Investment Banking & Capital Markets Professionals - AI Residency (Part-time) Frontier AI Research

Mentis AI works at the intersection of institutional finance expertise and frontier AI systems. Our team combines deep financial services experience (Lazard, Partners Group) with machine learning and applied AI research. Operating across London and San Francisco, we collaborate with leading AI labs to improve how models reason, generalize, and make decisions in high stakes financial contexts.

AI is rapidly becoming embedded into core investment banking workflows - from origination and pitching through valuation, structuring, and transaction execution. This residency is designed for investment banking and capital markets professionals who want early, practical exposure to how advanced AI systems are built, evaluated, and improved in the context of M&A advisory and capital markets.

• Construct expert benchmarks: Build and validate real world transaction analyses, valuation frameworks, and deal materials used to evaluate frontier AI systems.
• Stress test model reasoning: Diagnose weaknesses in AI generated deal analyses, identifying where logic, assumptions, or transaction intuition fail.
• Design frameworks: Translate how senior bankers evaluate transactions, structure deals, and advise clients through origination, execution, and close into problems that push the limits of AI reasoning.
• Compare human vs. machine judgment: Systematically evaluate divergence between professional banking judgment and AI outputs across M&A, ECM, DCM, and leveraged finance contexts.

• You will be among the first investment banking professionals to work directly on how frontier AI models reason about transaction structuring, valuation, and capital markets execution.
• A distinctive profile for anyone who wants to sit at the intersection of investment banking and AI - whether at a bank, an AI company, or building something themselves.
• Hands on exposure to how AI is reshaping deal workflows, from pitching and origination through financial modeling, fairness opinions, and transaction close.

• 3-7 years of experience in investment banking or capital markets at a bulge bracket or elite boutique (e.g. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Bank of America, Citi, Barclays, UBS, Deutsche Bank, Wells Fargo, Evercore, Moelis, Centerview, Lazard, Jefferies)
• Associate, VP, or Director level across M&A, industry coverage, ECM/DCM, leveraged finance, or syndicate
• Deep expertise in at least one of: M&A deal structuring and valuation, equity or debt capital markets execution, sector specific coverage, or syndicate/book running
• Strong financial modeling skills (including LBO, 3 statement, DCF) and comfort with complex transaction analysis, fairness opinions, and client facing materials
• Ability to articulate investment banking judgment clearly and precisely in writing
• Genuine intellectual curiosity about the application of AI in financial services

• Commitment: 15+ hours/week, flexible scheduling
• Location: Remote globally, or in person if based in London or San Francisco
• Compensation: Paid professional engagementStart date: Immediate / Rolling