AI Fund Engineer in Residence
Also known as AI Fund venture studio
Venture studio Mountain View, United States Run by AI Fund aifund.ai
Overview
AI Fund's venture-studio program, in which engineers join full time for 12 weeks in Mountain View to turn an idea from the studio's pipeline into a working product. Strong builds are incorporated with the resident as CEO or technical co-founder and AI Fund as minority co-founder and investor.
What startups get
A stipend of US$10K per month during the 12-week residency; if a company is formed, US$500K–1M in pre-seed capital and ongoing studio support.
Details
- Type
- Venture studio
- Run by
- AI Fund
- Headquarters
- Mountain View, United States
- Format
- In-person residency (Mountain View)
- Who can apply
- Experienced AI engineers and technical leaders able to work on site full time
- Standard terms
- $1M
- Stages
- Pre-seed
- Sectors
- AI
- Status
- Active
- Website
- aifund.ai
Venture funds
AI Fund Engineer in Residence also invests through venture funds managed by AI Fund. Its latest fund, AI Fund II, closed at $190M in 2025. It ranks #188 of 427 firms in the Venture Capital Fund Index by latest fund size.
Notable alumni
About this data
Compiled from the program’s website, announcements, and press reports as of October 9, 2026. Terms, credits, and eligibility change between cohorts; confirm them with the program before applying. Alumni are examples, not a complete list.