Intern, Business Development 1

Ayar Labs; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Ayar Labs, the leader in optical I/O chiplets, invites an Intern in Business Development 1 to join their San Jose office for a May–August 2027 term. You will help advance an AI-assisted analysis platform, validating outputs and structuring market signals for shared insights across teams and partners.

The role emphasizes AI-enabled market analysis, data-driven decision support, and collaboration with executives to evolve the dashboard and reporting capabilities.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor's in Business and/or Finance with emphasis on market strategy.
• Foundational understanding of AI tools is required.

Responsibilities

• Extend existing AI pipeline to ingest diverse sources.
• Build logic to extract, normalize, and structure market signals.
• Refine a real-time dashboard for internal and external stakeholders.
• Validate AI-generated outputs for accuracy and source backing.

Skills

AI-enabled tools

Market analysis

Business planning

Customer-oriented thinking

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Finance

Job description

Position:Intern, Business Development 1

Location: San Jose, CA

Job Id:751

# of Openings:0

Intern, Business Development 1

Term: May to August 2027

Please note:

• Position location is on-site in our San Jose Office
• There is no immigration (except F1) or relocation support for this position
• Posting expires upon application threshold

Position Description

Ayar Labs, the global leader in optical I/O chiplets, is harnessing silicon photonics to revolutionize the scaling of AI compute hardware. Ayar Labs is shattering AI data bottlenecks by moving data at the speed of light. As pioneers of co-packaged optics (CPO), we are using light instead of electricity to move data faster, further, and with a fraction of the energy needed to fuel the explosive growth of AI models. Backed by industry giants like NVIDIA, AMD and Intel and manufactured in partnership with the world’s leading semiconductor ecosystem, Ayar Labs' co-packaged optics solution is key to unleashing next-generation AI scale-up architectures. Join our business development team to advance an AI-assisted industry analysis and synthesis tool, building on a strong foundation established in 2026. You'll help evolve the platform from a working system into a richer, more automated capability that keeps our team ahead of a fast-moving market.

What you’ll do

• Extend an existing AI pipeline to ingest and process a wide range of sources..
• Build logic to extract, normalize, and structure market signals into a consistent, comparable format.
• Help complete and refine a real-time dashboard for sharing insights across internal teams and external partners.
• Validate AI-generated outputs for accuracy and flag gaps, ensuring every data point is source-backed.

Essential Functions

• Identify, analyze, and clearly report industry and market trends using diverse data sources
• Use AI tools throughout your workflow to accelerate research, synthesis, and structured reporting
• Introduce and operationalize new AI-enabled approaches that improve how the company plans and makes decisions
• Deliver analysis and recommendations that are actionable and influential with business leaders and executives

Intern Skillset Needed

• Proficiency with mainstream and emerging AI-enabled business tools and methods
• Experience with technical market analysis, customer-oriented thinking, and business planning
• Strong interest in the AI infrastructure and technology markets, with a willingness to tackle challenging goals

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with engineering, building, or working with computer/technology hardware
• Demonstrated ability to apply AI tools in innovative, high-leverage ways
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Education Requirements

• Candidate should be actively pursuing a Bachelor's in Business and/or Finance with an emphasis on market strategy. A foundational understanding of AI tool use is required.

Ayar Labs is an affirmative action/Equal Opportunity Employer and is strongly committed to all policies which will afford equal opportunity employment to all qualified persons without regard to age, sex, national origin, race, color, ethnicity, creed, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. It is the policy of Ayar Labs to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. Veterans are more than welcome and encouraged to apply.