# Research Intern (Summer 2026) at Cua

- Company: Cua (YC P25)
- What the company does: Give every agent a cloud desktop. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://cua.ai
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Internship
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US / Remote (US)
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2025-07-16
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cua/jobs/bSnxsAi-research-intern-summer-2026
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/cua-research-intern-summer-2026/

## About the role

Cua is building the infrastructure that enables general-purpose AI agents to safely and scalably use real computers and applications. We're a small team backed by Y Combinator and top-tier investors, and our open-source tools are already used by thousands of developers. As a Research Intern , you’ll help prototype, test, and benchmark multi-modal LLM-based agents - from data pipelines to orchestration systems.

## What they're looking for

- Currently a PhD student in Computer Science or related field (strong Master’s considered)
- Experience in applied research with a solid publication record
- Familiarity with modern multi-modal or reasoning agents (e.g., OS-Atlas, Qwen, GUI-R1)
- Hands-on experience with PyTorch , Python , and cloud compute (AWS, GCP, etc.)
- Comfortable designing experiments, evaluating models, and working with multi-modal data
- Excited by generative AI, agent systems, and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible

Tags: Engineering