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

Amitabh Das

Founder, AgentOS

Agentic AI infrastructure founder. MS Computer Science, Northeastern; MIT Sandbox & BU Accelerator Fellow.
Irina Vélez

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

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

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:

Business, Economics & Finance

Your internship ends with:

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.

Ready to Begin?

Secure Your Spot Today

Applications are ongoing. Cohorts fill up fast — enroll now and take the first step toward a global career.