Base Labs Fellowship

Highlights

• Conduct frontier open-source LLM research with full compute and support.
• Publish rigorous research shaping Baseten's technical roadmap and ecosystem.
• Join founding cohort shaping Base Labs' culture and research agenda.

What they offer

• Dedicated 1:1 mentorship from a senior researcher
• Funding for compute and other research expenses
• Opportunities to publish and present at top venues including ICML, NeurIPS
• Housing, meals, travel and compute handled
• Clear path to full-time offer for strongest performers

Ideal candidate

Original, autonomous researcher who cares why work matters and wants to democratize intelligence through open-source. Drawn to building research culture from scratch and embedding deeply with a small, high-caliber team.

Requirements

• Enrolled in or recently completed a PhD in ML, AI, statistics or closely related field
• Publication record or research portfolio demonstrating original, rigorous thinking
• Operate with autonomy without needing a defined roadmap
• Excited to be in San Francisco for the duration, fully embedded in team
• Drawn to building a research culture, not just participating in one