Founder's Associate Intern

About the role

This is the internship version of our Founder’s Associate role, based full-time in our San Francisco or Austin office. You take on real, ambiguous, low-structure problems from day one: running point on a special project, helping organize a deployment test, keeping the office running, and removing friction for the engineering team. It is hands‑on, high‑agency work with direct exposure to the founders and the technical team.

Strong interns are a primary pipeline for full‑time Founder’s Associate offers.

• Own scoped special projects end-to-end, from brief to delivered result.
• Support the effectiveness of engineering and technical leadership by handling logistics and removing blockers.
• Help run daily operations of the San Francisco office.
• Help organize and coordinate deployment and infrastructure tests with the SF team.
• Pitch in wherever the team needs leverage.

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree, or taking time out of one, with some internship or work experience in a demanding environment.
• Very high agency and comfort with unclear, low-structure tasks.
• Strong organization, judgment, and a bias for action.
• Available to work full-time and in person at the office for the internship period.

• Prior exposure to a startup, hardware, or deep‑tech environment.
• Evidence of owning something real end-to-end (a project, a club, a small company, a build).

• Competitive pay
• $1K monthly stipend for meals