Odyssey builds, secures and integrates capabilities and technologies to meet tomorrow’s mission requirements. We enhance operational readiness through comprehensive program support. Backed by a16z, General Catalyst and GV.
About the role
Work embedded within one of our research pods on a live project, whether that's world simulation, multimodal generation, robotics, or multi-agent systems Take on real, scoped pieces of our roadmap under the guidance of senior researchers and engineers, not isolated side projects
What they're looking for
- Post-MS or equivalent experience, with some demonstrated evidence of ML research ability (coursework, a thesis, prior internships, competitive results, open-source contributions, or similar)
- Strong fundamentals in machine learning and software engineering, and genuinely fast at picking up new subfields
- Not necessarily experienced yet in world models, generative video, multimodal learning, robotics, or multi-agent systems, but hungry to build that expertise on the job
- Comfortable with ambiguity and a fast-moving, high-ownership environment, you don't need everything specified for you to make progress
- Able to work in person at one of our offices in Palo Alto, London, or Zurich for the duration of the residency
- Genuinely motivated by Odyssey's mission: discovering the GPT-3 moment for world models
More about this role
Odyssey is an AI lab pioneering general world models: causal, multimodal systems that learn to predict and interact with the world over long horizons. This foundational technology promises to revolutionize robotics, science, healthcare, education, gaming, defense, and beyond.
Odyssey’s founders previously pioneered the most complex application of physical AI: self-driving cars. They’ve now brought together a world-class research team from DeepMind, Tesla, Waymo, Meta, Apple, and Wayve, who have made significant contributions to language models (DeepMind Gemini), video models (DeepMind Veo), world models (Wayve GAIA), and autonomous systems (Tesla FSD).
Odyssey has raised significant venture capital from GV, Amazon, AMD, EQT, NVIDIA, Natural Capital, In-Q-Tel, Elad Gil, Jeff Dean, Guillermo Rauch, Garry Tan, Kyle Vogt, and researchers from OpenAI, DeepMind, MSL, Recursive, and Thinking Machines.
The AI Residency is built for someone who's likely post-MS or equivalent, with real evidence they can do serious ML work, but who isn't yet operating at the level of independent, publication-driving science. You may not have direct experience in world models, generative video, multimodal...
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