innovation and solving global challenges.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$13.3M

Headquarters

Paris, France

Founded

2024

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Seed backing from Gradient and Mistral-linked angels strengthens hiring and credibility.
  • The company says thousands of users adopted the API within months.
  • Enterprise features like SOC 2, ZDR, and BYOC unlock regulated buyers.

What critics are saying

  • Perplexity, Exa, Tavily, Firecrawl, and Brave all attack the same buyer.
  • Linkup's own beta fast depth signals product still stabilizing in 2026.
  • If publishers restrict access, its source graph degrades and answer quality collapses.

What makes Linkup unique

  • Linkup sells AI-native web search, not consumer search, with structured retrieval.
  • Its February 2026 /fast tier targets sub-second queries for agents.
  • Linkup claims 94% SimpleQA F-score, leading sub-second AI search APIs.

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Benefits

Remote Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

23%

1 year growth

23%

2 year growth

45%
Maddyness
Feb 3rd, 2026
Former Spotify, Lyft and Carrefour execs raise $10M to build 'Google Search for AI

Linkup, founded by former executives from Spotify, Lyft and Carrefour, has raised $10 million in seed funding led by Gradient to build what it calls the "Google Search for AI". Elaia, Leblon Capital and Weekend Fund participated, alongside existing investors including Seedcamp and Axeleo Capital. Business angels such as Arthur Mensch from Mistral AI also backed the round. The startup has developed an API that enables AI systems to search and retrieve real-time information online. Its technology extracts granular data from web content to create an index specifically adapted to how AI processes information. Linkup has partnered with news publishers to access reliable, verified sources amidst growing concerns about misinformation and AI-generated fake content. The company previously raised €3 million in November 2024 and plans to expand teams in New York, San Francisco and Paris.

Brown Brothers Media
Jan 6th, 2025
Actionable raises €2M for AI platform

In 2024, Paris-based startup Actionable raised €2M in a pre-seed funding round. The company specializes in AI-driven predictive analysis of customer satisfaction, providing businesses with tools to forecast satisfaction and identify key drivers.

LinkedIn
Nov 18th, 2024
Motier Ventures on LinkedIn: #ai #dataaccess #content | 15 comments

Linkup announces a €3 million funding round to offer a new gateway to the internet in the era of artificial intelligence. 🌐 Linkup is revolutionizing how… | 15 comments on LinkedIn