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AI Fellow Internship
About the role
AI Fellows Austria is a new, highly selective fellowship connecting a coalition of Austria's leading AI-forward companies with top technical students. Each Fellow team works on one real, executive-sponsored AI challenge — not a shadow project, not busywork, but something the host company's leadership actually needs solved. This isn't an internship. It's an invitation to spend a summer building something real, alongside founders and senior engineers, with a cohort of peers doing the same at other companies across the ecosystem. Your specific host company is confirmed as part of matching — but every placement is a funded, AI-forward Austrian scale-up solving a genuine business problem, not a made-up training exercise.
What you'll do
What you'll actually do Join a team of 2–3 Fellows working on one meaningful AI challenge — think an AI customer-support agent, an internal GPT-powered knowledge assistant, sales or engineering-productivity automation, or a finance workflow tool Work directly with an executive sponsor and a dedicated company mentor — not just a supervisor Get hands-on with real customers and real data, building toward a real decision at the end: will the company adopt what you built? Present your results at a national Demo Day, in front of founders, investors, and press Why this isn't a normal internship Real ownership. You decide the how; your challenge owner owns the why and the outcome. A cohort, not a desk. A joint kickoff, founder talks, peer project reviews, and pitch training connect you to Fellows at every participating company — not just your own team. An alumni network that lasts. You leave with more than a line on your CV — you join a growing network of Austria's future AI operators and founders. Who we're looking for Currently enrolled at a top technical program in Computer Science, Data Science, AI/ML, or a related engineering field Strong technical fundamentals and genuine curiosity about applied AI, not just interest in using chatbots Available full-time for the entire 10-week program (mid-June – end of August 2027) Comfortable working with ambiguity, real stakeholders, and a tight timeline Strong entrepreneurial spirit Fluent in English We're not filtering for perfect CVs. We're looking for people who build. What you get A paid, 10-week fellowship placed with one of Austria's leading AI-forward companies Direct mentorship from founders and senior engineers — not a generic onboarding track A public Demo Day presenting your work to founders, investors, and press Membership in the AI Fellows Austria alumni network from day one First-look hiring conversations with participating companies after the program How to apply Submit your CV and a short note on a real problem you'd want to solve. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis; host-company matching is completed in December–January, ahead of the mid-June start.
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