AI Strategy & Operations Intern

6-Month Internship | London

About Shop Circle

Shop Circle is an AI-native holding that acquires and evolves mission-critical B2B software businesses globally. Backed by over $250m in funding, we serve 200,000+ businesses across diverse verticals, focusing on high-retention, deeply embedded software.

Our model is simple but powerful: acquire high-quality SaaS companies and accelerate their growth through a centralised AI platform, driving both revenue expansion and operational efficiency.

We operate as long-term owners, continuously improving products through applied AI.

The Role

This is a hands-on internship at the centre of how Shop Circle operates. You will sit close to leadership and our central AI team, helping translate strategy into deployed solutions across a growing portfolio of software businesses.

Your work will span research, analysis, and execution. One week you might be mapping where AI can remove operational friction inside a newly acquired company; the next, you might be running the numbers behind a strategic decision or shipping a workflow that saves a team hours a week.

This suits someone genuinely curious about AI and how businesses run, who would rather build and test something than write a deck about it. You think clearly, move quickly, and are comfortable with ambiguity and ownership from day one.

What You'll Do

• Research and evaluate AI tools, models, and workflows for use across portfolio companies.
• Build prototypes and lightweight solutions that solve real operational problems.
• Analyse performance and operational data to surface opportunities for efficiency or growth.
• Support strategic projects for leadership, from market research to internal business cases.
• Document and standardise AI playbooks so wins in one company can be reused across the portfolio.
• Partner with operators inside portfolio businesses to understand needs and deploy solutions.
• Track the AI landscape and brief the team on developments worth acting on.
• Turn rough briefs into clear deliverables with minimal oversight.

What We're Looking For

• Strong analytical skills and the ability to structure a messy problem.
• Genuine fluency with modern AI tools and a habit of using them in your own work.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Comfort working independently and shipping under time pressure.
• A bias to action and a track record of building or running something, in or out of work.
• Currently studying or recently graduated, with a strong academic or project record.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to SaaS, B2B software, or technology businesses.
• Basic coding, scripting, or no-code build experience.
• Familiarity with data analysis or working with spreadsheets and dashboards.
• Prior internship, founder, or operational experience.

Why Shop Circle

• Work across a broad portfolio of software businesses, not a single product.
• See your work create measurable AI impact in real companies, fast.
• Learn directly from operators and a central AI team building at the frontier.
• Real ownership and pace, with exposure to how acquisitions are run and scaled.
• Backed by over $250m in funding, with the resources to keep acquiring and scaling.
• Competitive compensation and a clear path to grow with us.

Ready to join us?

If you’re excited about building the future of AI-powered software businesses and want to make an impact from day one, we’d love to hear from you.