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AION

Decentralized GPU marketplace for AI

Head of People and Culture

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/17/2026
No salary listed
Expert
London, UK
Hybrid
People & HRLearning & Development, HR Generalist & Employee Relations

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 6 years of People or Human Resources experience, including leadership experience.
  • Experience in a high-growth startup or scale-up environment, ideally at an organization with 50–250 employees.
  • Strong knowledge of human resources practices, talent development, and organizational design.
  • Experience working with distributed or global teams.
  • Ability to balance strategic work with hands-on execution in a startup environment.
Responsibilities
  • Partner with founders and leadership on organizational design and people strategy.
  • Build scalable people processes for hiring, onboarding, performance, and retention.
  • Drive initiatives that foster a strong, inclusive, and high-trust culture.
  • Mentor and support managers in building high-performing teams.
  • Oversee talent development, career growth programs, and engagement initiatives.
  • Ensure compliance with employment laws and policies across regions.
  • Continuously improve human resources systems and processes to keep pace with company growth.

About the company

AION operates a decentralized compute marketplace that lets people and businesses contribute idle GPUs to a shared network and earn passive income. Through this platform, users can buy or sell compute power for AI workloads, making high-performance AI infrastructure more affordable and accessible. Unlike traditional, centralized cloud providers, AION monetizes unused computing resources via a marketplace, offering scalable capacity and democratizing access to AI. The company aims to close the AI wealth gap by enabling widespread ownership of AI compute resources, serving tech-savvy individuals and organizations looking to reduce AI development costs. Revenue comes from facilitating transactions between compute buyers and GPU providers.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2024

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • AION raised $25 million pre-seed in March 2026, extending runway.
  • AION’s June 2026 launch added managed cloud, showing real commercialization.
  • Hiring network engineers in Bengaluru signals active infrastructure buildout and customer readiness.

What critics are saying

  • Microsoft’s June 2026 on-device Aion 1.0 shrinks demand for external inference.
  • AION’s 11-50 person team risks platform failure against hyperscalers and entrenched GPU marketplaces.
  • If supply quality or verification breaks, buyers leave and the marketplace collapses fast.

What makes AION unique

  • AION routes distributed GPUs through verifiable compute and atomic x402 payment settlement.
  • AION’s OpenAI-compatible API reduces adoption friction for developers using verified inference.
  • AION monetizes idle GPUs, turning consumer hardware into a decentralized supply network.

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Benefits

  • Flexible Work Hours
  • Wellness Program
  • Company Equity
  • Paid Vacation

Growth & Insights

Headcount

6 month growth

-5%

1 year growth

-5%

2 year growth

-5%