Ai2 · 1 day ago
Research Internship, OlmoEarth
Seattle, WA
Internship
Onsite
Intern
$94K/yr - $140K/yr
Start in 2026 SummerAi2 is a non-profit research institute in Seattle seeking a passionate early-career AI researcher for a Research Internship. The role involves working on impactful research related to foundation modeling of Earth observation data, contributing to projects that address significant global challenges.
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Responsibilities
Define and lead a high-impact research project using spatio-temporal Earth observation data
Train, evaluate, and contribute to the next generation of OlmoEarth
Build open-source software, tools, and benchmarks that enable environmental and humanitarian applications
Author scientific papers and technical reports for high-profile conferences or journals
Qualification
Required
Students (Ph.D., masters, or exceptional undergraduates) with a strong academic record
Experience and/or knowledge of modern deep learning (LLMs, vision transformers, SSL)
Experience with foundation models (pretraining, finetuning, etc.)
Interest in applying AI to address global challenges like wildfire and food insecurity
Expertise in Python and modern ML engineering stack (GitHub, CI, etc)
Preferred
Successful past internships or full time employment in a technical role
Highly proactive and self-motivated
Experience with satellite imagery
Demonstrated contributions to open source projects
Experience with working with large pretraining datasets (hundred TB → PB) datasets
Experience training large models on multi-node GPUs
Experience working with partners in the field on ML for EO
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.
$125 per month to assist with commuting or internet expenses
$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 and Technology
David Albright
Head of Design and Communications
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