Investment Banking Associate, AI Residency (Part-time) | Aptura, India

📋 Description

• • Investment Banking Associate, AI Residency (Part-time) at Aptura Inc. – a unique opportunity to apply deep finance expertise to improve frontier AI models in corporate finance, bridging the gap between human judgment and machine reasoning in high-stakes financial analysis.
• • Day-to-day responsibilities include developing realistic, deal-relevant prompts to test AI reasoning, systematically comparing human vs. machine judgment in financial analysis, designing frameworks that translate banker expertise into AI challenges, and constructing expert benchmarks such as DCFs, LBOs, comps, and deal cases to evaluate AI system performance.
• • Aptura partners with leading foundational AI labs to integrate real-world finance, healthcare, and legal expertise into AI development; founded by ex-Lazard and Partners Group professionals, the company operates globally with expanding operations in Bangalore, India.
• • This role offers the chance to be among the first investment bankers in India working directly on frontier AI in finance, gaining rare early exposure to AI model development while building transferable skills highly valued in buy-side, strategy, and corporate finance roles that increasingly seek professionals who understand AI’s role in financial workflows.