Autostep (YC P26) Is Hiring AI/Fullstack Engineers and a Chief of Staff

Autostep is a San Francisco startup building a desktop app that maps the "P&L for knowledge work" by detecting repetitive tasks across a company, quantifying their cost, and recommending high-leverage fixes. The product learns how teams operate and surfaces hidden sources of waste, then deploys remedies that range from automatically built AI agents to process changes, better use of existing tools, or new vendors. The company pitches itself as a way to eliminate unseen bottlenecks and reduce organizational inefficiency, positioning automation and ML-driven tooling as the primary levers for cutting knowledge-work costs. It is YC-backed (Batch P26), founded in 2025, and cites a roster of notable investors and operators supporting the startup.

Hiring is focused and senior-leaning but open to new grads: two founding roles are listed - Founding Chief of Staff, GTM + Operations, and Founding Engineer, ML + Forward Deployment - both based in San Francisco. The team is currently very small (listed as one person) with Aidan Pratt as CEO, and the company emphasizes a fast-moving, early-stage environment. Job listings include apply links and note that candidates at any experience level, including recent graduates, may be considered.