SILICON VALLEY AI INTERNSHIPS 2026
Quest For Success Internships for High School Students
A six-week virtual internship inside a Silicon Valley AI startup for students in Grades 9–12. Choose between Computer Science or Business, Economics & Finance and work directly with a founder-mentor.
6 WEEKS
11 Oct – 15 Nov 2026
30 SEATS
Selective Cohort
~45 HOURS
7–8 Hours / Week
1:1
Mentor + Startup Match
AI Internship Features
Real Silicon Valley AI startup experience
Small cohort of 30 students
Dedicated founder-mentor
Fully virtual from anywhere
6 live Sunday sessions
Certificate + verifiable founder endorsement
Real startup project
Portfolio-ready project and demo
AI INTERNSHIPS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Choose Your AI Internship Track
Choose the pathway that matches your interests. Both programs run for six weeks and place students inside a Silicon Valley AI startup with a dedicated founder-mentor.
₹25,000 + GST
AI FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE
The CS track specifically requires basic Python—a function and a loop—and is designed around production code, engineering reviews and a shipped feature.
Learn how modern AI products are built and contribute code to a live AI product.
You’ll work on:
- Python for AI
- APIs
- AI agents
- Prompting & evaluations
- Multi-agent systems
- Production development
Duration
6 Weeks
Hours
~45 Hours
Live Sessions
6 Sundays
Cohort Size
30 Students
₹25,000 + GST
AI FOR BUSINESS, ECONOMICS & FINANCE
This track has no coding prerequisite and covers business, economics and finance through one real startup problem.
Explore how AI startups build markets, price products, manage finances and make strategic decisions.
You’ll work on:
- Market sizing
- Competitor analysis
- Customer discovery
- Pricing strategy
- Unit economics
- Financial modelling
Duration
6 Weeks
Hours
~45 Hours
Live Sessions
6 Sundays
Cohort Size
30 Students
Why Choose This Program
What Makes These AI Internships Different?
Real Startup Experience
Work inside a real Silicon Valley AI startup rather than completing a simulated internship.
Founder Mentorship
Get matched with one Silicon Valley founder who guides your six-week project.
Live & Fully Virtual
Join live sessions from anywhere and work with your startup team remotely.
Real Deliverables
Finish with work you can actually showcase—not just a certificate.
Small Cohort
Only 30 students are selected for each cohort.
Portfolio-Ready Work
Build a shipped feature, GitHub project, business case, financial model or demo video depending on your track.
PROGRAM STRUCTURE
Six Weeks. One Real Startup Project.
For many of the most competitive UK courses, the test is a separate hurdle with its own timetable, usually sat in the autumn of the application year.
WEEK 1
Onboarding & Foundations
Meet your cohort and founder-mentor and get introduced to your host startup.
Computer Science: Python refresh and development setup.
Business: Economics of AI, pricing and unit economics.
WEEK 2
Build Your Foundations
Computer Science: AI models, APIs, prompting and evaluations.
Business: P&L, burn rate, runway and startup valuation.
WEEK 3
Understand the Startup
Computer Science: Agents, product immersion and feature scoping.
Business: Market sizing, competitors and customer research.
WEEK 4
Project Sprint
Computer Science: Build your first working contribution.
Business: Conduct competitor, pricing or customer research.
WEEK 5
Build & Refine
Computer Science: Test, integrate and prepare for production review.
Business: Build your recommendation and 12-month financial model.
WEEK 6
Ship & Demo Day
Present your work to the founder on 15 November 2026.
Computer Science: Ship your feature.
Business: Present your business case and financials.
Three AI Founders. Three AI Startups. One Becomes Yours.
Every student is matched with one founder-mentor and placed inside one host startup for the six-week program. Matching is based on student interests and the founder’s project scope.
Amitabh Das
Founder, AgentOS
Agentic AI infrastructure founder. MS Computer Science, Northeastern; MIT Sandbox & BU Accelerator Fellow.
Irina Vélez
Founder, deltanova.io
AI automation founder in San Francisco with 13 years of cloud architecture experience at Claro / Telmex across LATAM.
Rahel Jhirad
Founder, Imaginator
PhD, Princeton. Former Chief Data Scientist at Hearst; ML systems experience at JPMorgan and Fidelity.
Where You'll Work
Students are placed inside one of three AI startups based on their interests and the founder’s project scope.
AgentOS
Agentic AI Infrastructure
Building infrastructure for the next generation of AI agents.
deltanova.io
AI Process Automation
Using AI to automate processes that enterprise teams shouldn’t have to handle manually.
Imaginator
Private AI Visual Memory
A local visual-memory layer that turns photos, screenshots and drafts into navigable timelines.
Real Work. Real Deliverables. Real Evidence.
For many of the most competitive UK courses, the test is a separate hurdle with its own timetable, usually sat in the autumn of the application year.
Computer Science
Your internship ends with:
- A shipped AI feature
- GitHub link
- Demo video
- Host startup certificate
- Verifiable founder endorsement
- Founder & engineering network
Business, Economics & Finance
Your internship ends with:
- Founder-reviewed business case
- 12-month financial model
- Case deck
- Demo-day video
- Host startup certificate
- Verifiable founder endorsement
Six Weeks. Learn. Build. Ship.
A hands-on experience inside a Silicon Valley AI startup, guided by a founder-mentor from kickoff to demo day.
Real Work
Work on a genuine startup project rather than a simulated internship.
Real Mentorship
Work directly with a matched Silicon Valley founder throughout the six weeks.
Real Evidence
Complete tangible work and finish with a certificate and verifiable founder recommendation.
Small Cohort. Real Selection.
STEP 1
Apply
Tell us about yourself, what you’ve explored or built and why you’re interested. Register by 2 October 2026.
STEP 2
Skill Check
Computer Science: short Python task. Business: short business-and-numbers task.
STEP 3
Interview & Matching
A 15-minute interview to confirm fit. Selected students are matched with one mentor and one host startup.
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