Terac: The Expert Network Powering Frontier Research

Terac helps teams reach faster research breakthroughs through our marketplace of verified experts. We are building agents to recruit, verify, and match 10,000s experts with 1000s of opportunities from the worlds most innovative organizations.

We work with leading enterprises and are backed by top investors.

About the role:

We're looking for a founding operator to partner directly with the CEO to shape and scale the company’s core functions. You will work on the highest-priority problems in the company including managing key customer relationships, building out the founding team, and ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.

You're someone who thrives in ambiguity, has exceptional judgment, and can context-switch between strategic planning, tactical execution, and people operations.

You will:

Coordinate the delivery of our highest-value projects
Work with the CEO to drive important business decisions

Oversee and orchestrate the work of 10,000s of experts on our platform
Ensure execution under demanding timelines
Diagnose bottlenecks, restructure workflows, and implement solutions that improve quality, throughput, and cost-efficiency.
Work with every single member of the team.

You have/are:

Background in consulting, finance, startups, or other operationally intense environments.
Strong analytical and communication abilities; proven track record of managing complex projects.
Comfortable working directly with high-profile clients.
Excited by “gritty” process optimization and large-scale execution.

Misc

We operate in-person six days per week in our downtown SF office
Compensation: Competitive salary, meaningful equity vested over four years, $10K relocation bonus (for moving to the Bay Area), and an additional $5k housing bonus (if you move within 0.5 miles of our office), Health, Dental, Vision insurance, 401(k) with company match
Terac culture: Between weekly presentations, company hackathons, and an AI-first mindset, you'll be working with one of the most innovative teams on the planet.
Growth opportunities: You're joining Terac at one of the earliest stages and will have an opportunity to shape and grow with the company as a founding member.

About the company

Terac provides a no-code AI platform that automates unstructured data tasks such as document classification, data extraction, and email processing. The platform lets users build, manage, and scale AI-driven processes through a simple interface, turning unstructured information into structured data. It is sold as an AI-as-a-service to help organizations automate workflows without deep data science skills or large training datasets. Their goal is to improve operational efficiency by replacing manual, repetitive tasks with reliable AI-powered automation.

Company Size

1-10

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

N/A

Founded

2025

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

Terac says it raised $9M from Emergence, SignalFire, Audacious, SV Angel, and Z Fellows.
The company posted hiring across engineering, research, and ops on October 2, 2026.
LinkedIn listed 2,273 followers and a September 19, 2026 update.

What critics are saying

Terac changed from unstructured-data automation to human expertise, signaling a shaky product thesis.
A nine-person team cannot defend a marketplace against User Interviews and Respondent.io.
If recruitment quality slips, customers leave and the research marketplace becomes worthless.

What makes Terac unique

Terac rebranded into an expert-labor MCP, not a generic automation SaaS.
It bundles sourcing, verification, screening, and payouts into one API.
The team claims 9 people across Nepal, Argentina, Georgia, and the US.

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Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Company Match
Company Equity
Performance Bonus

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