AI Engineer Intern at Pear VC

San Francisco, California, United States

Pear VC Logo
Not SpecifiedCompensation
InternshipExperience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, Artificial IntelligenceIndustries

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience building with LLMs, with a strong intuition for what models can do and how to get the best results
  • Well-crafted (reliable, tasteful design)

Responsibilities

  • Talk directly to users: understand requirements, gather feedback, and iterate based on it
  • Evaluate and build with the best tools in an AI agentic stack: LLM-Evals, Guardrails for AI, CodeAct (agents writing code), and memory for agents (like Mem0)
  • Build services to ingest data from sources like Github, Slack, and Confluence
  • Deploy and use reasoning models like Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct
  • Identify and implement improvements to core foundations (e.g., clearing performance bottlenecks for scalability)
  • Ensure systems are efficient, maintainable, and well-monitored
  • Building AI-powered features for the product
  • Working with users to understand their needs
  • Evaluating and selecting appropriate AI tools and models
  • Deploying and maintaining AI services
  • Contributing to the overall architecture and design of the system

Skills

Python
Swift
LLMs
LLM-Evals
Guardrails AI
CodeAct
Mem0
GitHub
Slack
Confluence
Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct

Pear VC

Venture capital firm for early-stage startups

About Pear VC

Pear VC specializes in providing venture capital for pre-seed and seed stage investments. The firm collaborates with founders to transform innovative ideas into successful companies across various sectors, including AI, healthcare, fintech, and more. Their investment strategy focuses on early-stage startups, offering not just financial support but also expertise and a strong network to help these businesses grow. Pear VC distinguishes itself from competitors through its hands-on approach, providing strategic advice and operational assistance to ensure startups remain agile and focused on their customers. The goal of Pear VC is to guide startups through their early development phases, helping them achieve significant growth and success.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2013Year Founded
$2,738.4MTotal Funding
UNKNOWNCompany Stage
Venture Capital, Fintech, AI & Machine LearningIndustries
51-200Employees

Risks

Increased competition from other VC firms in AI and biotech sectors.
Potential overvaluation of startups could lead to investment losses.
Regulatory challenges in biotech and healthcare may impact growth strategies.

Differentiation

Pear VC specializes in pre-seed and seed investments across diverse sectors.
The firm offers hands-on strategic advice and operational support to startups.
Pear VC focuses on innovation in AI, fintech, SaaS, healthcare, and deep tech.

Upsides

Growing interest in AI-driven healthcare solutions presents new investment opportunities.
Rising demand for cell engineering platforms suggests lucrative biotech investments.
Fitness tech startups focusing on community building are gaining traction.

Land your dream remote job 3x faster with AI