About Keak

Keak builds AI products that help businesses operate and grow more efficiently.

We’re hiring an AI Provider Partnerships Lead to own the supply-side relationships behind Cheaper Inference , our OpenAI-compatible API that provides access to leading AI models at discounted, usage-based rates.

Our ability to give customers competitive pricing, solid model availability, and reliable performance depends on building excellent relationships with model developers and inference providers. This person will own those relationships and ensure that our provider network gives Cheaper Inference a durable economic and product advantage.

The role

You’ll be responsible for developing and managing relationships with AI model companies, inference platforms, cloud providers, and other infrastructure partners.

You’ll source current providers, negotiate pricing and commercial terms, manage contracts and renewals, and work with our product and engineering teams to bring recent providers and models onto the platform.

This role sits at the intersection of partnerships, strategic sourcing, finance,



and AI infrastructure. Your performance will directly affect our model selection, customer pricing, gross margins, reliability, and ability to grow.

What you’ll ownProvider relationships
Build and maintain relationships with model developers, inference platforms, cloud providers, and AI infrastructure companies.
Serve as the primary commercial point of contact for Keak’s AI providers.
Develop trusted relationships with commercial, partnership, product, and technical leaders at each provider.
Conduct regular business reviews covering usage, performance, pricing, upcoming models, capacity, and shared opportunities.
Gain early visibility into model launches, pricing changes, capacity constraints, and product roadmaps.
Resolve commercial and operational issues before they affect customers.

Pricing and commercial negotiations
Negotiate token pricing, volume discounts, rebates, credits, minimum commitments,

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