Tinkering in AI on weekends and nights? Wondering if your idea would be a good product? We invite you to apply for our Bay Area summer studio for AI builders to learn and build alongside a cohort. Applications are open now and close on June 9, 2023. 

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At Unusual Ventures, we specialize in partnering with technologists and hackers from the earliest days of their founder journey — often before they have incorporated. Our AI studio this summer is no different. 

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We will bring together a select group of 10 aspiring founders for bi-weekly evening sessions in July and August in San Francisco and Menlo Park. We’ve also invited successful founders in the AI industry to share their wisdom. We will explore the state of the art in open-source AI and go through the craft of early customer discovery to sharpen our product vision. 

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Who should apply to the AI Studio for Builders? 

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The AI Studio for Builders is a great fit for builders who are still exploring ideas and don’t yet have a product in the market. You could be a student working on your PhD thesis or an engineer at a tech company. We’re looking for a mix of builders working on Applied AI (applications of AI for particular industries or functions) as well as AI infrastructure (dev tools, models, security, or other infra for people building applications). You don’t need a co-founder or an incorporated company to apply, although applications from small teams are welcome. 

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How does the studio work?

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The program will run in July and August 2023 on weekday evenings (with food!). We’ll meet biweekly in San Francisco and Menlo Park and work with selected applicants to best fit their schedule. 

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Sessions will range from workshops on customer discovery and sessions on state-of-the-art open-source models to AMAs with successful founders in generative AI. We will spend a lot of time together as a community — getting to know fellow builders and pushing each other’s thinking further. Attendees also will get to know the AI founders from Unusual Ventures portfolio companies, such as the self-organizing workspace Mem Labs, 3-D product design platform Vizcom, and open-source vector database Qdrant. 

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Apply by June 4, 2023

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If you are a builder and aspiring founder tinkering in AI, we’d love to hear from you! Apply here or share this with someone you know (all applications will be treated as completely confidential) and we’ll be in touch soon. 

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Questions? Reach out to learn@unusual.vc — we’re excited to hear from you!