2026PhDResidency-AIforChemistry(EarlyStageProject)

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2 0 2 6 P h D R e s i d e n c y - A I f o r C h e m i s t r y ( E a r l y S t a g e P r o j e c t ) Internship Mountain View, CA How you will make 10x impact: Collaborating with the X Project team to applying AI and computational techniques to the project's mission Understanding the project’s challenges Suggesting a number of ways in which AI can apply to those challenges Prototyping solutions Work closely with team members implement solutions Learning Moonshot thinking, attending colloquium and tech talks. Engaging with the resident intern community during the program Having fun! This project aims to push the limits of science and modeling as we know them and to prove how ML can radically accelerate our understanding of the world Location: X's headquarters in Mountain View, CA Start Date(s): Year-round rolling basis Duration: a flexible 4 mo. to 1 year program based on project team needs and your availability Throughout your AI Residency you can expect: To be embedded into one of our confidential or public X projects To get paid competitively and receive benefits To be a part of a lively community of AI and ML Residents To attend tech-talks with AI leaders from across X What you should have: Currently enrolled in an doctoral (PhD) program in AI, machine learning, chemistry, computational chemistry, or a related field Experience with one or more general purpose programming languages, including but not limited to: Python, Java, C/C++ Experience with one or more of computational chemistry, synthesis planning and/or solution-phase organic reaction simulation

Experience with machine learning systems, algorithms or applications such as: deep learning, computer vision, robotics, optimization, on-device learning, nlp, audio/speech recognition, signal processing or time-series analysis. It’d be great if you also had these: Experience and interest in organic chemistry (synthesis, mechanisms, etc) Experience working with molecular representations Experience in applying compu

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