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Organization: CHIP Foundation Employment Type: Full-time Level: Executive — 10+ years Reports to: Foundation Board About CHIP The CHIP Protocol provides AI infrastructure operators with strategic,

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ExecutiveChief Executive Officer

Organization: CHIP Foundation

Employment Type: Full-time

Level: Executive — 10+ years

Reports to: Foundation Board

About CHIP

The CHIP Protocol provides AI infrastructure operators with strategic, non-dilutive financing facilities essential for their scale requirements. The Protocol delivers non-recourse loans secured by GPU infrastructure and asset-level cashflows, offering capital providers exposure to liquid, transparent, and tradable credit products secured by income-producing compute assets. For more information, visit chipfoundation.ai

The Team

The Foundation is a small, senior team that works alongside USD.AI Inc., the protocol's core service provider, as well as a network of service providers and an active governance community. There are no middle managers. We value integrity, high agency, and the ability to operate in ambiguity above all else.

The Role

The CEO of the CHIP Foundation is the public face of CHIP and the person accountable for driving value to it. You will set the Foundation's strategy, lead its most important partnerships, and represent the protocol to the people whose participation makes it grow: DeFi protocols, exchanges, institutional allocators, AI infrastructure partners, token holders, and the broader community.

This is an external, relationship-led role. You will spend most of your time with partners, investors, press, and the community, turning USD.AI's position at the intersection of AI and on-chain credit into adoption, liquidity, and long-term value for CHIP. Day-to-day Foundation operations are run by the team and its service providers; you set the bar and hold them to it.

Responsibilities

Be the public face of CHIP. Represent the Foundation on stage, in the press, on podcasts, and across social channels. Tell a clear, credible story about why GPU-backed credit belongs on-chain and why CHIP captures that value.
Drive value to CHIP. Own the strategy that grows protocol usage and value accrual, from sUSDai supply and integrations to the revenue that flows to CHIP holders. Set the metrics that matter and report on them openly.
Build ecosystem partnerships. Source and close integrations with lending markets, yield protocols, exchanges, wallets, and market makers, and with AI infrastructure partners who bring new borrowers and use cases.
Own institutional and investor relationships. Be the main point of contact for CHIP holders, crypto funds, exchanges, research analysts, and institutional allocators exploring on-chain exposure to compute credit.
Lead governance with credibility. Set the governance agenda, sponsor major proposals, and make sure decisions are well reasoned, clearly communicated, and faithfully executed.
Shape the protocol's direction. Work with Permian Labs and other contributors on the roadmap, including new products, new chains and markets, and tokenized real-world assets.
Grow the community. Lead Foundation communications, events, and ecosystem programs, including grants and incentives, that turn holders and users into long-term participants.
Steward the Foundation. Oversee treasury, service providers, and legal and compliance partners, and build out the Foundation team as the ecosystem scales.

Requirements

10+ years in business development, partnerships, or executive roles, including senior experience at a crypto protocol, foundation, exchange, or crypto-native financial company.
A track record of landing partnerships that measurably grew usage, liquidity, or token value.
An established network across DeFi protocols, centralized exchanges, market makers, crypto funds, and institutional investors.
A proven public presence: comfortable and credible on stage, with press, and on social channels.
Deep fluency in stablecoins, DeFi, token design, and on-chain governance.
Sound judgment on regulatory and legal matters relevant to foundations, tokens, and public communications.
Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to engage technical, institutional, and community audiences.
High integrity and discretion. This role carries the trust of the whole ecosystem.

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