About Distyl AI:
Distyl AI develops production-grade AI systems to power core operational workflows for Fortune 500 companies. Powered by a strategic partnership with OpenAI, in-house software accelerators, and deep enterprise AI expertise, we deliver working AI systems with rapid time to value – within a quarter.
Our products have helped Fortune 500 customers across diverse industries, from insurance and CPG to non-profits. As part of our team, you will help companies identify, build, and realize value from their GenAI investments, often for the first time. We are customer-centric, working backward from the customer’s problem and holding ourselves accountable for creating both financial impact and improving the lives of end-users.
Distyl is led by proven leaders from top companies like Palantir and Apple and is backed by Lightspeed, Khosla, Coatue, Dell Technologies Capital, Nat Friedman (Former CEO of GitHub), Brad Gerstner (Founder and CEO of Altimeter), and board members of over a dozen Fortune 500 companies.
What We Are Looking For:
At Distyl we’re pushing the envelope of AI utilization in enterprise. This requires creative researchers who don’t just want to drive incremental improvements on benchmarks or optimize an existing process but instead are looking to creatively redefine how software is used.
Our researchers come from many academic backgrounds but have strong research track records, operate in an AI-native way, and would be bored staying on the rails of a traditional research org.
Key Responsibilities:
Define What AI Native Means for a Given Problem: Our AI Researchers closely partner with our AI Strategists and Engineers to talk to users at the most important institutions in the world. They look beyond the user’s present reality to a future where AI makes their job better.
Methodology Design and Validation: Researchers develop novel AI solutions to real business workflows by bringing together cutting edge LLMs and proprietary data. They then prove effectiveness via on benchmarks and live customer environments.
Consume and Publish Research: We want to bring the future to today. This requires staying on top of the latest advancements in LLM systems, testing them, and then sharing our learnings with the broader world.
Qualifications:
Proven Track Record of Research Results: Whether you’ve published in top journals, posted amazing work on twitter, or somewhere else we want to see what you've done.
Uses AI Every Day: Before you can revolutionize someone else’s workflow, you need to revolutionize yours. You should be using tools like Chat GPT, Cursor, and Perplexity to accelerate your workflow.
Strong Programming and Data Analysis Skills: While you might not consider yourself a software engineer you need to be able to build prototypes of your ideas and then perform the experiments to prove the effectiveness to a F500 Head of AI.
Biases Towards Showing vs Telling: Our customers want to see the power of AI today vs discuss the most elegant idea that will take 5 years to realize.
PhD, Master's, or senior-level undergrad student in fields such as computer science, mathematics, engineering, physics, or statistics with a strong publication record.
Ability to work in our offices in either San Francisco or New York at least 20 hours per week during the school year or full-time (hybrid) during the summer.
What We Offer:
An opportunity to advance the cutting-edge of LLM research and directly revolutionize work in the enterprise space.
Ownership of high-impact research projects, with the autonomy to explore novel approaches and solutions.
Access to state-of-the-art AI models, real business problems, and proprietary data sets across a diverse range of real-world industries.
Be a part of a mission-oriented company to create practical adoption during the biggest revolution in human productivity.
A collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment that encourages innovation and personal growth.
If you are an innovative, ambitious, and driven individual looking to make a difference in the world of AI, we want to hear from you. Apply now to join our team as an Applied AI Research Intern and help us shape the future of AI-driven solutions for enterprises across the globe.
Note: Distyl is a hybrid working environment and requires in office collaboration 3 days a week. We have offices in SF and NYC.