Research Internship

Odyssey; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship from research teams

Access to data and computational resources

Competitive compensation

Job summary

An innovative AI research lab is seeking talented research interns for 2026. PhD students will define and pursue a 3-6 month research project in visual AI, contributing to state-of-the-art general-purpose world models. This position offers competitive compensation and opportunities for mentorship from experienced teams. Candidates must be progressing towards a PhD and should be available to work in Palo Alto or London. Submit a short research proposal to apply.

Qualifications

• Progressing towards a PhD or similar degree with research examples.
• Ability to work from Palo Alto or London office.
• Willingness to define and pursue a research project.

Responsibilities

• Define and pursue a 3-6 month research project towards publishable work.
• Collaborate with machine learning research teams.
• Scope and refine projects with the research team.

Skills

Research experience

Machine learning

Visual AI knowledge

Multimodal ML

Education

PhD or similar graduate degree

Tools

PyTorch

NumPy

TensorFlow

Job description

Who we are

Odyssey is an AI lab pioneering general-purpose world models—a new form of multimodal intelligence unlocking entirely new consumer, enterprise, and intelligence applications. World models are the next major frontier in AI, and Odyssey is leading the way with breakthrough models like Odyssey-2 Pro.

What we're looking for

Odyssey is looking for talented research interns for 2026. We offer the opportunity for PhD students to collaborate with our machine learning research teams, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in state-of-the-art visual AI. You will define and pursue a research project which advances state-of-the-art general‑purpose world models. You'll have the support of Odyssey's research and engineering teams, data, and computational resources. We encourage seeing the impact of your research in the models we ship publicly!

Who you are

You should be progressing towards a PhD or similar graduate degree, with some examples of research you’re able to share. You also should be able to work from one of our offices in Palo Alto or London. The internship may be done any time during the year.

What you’ll do

As part of this, you will define and pursue a 3-6 month research project towards publishable research in general-purpose world models. Odyssey’s goal is to expand what's possible in visual AI. We are open to a broad range of research topics which contribute to this. The project will contribute to your graduate degree portfolio of research. In addition to competitive compensation, we will support these projects with mentorship from our research teams, support from our engineering teams, along with data and computational infrastructure for you to complete the project.

The process

As part of your application, please submit a short research proposal for a project you’d like to pursue. This should be at most a page and it is intended to help scope projects. Projects will be refined with successful applicants and the Odyssey research team.