7 new exciting AI programs and fellowships you might have missed in June 2026:
1.) Listen Labs Future Founder Program -
@ListenLabs
SF based, for engineers who dream to start a company. Full-time role with salary + benefits, real product ownership, mentorship, workshops with investors from Pear VC, Sequoia, Ribbit and Conviction, free Listen credits to validate ideas and a small elite cohort.
apply:-
2.) Anthropic Claude Corps -
@AnthropicAI
12-months fully funded fellowship placing early-career builders inside nonprofits to ship real AI tools. $85K + benefits, CodePath training, Anthropic mentorship. 18+ under 2 yrs experience, any background. US work authorization required. Cohort 1 closes July 17.
apply:
3.) Andreessen Horowitz FDE Fellowship -
@a16z
8-week cohort for forward-deployed engineers and applied AI leaders shipping inside live enterprises. Title doesn't matter, mindset does. SF hub, starts July. Closes June 26 at midnight PT.
apply:
4.) Vals AI Fellowship -
@ValsAI
3–6 months on the hardest open problems in AI evaluation. $1K–2.5K/week, unlimited API credits, GPU budgets, frontier model access, real eval challenges from labs and the Fortune 500. Remote or SF. Closes June 30.
apply:
5.) Perplexity Research Residency -
@perplexity_ai
for exceptional researchers from any discipline: physicists, quants, cognitive scientists. $220K annualized base, full benefits, visa sponsorship support. In-person SF or Palo Alto. Rolling.
apply:
6.) DoorDash Research Fellowship -
@DoorDash
3 months (extendable to 6) on applied ML in local commerce. Pick the problem, own the direction, publish or ship. Dedicated compute, housing stipend, Summer + Fall 2026 cohorts.
apply:
7.) Amplify Partners Writing Fellowship -
@AmplifyPartners
3 paid months for technical people (devs, researchers) who want to research and write in a focus area, with hands-on editing. Great fit for recent grad students or developers between things.
apply:
(Repost & Bookmark this)
also follow
@suraj_sharma14 to get such useful resources daily basis & join our group link in Bio.