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Cohort 01 · Summer 2027 · San Francisco · Applications open Nov 1

Spend a summer building AI in San Francisco, with the people who'll define it.

The Fellowship places Masters and PhD students into paid 12-week roles at San Francisco AI companies. Housing, a 40-person cohort, weekly speakers and a demo day are included. Companies pay. Fellows never do.

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The Painted Ladies Victorian houses at Alamo Square with the San Francisco skyline behind them
The Golden Gate Bridge seen from Marshall's Beach
Salesforce Tower rising above downtown San Francisco

The Painted Ladies, the Golden Gate Bridge and Salesforce Tower. Photos from Wikimedia Commons: King of Hearts (CC BY-SA 3.0), Frank Schulenburg (CC BY-SA 4.0), Sharon Hahn Darlin (CC BY 2.0).

12
weeks, June 8 – Aug 28
40
fellows in the first cohort
8
founding companies
$0
paid by fellows, ever
300+
AI companies in our network
4,700+
students and grads in our network
How it works

Three steps between you and a summer that counts.

01 — Apply

Show us what you can build.

A two-hour take-home (reproduce a result, ship a small model) and a technical interview with a senior engineer from a partner company. We accept roughly one in eight.

02 — Match

Meet three companies. Pick one.

We shortlist you to the teams that fit your work. You interview, they interview, and you choose. Offers go out by mid-March.

03 — Build

Twelve weeks on a real roadmap.

Full-time at your company, on a real roadmap, using the AI tools your team builds with. Tuesday speaker series, Thursday open-problem nights with the cohort, and a demo day in front of every partner.

For fellows

For grad students who'd rather ship than wait.

Engineering track. You're a Masters or PhD student in CS, ML, statistics or a nearby field. You can read a paper and turn it into code. You want a summer at a company where your work goes into production, not a slide.

Operator track. First-year MBAs who want product, go-to-market or chief-of-staff work at an AI company, not a bank. Same cohort, same houses, a ten-week summer.

Pay
Paid directly by your company. We recommend partners pay $7–9k per month. Partners also pay for your housing and the program, so none of that comes out of your pay.
Skills
You learn to build with AI the way the best teams do: on a real roadmap, with the tools your team ships with every day. Not in a classroom.
Housing
A private room in a cohort house, two blocks from transit. Covered by your company.
Cohort
39 other fellows across eight companies. Speakers, open-problem nights, demo day, and an alumni network that starts with you.
Visas
International students are welcome. The internship runs on CPT through your university; we walk you through it.
After
Most partners are hiring. The summer is a 12-week interview that you're already passing.
For companies

A first-tier intern class, without a campus recruiting team.

You're hiring ML engineers against the big labs and operators against the banks. We bring you a shortlist ofgrad students and MBAs who've already cleared the bar, match what big tech offers on housing without you running a housing program, and run the cohort. A typical allocation is two engineers and one operator. You interview, choose, and pay only what's below.

Housing and program
$4,500

per fellow, per month, for the three months. A private room in a cohort house, plus selection, matching, a structured program and the perks: gym, coworking, weekly dinners, social events and demo day.

Support Services Only
$1,500

per fellow, per month, for fellows who already live in SF. The same selection, matching, cohort and demo day, without the room.

On hire
15%

of first-year base when you convert a fellow, $20k minimum, with a 90-day replacement guarantee. One hire covers the whole program.

Reserve seats for Summer '27Founding companies lock 2027 pricing and sit on the selection panel.
Housing

Live with the builders.

Fellows live in San Francisco's hacker houses: private rooms, shared kitchens, coworking, and a calendar of demo nights you'll actually want to go to.

Included with housing
  • Gym access
    Train where you live.
  • Coworking spaces
    Desks beyond your company's office.
  • Weekly dinners
    Cook and eat with the cohort.
  • Social events
    Demo nights, hikes, and the people around you.
  • Demo day
    Show your work to every partner company.
Living room with an ornate white mirror, blue couches and bay windows
Bright kitchen with white cabinets and large windows
Backyard with turf, string lights and outdoor seating
Private suite with a fireplace and city views
Private bedroom with a space-themed mural and a wooden bed
Sunlit room filled with plants and a bay window

Alamo Square House, a Victorian 30 seconds from Alamo Square Park. Home to the first six fellows.

Housing partners
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Cohort 01 calendar
Nov 1
Applications open
Jan 31
Applications close
Feb–Mar
Matching & offers
Jun 8
Move in, day one
Aug 27
Demo day
FAQ

Questions.

Do I pay anything?

No. Companies pay for the program and housing. You're paid a salary by your company.

I'm not at a top-10 program. Should I apply?

Yes. Selection is a take-home and an interview. We don't rank schools.

I already have housing in SF.

Then skip it. You're still in the cohort and every event.

What if the company and I aren't a fit?

You choose your company from your matches, so it's rare. If it happens, your program lead works it out with you in the first two weeks.

Is this only for AI companies?

Mostly, in Cohort 01. A few partners are fintech and biotech companies building serious ML teams.

Cohort 01 · Summer 2027

Applications open November 1. Get the email when they do.

Companies: write to [COMPANY EMAIL] to reserve seats.

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