Research Intern

About Ritual 

Ritual is building a sovereign, execution layer for AI. Our first phase, Infernet, is the first product of its kind to enable developers to access models both on-chain via smart contracts and off-chain. Our next phase, the Ritual chain, will be an execution layer custom-built to support AI-native operations and enable a new class of applications at the intersection of crypto and AI.

About the role  

• Prototype new mechanisms, then work to productionize your research
• Work at the frontier of modern cryptographic schemes and open-source AI
• Collaborate closely with our engineering and product team to ensure your research has real-world impact
• Release your work into the open-source world and build alongside the Ritual community

About you

• Intellectually curious about the latest advancements in machine learning, cryptography, and how they intersect
• Desire to see your research go beyond academic papers and have a tangible impact
• Experience with taking research projects or experiments from ideation to prototype code, or implementation either on your own or coordinating with engineering teams 
• Quick iteration and development cycles on writing and/or proof-of-concept

Extras

• Bonus points if you have existing research or writing in conferences or journals
• Have some level of comfort with algebraic structures, distributed systems, mechanism design, or statistical modeling

Why join us 

• Join a passionate group of engineers, researchers, and operators on a mission to build the next generation of AI infrastructure hardened by cryptographic schemes
• We work completely in open-source and ship weekly
• Maximize your knowledge gradient around fields that typically would not intersect

We’re open to exceptional people of all backgrounds for research (e.g. high school, undergraduate and graduate degrees).