The need
Paid 1-2 Week Prototype Project: Agent-Native SF Startup Map
We are looking for a strong product engineer to build the first working prototype of an agent-native map of the San Francisco startup ecosystem.
This is a short paid coding project, not a vague long-term role. If the collaboration goes well, it may turn into ongoing work.
What we are building:
A live map and searchable graph of San Francisco startups, founders, investors, and key people.
For humans, it should feel like an interactive startup ecosystem map: companies, people, locations, tags, profile cards, and ecosystem signals.
For agents, it should expose structured data that can be queried directly, so an AI agent can ask questions like: "Find AI infrastructure startups in San Francisco with recent funding signals, 5-30 employees, hiring activity, and founders worth reaching out to."
Project scope for 1-2 weeks:
- Map-based web UI showing SF startup/company locations
- Company profile cards or pages with basic structured data
- Search and filters by category, funding stage, team size, location, hiring status, etc.
- A small but real dataset from public sources, APIs, prepared CSV/JSON, or enrichment providers
- Basic entity model for companies, people, locations, and tags
- Agent-friendly API or structured endpoint for querying the data
- Demo flow showing how a human or agent would use the product
This does not need to be a polished production system. It should be a convincing prototype that proves the direction.
Good fit:
- Strong full-stack product engineer
- Can move quickly from rough idea to usable prototype
- Experience with maps, data products, scraping/enrichment, search, or messy real-world datasets
- Comfortable with LLMs, agents, MCP, structured APIs, or agent-facing data products
- Good product taste and ability to make the map feel alive
Useful stack experience:
- React / Next.js / TypeScript
- Mapbox, deck.gl, Google Maps, or similar
- Postgres / PostGIS / Supabase / Prisma, or similar
- Python or Node.js data pipelines
- Search, embeddings, entity resolution, or graph data
- LLM / agent tooling, MCP, structured APIs
Deliverables:
- Working web app prototype
- Usable dataset and basic import/ingestion script
- Documented data schema
- Simple API or endpoint that an agent can query
- Short Loom/demo walkthrough or live demo
- Notes on what should be built next
Timeline: 1-2 weeks.
Budget: paid contract project. Please include your expected rate or fixed project quote.
To apply, send:
- 1-2 examples of relevant work: maps, data products, scraping, search, agents, dashboards, or fast prototypes
- A short note on how you would approach this prototype
- Your availability over the next two weeks
- Your rate or fixed project estimate