Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR)

Bolna

Bolna

Bangalore Rural, Karnataka, India
Posted on Mar 3, 2026
Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR)
Bengaluru (Hybrid)
0 to 1
Hybrid
Full-time


Zero to One Team | Full-time | Bangalore

At Bolna AI, we're building the Voice AI stack that Indian enterprises run in production - 250K+ daily calls, 1,500+ paying customers, 10+ Indian languages, growing at 15% MoM.
We raised $6.3M led by General Catalyst. Now we're doing something different.
We're standing up a Zero to One team: a small, independent unit operating inside Bolna but with a completely fresh mandate - identify the biggest unsolved problems in India's enterprise Voice AI market and build the company that solves them. Not a feature, not a services arm. A new business, built on top of Bolna's platform, infrastructure, and hard-won learnings.
We're looking for the person who leads it. The de facto founder and CEO of this unit.
Our team is composed of IIT alums having worked at Bain, Atlassian, Zomato and are backed by top investors including General Catalyst.

Responsibilities:

  • Find and validate the problem worth solving
  • Talk to enterprises at scale - BPOs, Banks, Telcos, Government - and identify where Voice AI is failing them and why
  • Develop a sharp point of view on which problem is large enough, painful enough, and underserved enough to build on
  • Run fast, scrappy experiments to validate demand before committing to a direction
  • Build the 0 to 1 motion, owning everything from first customer conversation to signed contract
  • Design what the solution looks like, how it gets delivered, and what success means for the customer
  • Write the playbook as you go - there isn't one yet
  • Build something you'd be proud to run independently

Qualifications:

  • You've been thinking about starting a company and want to do the hard thing first before going solo
  • Founder energy: you're energized by a blank canvas
  • Comfortable navigating large Indian enterprises without a warm intro and a deck full of logos
  • Preferably 3-5 years of experience in consulting or a high-growth startup

Why Join:

  • The best launchpad in Indian Voice AI: You get Bolna's platform, brand, investor network, and customers as context — without spending 18 months building credibility from scratch
  • Real founder experience: You'll own a P&L, build a team, and make bets. The mistakes are yours. So is the upside.
  • Rocketship backdrop: We're handling 200K+ daily calls and growing. The market is moving. The timing is right.
  • Founding team seat: You'll be among the first 25 people and shape what Bolna becomes beyond its core product
  • Competitive salary + Benefits + meaningful performance upside tied to what the unit builds and closes
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