Steven Foster

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Founder, Saffron Studio - fundraising · LLMs · product

Saffron Studio
Boston, MA · ET (UTC-5)
6+ years experience
Georgia Tech
English, Mandarin
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Overview

Founder of Saffron Studio (AI agents for operations teams). 6 years of building before that. Previously built and sold a small AI agents for operations teams company. Grew the team to 19 people across 4 countries. Previously at PayPal. Most at home with B2B SaaS and payments. Collector of fountain pens.

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  • Investors who back our stage and sector
  • Candidates for the role I'm hiring for
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  • Questions about AI agents for operations teams
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  • Crypto token projects
  • Fundraising consultants
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Slower in the last week of each quarter

Skills
paymentsproductB2B SaaSLLMsautomationfundraising
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Seed round open - freight matching for CPG brands, 240 paying customers

Stage
Seed
Raising
$1.5M
Instrument
Priced round
Committed so far
Opening the round now
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
240 paying customers after 12 months
Use of funds
Go-to-market in two new countries

240 paying customers after 12 months. Looking for investors who know HR tech and can help with pricing.

Boston, MA · remote OKproductb2b saasautomation
Open
HiringHiring for a role
closes in 3 months

Looking for founding engineers to join Saffron Studio early - AI agents for operations teams

Role
Founding engineer
Level
Senior
Type
Full-time
Work mode
On-site
Compensation
$183k-$236k
Team
Founding team, 9 people
Start
Within a month
Must have
Has run operations at a similar scale Comfortable with numbers and process Clear written communication
Process
Decision within 10 days

Comp $168k-$260k. Four conversations, no take-home. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Boston, MApaymentsllmsb2b saas
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Experience

  1. Founder
    Apr 2022 - Present
    Saffron Studio · 4 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Boston, MA
    • Previously built and sold a small AI agents for operations teams company.
    • Took Saffron Studio from zero to $5 million ARR.
    • Grew the team to 67 people across 2 countries.
  2. Engineering Manager
    Oct 2020 - Apr 2022
    PayPal · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Boston, MA
    • Reduced cloud spend on iOS by 46% in two quarters.

Projects

Conference talk: lessons from company
2025

What went wrong and what worked while scaling AI agents for operations teams.

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Education

  1. Georgia Tech
    BS, Engineering
    2015 - 2019

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