Keye is an incoming Y-Combinator (YC F24) and venture-backed startup focused on speeding up the due diligence process in private market mergers and acquisitions with AI.

Our platform analyzes data rooms in dealmaking using advanced data and machine learning techniques and gives investors 80% of the deal in under 30 minutes, a process that otherwise takes weeks! The output is an interactive diligence report to help funds say no to a deal much earlier and save millions on third-party diligence costs.

When firms use Keye to analyze deals, they’re tapping into a wealth of diligence knowledge and best practices that are baked into our proprietary analysis engine from over a decade of investor experience. With rapid deal analysis, firms can easily decide which deals are worth spending time on and then rapidly move forward on the best ones.

We are a group of investors and engineers (Ex-Tesla, Goldman Sachs, Vista Equity Partners, McKinsey, multitude of startups). Our founding team has been part of 4 successful acquisitions as early employees, has over 20 total years of experience in M&A investing, and have been previous founders. Our technical expertise stems from specialized industries such as AI robotics, AI drug discovery, and AI-driven ecommerce advertising.

Keye is generating revenue and has grown 600% in the past 6 months. We also have a long waitlist for early access users, and we're planning to release our beta to them in October. You’ll play a key role on the team, helping launch and ship features daily for users to test and provide feedback on.

About Keye

Keye is a Y-Combinator (YC F24) and venture-backed startup focused on speeding up the due diligence process in private market mergers and acquisitions with AI.

Our platform analyzes data rooms in dealmaking using advanced data and machine learning techniques and gives investors 80% of the deal in under 5 minutes, a process that otherwise takes weeks! The output is an interactive diligence report to help funds say no to a deal much earlier and save millions on third-party diligence costs.

When firms use Keye to analyze deals, they’re tapping into a wealth of diligence knowledge and best practices that are baked into our proprietary analysis engine from over a decade of investor experience. With rapid deal analysis, firms can easily decide which deals are worth spending time on and then rapidly move forward on the best ones.

We are a group of investors and engineers (Ex-Tesla, Goldman Sachs, Vista Equity Partners, McKinsey, multitude of startups). Our founding team has been part of 4 successful acquisitions as early employees, has over 20 total years of experience in M&A investing, and have been previous founders. Our technical expertise stems from specialized industries such as AI robotics, AI drug discovery, and AI-driven ecommerce advertising.

Keye is generating revenue and has grown 600% in the past 6 months and an oversubscribed seed funding round. We also have a long waitlist for early access users, and are already working with quite a few megafunds. You’ll play a key role on the team, helping launch and ship features daily for users to test and provide feedback on.

Role: Overview

As a foundational member of our product design team, you’ll work directly with our CPO and engineering leadership to bring clarity, usability, and polish to a deeply technical product. This is a hands-on design role where you’ll drive the entire design lifecycle—from user research and wireframes to high-fidelity mockups and shipped features used by leading private equity firms and strategic investors. You’ll help shape a best-in-class user experience for complex workflows powered by cutting-edge AI.

What You’ll Do

• User Research & UX Strategy: Conduct user interviews, usability tests, and workflow analysis to understand how investors interact with diligence platforms. Translate deep user insight into product requirements, wireframes, and interaction flows.
• Design System Leadership: Develop and maintain a scalable design system aligned with Keye’s product vision and brand identity. Establish design guidelines for consistency across a growing suite of AI-driven features and interfaces.
• UI Craftsmanship: Create elegant, data-rich UI components using Figma or similar tools, optimized for clarity and rapid decision-making. Partner with frontend engineers to bring your designs to life with pixel-perfect execution.
• AI + UX Innovation: Help define how advanced LLM outputs, structured data, and RAG workflows are surfaced to users in ways that feel intuitive and trustworthy. Explore novel interaction patterns for AI explainability, summarization, and interactive diligence
• Collaboration & Iteration: Work closely with product managers, engineers, and customers to rapidly prototype and iterate. Lead design critiques, gather feedback, and evolve your work based on real-world use.

What You’ll Bring

• 3+ years of experience designing production-grade B2B Enterprise-grade SaaS products—bonus for fintech, data, or AI-based tools.
• Expertise in UX research methodologies and a portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product design.
• Strong visual design skills and mastery of Figma (or similar tools) for creating and managing design systems.
• A keen eye for detail, typography, spacing, and accessibility.
• Experience working with or designing interfaces for complex data environments.
• Ability to thrive in ambiguity and drive clarity through design.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup with rapid feedback loops and evolving priorities.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with frontend development basics (HTML/CSS, React components) to improve collaboration.
• Experience designing for AI-driven products or visualizing large-scale datasets.
• Background in private equity, M&A, data analytics, or enterprise workflows.
• Prior experience in early-stage startups or as a founding designer.

Why Join Us?

• Novelty and Trailblazing: We aren’t building another CRUD app, or a GPT wrapper. We’re a team of researchers, engineers, and domain experts who are building a new generation of technology for the finance industry. What you learn here has never been done or applied in this industry before (and all of our customers are saying the same thing).
• Impact & Ownership: As a early member of our design team, you will have a significant impact on the direction of our product and company. You will own key features and see the direct impact of your work.
• Innovative Culture: Be part of a team that values creativity, autonomy, and staying ahead of the curve in the latest AI advancements.
• Competitive Compensation: We offer a competitive salary, equity, and benefits package that reflects your value to our team.

If you are excited about the opportunity to work on innovative AI solutions and want to be a part of a company that values creativity, autonomy, and growth, we would love to hear from you. Even if you don’t meet every single qualification, we encourage you to apply. We’re looking for talented and passionate individuals who are eager to learn and grow with us!

We aren’t building another CRUD app, or a GPT wrapper. We’re a team of researchers, engineers, and domain experts who are building a new generation of technology for the finance industry. What you learn here has never been done or applied in this industry before.