Applied Artificial Intelligence Researcher, Distyl
Multi-Agent Systems
$150-250k
+ Equity
More information about location
Generative AI solutions for enterprises
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Generative AI solutions for enterprises
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$150-250k
+ Equity
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To create the most customer-centric AI company that revolutionizes how enterprise thrive in the AI-assisted economy.
Role
Who you are
- Built or studied systems where multiple agents collaborate through structured communication, delegation, critique, or iterative coordination
- Experience with agent orchestration, communication protocols, evaluator agents, or systems where multiple agents interact to exchange information, critique reasoning, and coordinate decisions over time
- Experience with research in related fields, such as multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL), graph neural networks (GNNs), knowledge graphs, mixed-initiative planning, etc
- Excited about making foundational advancements in how agents coordinate, reason and collaborate
- Proven Track Record of Research Results: Whether you’ve published in top journals, posted amazing work on twitter, or somewhere else we want to see what you've done
- Uses AI Every Day: Before you can revolutionize someone else’s workflow, you need to revolutionize yours. You should be using tools like ChatGPT, Cursor, and Perplexity to accelerate your workflow
- Strong Programming and Data Analysis Skills: While you might not consider yourself a software engineer you need to be able to build prototypes of your ideas and then perform the experiments to prove the effectiveness to a F500 Head of AI
- Biases Towards Showing vs Telling: Our customers want to see the power of AI today vs discuss the most elegant idea that will take 5 years to realize
What the job involves
- At Distyl we’re pushing the envelope of AI utilization in enterprise. This requires creative researchers who don’t just want to drive incremental improvements on benchmarks or optimize an existing process but instead are looking to creatively redefine how software is used
- Our researchers come from many academic backgrounds but have strong research track records, operate in an AI-native way, and would be bored staying on the rails of a traditional research org
- The Multi-Agent Systems team focuses on designing architectures in which multiple agents coordinate to solve problems that require structured interaction across multiple reasoning processes
- Researchers build systems that structure communication, route information, and coordinate decision-making across agents operating with different views of the problem
- Researchers in Multi-Agent Systems investigate the interaction patterns that govern how agents collaborate
- They study how agents exchange information, critique and refine each other’s reasoning, and coordinate execution across complex workflows
- Their work identifies the mechanics behind effective communication, delegation, and coordination, in effect establishing the design language for how systems of agents can operate as cohesive, high-performing teams, with capabilities that arise from interaction rather than individual performance
Our take
Distyl helps large enterprises adopt AI by providing tailored AI solutions. Its platform combines AI-native software with a top engineering team, enabling rapid implementation of AI across industries like healthcare, telecom and retail.
The company uses precision-engineered software and tools like Distillery to automate operations, transforming knowledge into AI processes. This results in faster decision-making and improved efficiency, allowing enterprises to stay competitive and optimise their operations.
With impressive funding secured, Distyl has quickly gained traction from Fortune 100 companies, delivering stunning outcomes like a 47% reduction in task resolution time. Having broken into Unicorn territory with a $1.7 billion valuation within two years of founding, the company is growing and expanding its customer base and product capabilities.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Sep 2025
$175m
LATE VC
Nov 2024
$20m
SERIES A
Total funding: $202m
Company benefits
- Equity options and healthcare
- Collaborative and supportive work environment
- Strong focus on personal and professional growth
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Arjun Prakash
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously the Head of Solutions at Snorkel AI, a Business Development Head at Palantir Technologies and an Associate at BlackRock.
Derek Ho
(Co-Founder & COO)Previously the VP of Customers at Mendel.ai and also worked in Business Development at Palantir Technologies.
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