- Are exceptional at computer science, mathematics, or systems thinking
- Have built serious projects outside of class
- Can learn unfamiliar technical areas quickly
- Enjoy working on ambiguous, open-ended problems
- Care about elegant solutions, not just working solutions
- Are comfortable going from research idea to code to experiment to analysis
- Want to work on problems where the answer is not already known
- Nice to have: Have a track record of original technical contributions through publications, open-source, or other impactful work
We especially like people who have strong evidence of technical excellence: olympiads, competitive programming, math competitions, research projects, open-source work, systems projects, AI projects, or other work that shows unusual ability.
Why Aemon
Aemon is a small, high-density team working on one of the hardest problems in AI: making machines capable of real research.
Everyone at Aemon has placed top 50 in their respective country in computer science or mathematics competitions. If you join, you will be surrounded by people who care deeply about technical excellence, speed, rigor, and taste.
We are backed by tier-one investors and exceptional angels, including Paul Graham.
The field is still extremely early. Many of the most important ideas have not been discovered yet. If you want to help define how autonomous research systems should work, this is the kind of environment where your ideas can matter.