Research Intern, Frontier

As a Research Intern at a16z Frontier, you join a multidisciplinary lab that bridges academic theory and industry practice. The lab spans emerging technologies including AI-enabled applications, cryptography, distributed computing, materials science, energy, and hardware. You will pursue fundamental research, collaborate with the firm's investment and engineering teams, and work with portfolio companies on hard technical and conceptual problems.

What you'll do

• Pursue fundamental research on topics relevant to the firm, such as AI and machine learning, agentic commerce, cryptography, security, distributed computing, hardware design, economics, energy, material science, biology, incentives, quantitative finance, market and mechanism design, or pure mathematics.
• Collaborate with a16z Frontier's full-time researchers and other student interns.
• Collaborate with portfolio companies on technical research problems.
• Quickly develop expertise in emerging areas of science and technology.
• Take full advantage of the latest generation of AI tools.
• Contribute to blog posts, white papers, and other public expository content.
• Meet with visitors from academia and industry and attend research seminars.

What you bring

• Pursuit of an undergraduate or graduate degree in a relevant field such as computer science, economics, mathematics, operations research, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, materials science, physics, chemistry, or biology.
• Passion, knowledge, and optimism about science and technology.
• Experience with absorbing and producing fundamental research.

What we offer

• Weekly rate dependent on degree level: PhD $4,500 per week plus $500 per week housing stipend; Masters $4,000 per week plus $500 per week housing stipend; Undergrad $3,500 per week plus $500 per week housing stipend.
• Internship duration June 1, 2027 to August 20, 2027 (minimum residency 10 weeks, maximum 12 weeks).
• In-person residency required in New York City, NY.
• Access to the latest AI tools.
• Typical schedule allocates two-thirds of time to your own research and one-third to portfolio-related problems.

About a16z

Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. The firm has $100B+ under management across multiple funds, investing stage-agnostically in AI, bio and healthcare, consumer, frontier, enterprise, fintech, games, and companies building toward American dynamism.