AI/SWE Intern

About this role

Puneet and I (Roop) to tackle the chaos of blueprint reading, cost estimation, and permit applications in construction. It's a gnarly technical challenge requiring cutting-edge computer vision and AI—and we're impact-driven to make building homes, hospitals, and schools faster and cheaper. Featured on Business Insider https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-startup-bild-3-million-seed-affordable-housing-2025-6.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

- Apply the latest computer vision, LLMs, and AI systems to solve real construction problems

- Ship prototypes fast and iterate based on user feedback from contractors and architects

- Build your intern project with sole ownership, from research to production

WE WANT

- 0-to-1 builder, with your AI in production

- Growth mindset, slope > y-intercept

- Direct communication with empathy and honesty. Tell us what energizes and frustrates you

- Don’t mind schlep https://www.paulgraham.com/schlep.html. We are regularly knee-deep in the messy, unglamorous work

BONUS POINTS (IF ANY)

- Applied CV/ML experience

- Have built something people used/paid for

- Construction, architecture, or real estate interest

- Genuinely motivated by making housing and building more affordable

MESSAGE WITH

- Why you think we're a mutual fit

- Your favorite fruit (mine is Sitaphal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custard_apple)

- (Please keep it short)

LOGISTICS

- SF-based for the course of the internship, we’ll cover logistics