Spring 2026

Business Operations Intern

Posted on 7/25/2025

Shakudo

Shakudo

11-50 employees

Data stack operating system for AI

No salary listed

Toronto, ON, Canada

In Person

Category
Business & Strategy (1)
Required Skills
Data Analysis
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Mathematics, Operations, or a related field required.
  • 3+ years of experience in business operations, billing/finance, or similar cross-functional roles.
  • Experience working with accounts payable and accounts receivable processes and billing systems (e.g., Stripe, or similar).
  • Excellent communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
  • Strong attention to detail, ownership mentality, and ability to execute autonomously.
Responsibilities
  • Drive Business Operations by supporting core business activities across departments to ensure operational efficiency and alignment; develop, document, and improve internal processes across business functions; coordinate cross-functional initiatives and special projects that align with company priorities.
  • Lead Financial Operations by owning and managing end-to-end billing workflows, generating and sending client invoices, tracking usage-based metrics, reconciling payments, monitoring outstanding payments, coordinating billing cycles, and maintaining records of invoicing activity; support Accounts Receivable processes by tracking incoming payments and addressing discrepancies or delays; support Accounts Payable processes, including vendor invoice tracking, approvals, and timely disbursements.
  • Oversee HR administrative tasks including onboarding, offboarding, policy updates, and team communications; maintain employee records, systems, and compliance documentation; assist in developing internal initiatives to support engagement, retention, and performance.
  • Partner with leadership on ad-hoc strategic initiatives that drive growth, efficiency, or scalability; gather and analyze data to develop recommendations and present insights to key stakeholders.
  • Assist with maintaining compliance frameworks including SOC 2, data privacy, and internal audits; help prepare for and coordinate with external audit partners, and implement corrective actions as needed.
  • Manage calendars, internal tooling, team resources, and general administrative duties to ensure smooth daily operations; jump into any area of the business that requires resourcing or rapid problem-solving.
Desired Qualifications
  • Startup or B2B Software as a Service experience is a plus.

Shakudo provides an operating system for data and artificial intelligence stacks that helps teams build, deploy, and manage AI products. The platform works by automating DevOps tasks and integrating over 170 different open-source and commercial tools into a single environment that can be self-hosted for better data security. It distinguishes itself from competitors by creating compatibility between many different software tools, which prevents companies from being locked into a single vendor's ecosystem. The company's goal is to reduce engineering overhead and complexity so that data science teams can focus on developing AI solutions more quickly.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$17M

Headquarters

Toronto, Canada

Founded

2021

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Loblaw reduced AI development cycles from six months to same-day delivery using platform.
  • Customer-led Series A2 funding validates product-market fit with CentralReach executives personally investing.
  • Sevenfold growth since 2023 Series A attracts strategic investors like Wittington Ventures for expansion.

What critics are saying

  • Databricks integrates 170+ tools natively, capturing enterprises with $50B valuation dominance.
  • AWS Bedrock sovereign AI controls undercut Shakudo pricing via credits for regulated clients.
  • DoD CMMC 3.0 certification delays block non-US platforms from defense contracts entirely.

What makes Shakudo unique

  • Self-hosted VPC deployment keeps customer IP within organizational infrastructure, avoiding vendor lock-in.
  • Integrates 170+ commercial and open-source tools including generative AI, reducing engineering overhead.
  • Autonomous Kaji agents run natively in customer infrastructure for regulated industries like nuclear and healthcare.

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Benefits

Professional Development Budget

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-2%

1 year growth

-5%

2 year growth

-5%
BetaKit
Feb 17th, 2026
Toronto's Shakudo converts customers into investors with $7M Series A2 raise

Toronto-based Shakudo has raised $7 million USD in a Series A2 round led by Wittington Ventures, the venture arm of the Weston family's holding company that controls Loblaw and Shoppers Drug Mart. The round attracted investment from existing customers, including CentralReach executives who personally backed the company. Founded in 2021, Shakudo provides AI infrastructure software that helps enterprises deploy AI tools securely within their existing systems. Loblaw reportedly reduced its AI development cycles from six months to same-day delivery using Shakudo's platform. The round included participation from Golden Ventures, GreatPoint Ventures, and RTP Global, bringing total funding to approximately $18 million USD. The company has grown sevenfold since its $7.2-million USD Series A in early 2023 and plans to raise a larger Series B within two years.

Shakudo
Feb 17th, 2026
Shakudo raises $7M to power sovereign enterprise AI with new autonomous agents

Shakudo, a platform providing operating systems for enterprise AI, has raised $7 million in a strategic funding round led by Wittington Ventures, a venture capital firm affiliated with Loblaw Companies Limited. The round included participation from existing investors Golden Ventures, GreatPoint Ventures and RTP Global, as well as personal investments from enterprise customers. The San Francisco and Toronto-based company will use the funding to expand its US operations and launch two new products: Kaji, an autonomous AI agent running within customers' Virtual Private Clouds, and Shakudo AI Gateway, a control plane for managing models and agents across organisations. Shakudo's platform deploys natively within customers' infrastructure, ensuring intellectual property remains within the organisation whilst targeting regulated industries including nuclear energy, healthcare and financial services.

BetaKit
Jul 5th, 2023
Shakudo closes $9.5M Series A to help companies adopt generative AI

Toronto-based Shakudo has secured $9.5 million CAD in Series A funding to help companies launch artificial intelligence products more quickly and cost-effectively.

BetaKit
Nov 3rd, 2021
Rebranded Shakudo raises $4.2 million to expand reach of AI platform

Toronto-based software startup Shakudo has rebranded from DevSentient, raising $4.2 million CAD in seed funding to expand the reach of its AI platform for data science and ML teams.

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