Suraj Sharma (@suraj_sharma14)

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.