# AI Resident at Odyssey

- Company: Odyssey
- What the company does: 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.
- Company website: https://odysseyconsult.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Palo Alto
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-07-17
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/odysseyml/1af903b4-3cab-4d3b-8d8b-ce918fdf6a3d
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/odyssey-ai-resident/

## 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

Tags: Engineering