Research Intern, Frontier

About the job

Founded in Silicon Valley in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz (aka a16z) is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future https://a16z.com/news-content through technology. We are stage-agnostic https://a16z.com/portfolio. We invest in seed- to venture- to growth-stage technology https://a16z.com/growth/ companies, across AI https://a16z.com/ai/, bio + healthcare https://a16z.com/bio-health/, consumer https://a16z.com/consumer/, frontier https://a16zfrontier.com/, enterprise https://a16z.com/enterprise/, fintech https://a16z.com/fintech/, games https://a16z.com/games, and companies building toward American dynamism https://a16z.com/american-dynamism/. a16z has $100B+ under management across multiple funds.

We’ve established a team https://a16zfrontier.com/our-team/ that is defined by https://a16z.com/about/ respect for the entrepreneur and the company-building process; we know what it’s like to be in the founder’s shoes. Our team is at the forefront of new technology, helping founders and their companies impact and change the world.

The role

a16z Frontier research is a multidisciplinary lab https://a16zfrontier.com/posts/focus-areas/research/ that bridges the worlds of academic theory and industry practice. The lab has recently expanded its focus from crypto-focused research to include other emerging areas of technology, ranging from AI-enabled applications to new scientific developments in materials, energy, and hardware. In addition to fundamental research, we collaborate with portfolio companies to solve hard technical and conceptual problems. Research interns will have the opportunity to learn from and collaborate with the firm’s investment and engineering teams.