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We work full-time and in-person at our waterfront office in San Francisco. We care about creativity: our team includes musicians, designers, visual artists, and engineers.\n\nThis role\nWe need someone to sell Krea's models directly to other companies, either through our API or as open-weight models they self-host. Your buyer is a developer or product team building something on top of Krea, not a creator using the app. You'll own this from the first conversation to the signed deal.\nIt's a new motion for us, so you'll be figuring out a lot of it as you go.\nWhat you’ll do\nFind and close deals with companies who want to use Krea's models in their own products\nTalk to developers and technical teams, understand what they're building, and help them figure out the right setup — API, self-hosted, custom license\nNegotiate and close API and licensing deals, including bespoke enterprise terms\nWork with product and engineering when a deal needs something nonstandard\nTell us what's actually blocking deals — pricing, licensing, missing features — so we can fix it\nWhat we're looking for\nYou've closed B2B deals before, ideally to developers or technical teams\nYou've sold API, developer, or infrastructure products, so you're not scared of a conversation about rate limits or licensing terms\nYou can talk to an engineer about how our models work without a solutions engineer holding your hand\nYou're fine building process instead of following one\nNice to have\nYou've sold AI models or ML infrastructure before\nYou know your way around open-source/open-weight licensing\nYou already know people at AI startups or companies building on generative media\nYou're into image/video generation as a space\nWhat we offer\nTeam: Work alongside a world-class team building the future of AI creative tooling\nImpact: Significant scope and company-wide impact\nCompetitive compensation: generous salary & equity packages\nHealth & wellness: 100% health & 99% dental/vision insurance premiums covered for employees, health FSA accounts, & long-term disability coverage\nTime off: Flexible PTO policy\nFinancial planning: 401k with a 4% company-sponsored match\nMeals in the office: breakfast, lunch, dinner - you name it, we'll cover it\nTransit: Ubers covered to & from the office\nSponsorship: We're open to sponsoring international visas where we can (e.g., STEM OPT, OPT, H-1B, O-1, E-3).\nAnd more!\nPlease note the above benefits & perks are for full-time employees","company":"Krea","rawCompany":"krea","city":"Millbrae","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":true,"createdAt":"2026-08-09T15:05:16.512Z","occupations":[{"code":"41-3091.00","title":"Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel","slug":"sales-representatives-of-services-except-advertising-insurance-financial-services-and-travel"},{"code":"41-4011.00","title":"Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products","slug":"sales-representatives-wholesale-and-manufacturing-technical-and-scientific-products"},{"code":"41-4012.00","title":"Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products","slug":"sales-representatives-wholesale-and-manufacturing-except-technical-and-scientific-products"}],"industries":[{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Account Executive, API + Open Source","description":"About Krea\nAt Krea, we are building next-generation AI creative tools.\nWe're dedicated to making AI intuitive and controllable for creatives - our mission is to build tools that empower human creativity, not replace it. 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