Ai2 · 2 weeks ago
Research Internship, FlexOlmo
Berkeley, CA
Internship
Hybrid
Intern
$94K/yr - $140K/yr
Start in 2026Ai2 is a Seattle-based non-profit AI research institute, and they are seeking talented and motivated Research Interns to join the FlexOlmo team. The role involves contributing to cutting-edge research in natural language processing and machine learning, defining and leading high-impact research projects, and collaborating with team members across Ai2.
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Responsibilities
Define and lead a high-impact research project
Train and release leading models
Collaborate with and learn from team members across Ai2
Build open-source software for the research community
Author scientific papers for publication in a high-profile conference or journal
Qualification
Required
Pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science or similar field with research experience in machine learning, natural language processing, language and vision, or related areas
Outstanding individual contributor (IC) skills, especially with deep learning frameworks (e.g. PyTorch)
An outstanding publication record at AI-related venues, such as NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, COLM, ACL, EMNLP. We will specifically evaluate the quality of publications in terms of rigor and impact, not the quantity
Research experience in areas such as large language models, training dynamics, scaling laws, and data curation
Located [or willing to relocate] in Berkeley, CA
Preferred
Experience with mixture-of-experts, long-context language models, and retrieval
Benefits
Team members and their families are covered by medical, dental, vision, and an employee assistance program.
Team members are able to enroll in our health savings account plan, our healthcare reimbursement arrangement plan, and our health care and dependent care flexible spending account plans.
Team members will receive $125 per month to assist with commuting or internet expenses and will also receive $200 per month for fitness and wellbeing expenses.
Team members will accrue sick days per year in line with Seattle sick time requirements. If you are usually scheduled to work on a holiday that Ai2 recognizes as a day off, you will be paid for this day.
Company
Ai2
We are a Seattle-based non-profit AI research institute founded in 2014 by the late Paul Allen.
Founded in 2014
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$152MKey Investors
NVIDIA
2025-08-14Grant· $152M
Leadership Team
Chris Emura
Executive Director, Head of Applied Science & Technology
David Albright
Head of Design and Communications
Recent News
2025-11-20
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