AI Fellow Internship

Smartscale; Osterreich; Hybrid; PEN 87,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Demo Day

Alumni network

Hiring conversations

Job summary

Confidential client participates in AI Fellows Austria, a selective, paid 10-week fellowship connecting top technical students with Austria's AI-forward companies. Fellows work on real AI challenges alongside founders and senior engineers, with direct sponsor mentorship and a public Demo Day.

You’ll build an AI-powered product, conduct customer discovery, and iterate based on user feedback, culminating in a defended concept for real use. The program runs mid-June to August 2027 onsite in Austria.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a top technical program in CS, DS, AI/ML, or related engineering field.
• Strong technical fundamentals and genuine curiosity about applied AI, not just using chatbots.
• A strong entrepreneurial spirit: you’re excited to talk to customers, test ideas, and adapt when evidence says so.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, real stakeholders, and tight timelines.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Join a team of 2-3 Fellows exploring a new product opportunity in host company’s field.
• Run customer discovery: interview real users, test hypotheses, and shape what you build.
• Design, prototype, and iterate on an AI-powered product from idea to usable solution.
• Work directly with an executive sponsor and a dedicated company mentor.
• Build toward a real decision at the end: will the company take your product forward?
• Present results at a national Demo Day before founders, investors, and press.

Skills

Strong technical fundamentals

Applied AI interest

Entrepreneurial spirit

Customer discovery

Fluent in English

Education

Top technical program in CS/DS/AI/ML

Job description

Confidential client# AI Fellow InternshipAustriaOnsiteInternship## About the roleAI 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* Join a team of 2-3 Fellows exploring a new product opportunity in your host company’s field* Run customer discovery: interview real users, test hypotheses, and let what you learn shape what you build* Design, prototype, and iterate on an AI-powered product, going from first idea to something customers can use* Work directly with an executive sponsor and a dedicated company mentor, not just a supervisor* Build toward a real decision at the end: based on what you’ve validated, will the company take your product forward?* 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 what to build and how. Your sponsor opens doors and challenges your thinking, but the direction is yours to find.* Real validation. Your work is judged by what customers say and do, not by a checklist.* 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 in 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* A strong entrepreneurial spirit: you’re excited to talk to customers, test ideas, and change course when the evidence says so* Comfortable with ambiguity, real stakeholders, and a tight timeline* Available full-time for the entire 10-week program (mid-June to end of August 2027)* Fluent in EnglishWe’re not filtering for perfect CVs. We’re looking for people who build.### What you get* A paid, 10-week fellowship 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 applySubmit 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.