About the job
About Us Mentis AI operates at the forefront of the convergence between institutional finance and cutting-edge AI technologies. Our talented team blends extensive experience in financial services from reputable firms such as Lazard and Partners Group with advanced research in machine learning and applied AI. With a presence in both London and San Francisco, we partner with leading AI laboratories to enhance the reasoning, generalization, and decision-making capabilities of models in high-stakes financial scenarios.
The Opportunity The integration of AI into core investment banking processes is accelerating, influencing everything from origination and pitching to valuation, structuring, and transaction execution. This part-time residency program is tailored for investment banking and capital markets professionals eager to gain early and practical insights into the development, assessment, and enhancement of cutting-edge AI systems specifically within the context of M&A advisory and capital markets.
In this role, you will:
Construct Expert Benchmarks: Develop and validate real-world transaction analyses, valuation frameworks, and deal materials to assess frontier AI systems.
Stress-Test Model Reasoning: Identify weaknesses in AI-generated deal analyses, pinpointing failures in logic, assumptions, or transaction intuition.
Design Frameworks: Transform senior bankers’ approaches to evaluating transactions and advising clients into challenges that test AI reasoning capabilities.
Compare Human vs. Machine Judgment: Methodically analyze discrepancies between professional banking insights and AI outputs across M&A, ECM, DCM, and leveraged finance contexts.
Why This Experience Is Valuable
Be among the pioneers in the investment banking sector directly engaging with how frontier AI models conceptualize transaction structuring, valuation, and capital markets execution.
Build a distinct profile at the intersection of investment banking and AI — ideal for roles in banks, AI firms, or entrepreneurial ventures.
Gain hands-on experience in how AI is transforming deal workflows, from pitching and origination to financial modeling, fairness opinions, and closing transactions.

