AI Strategy Intern
AI Strategy Intern (Summer 2026)
New York, NY | Hybrid / Remote
FactMachine is building the first opinion market — a platform where people trade on what others believe.
As a AI Strategy Intern in our Summer 2026 internship program, you’ll work alongside fellow interns, team leads, and company leadership to help build, test, and grow a product at the intersection of finance, media, culture, and the internet.
This is a hands-on internship for students who want to work on a fast-moving startup, contribute to real projects, and help shape how a new category of social product reaches its first major audience.
ABOUT FACTMACHINE
FactMachine turns opinions into markets.
We let users vote on what they believe, predict how others will vote, and trade on those outcomes.
Instead of betting on what will happen, users trade on what people think should happen.
Markets span culture, politics, finance, sports, science, technology, entertainment, and online discourse. If people argue about it online, it belongs on FactMachine.
We’re a New York City-based team with experience across prediction markets, crypto, consumer technology, media, social platforms, and live content, with backgrounds from companies including Polymarket, Coinbase, TikTok, Twitch, Hinge, and more.
Learn more: https://factmachine.com/
ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP PROGRM
FactMachine’s Summer 2026 internship program is designed for students who want meaningful startup experience, direct ownership, and exposure to how a consumer product grows from alpha to public launch.
Interns will support live product development, marketing experiments, content systems, community growth, research, partnerships, and go-to-market strategy. You will not be observing from the sidelines. You’ll be helping build the test environment, user experience, and growth engine that moves FactMachine from invite-only alpha toward a broader public release.
FactMachine is currently in alpha and offers users the opportunity to earn rewards for participating. Each week, users receive a $5,000 paper balance to trade from Monday through Sunday. For every $1,000 in paper money earned, users receive $10 in USDC, with balances resetting at the end of each month. Interns will help us improve, test, market, and scale this environment as we prepare for wider availability.
As part of the application process, candidates are required to create a FactMachine account and participate on the platform so they can better understand the product, user experience, and market mechanics.
We have listed a broad range of opportunities for interns to experience as we are looking to attract candidates across broad skillsets. The program may, however, only bring on candidates for a few roles or multiple candidates for the same role.
Please provide a note stating your intention to apply for different roles if you choose to do so.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
As an AI Strategy and Market Intelligence Intern, you’ll help FactMachine use emerging AI tools, research workflows, and market intelligence systems to better understand online discourse, user behavior, and growth opportunities.
This role is designed for business-focused students who are interested in startups, AI, consumer products, finance, sports, media, technology, and online communities. You’ll help the team explore how AI can support research, market creation, trend monitoring, audience analysis, workflow automation, and strategic decision-making as FactMachine moves from invite-only alpha toward broader public release.
You may work on:
- Researching how AI tools can support market research, trend discovery, content workflows, competitive analysis, and internal operations
- Helping monitor fast-moving conversations across sports, finance, business, technology, culture, politics, and online communities
- Supporting the creation of research briefs, market intelligence reports, audience profiles, and category trackers
- Testing AI-assisted workflows for summarizing discourse, organizing research, identifying emerging debates, and improving team productivity
- Researching comparable companies using AI across consumer products, fintech, media, creator platforms, analytics, and social platforms
- Helping identify business opportunities, user segments, and growth channels based on emerging market and audience signals
- Preparing internal recommendations on where AI can improve FactMachine’s research, growth, marketing, and market operations processes
Strong candidates are analytical, curious, business-minded, and excited about using AI as a practical tool rather than just a buzzword. You should be comfortable researching new technologies, testing workflows, organizing information, and turning messy internet conversations into clear strategic insights.
ABOUT YOU
We’re looking for students who are thoughtful, ambitious, and excited to work in a startup environment.
You should be:
- Currently enrolled at an accredited four-year college or university in the United States, pursuing an undergraduate degree
- Graduating between Spring 2027 and Fall 2028
- Legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future
- Able to commit to 40 hours per week for the duration of the internship
- Available to work either in-person at the FactMachine office in Manhattan or remotely with one week onsite in New York City
- Excited to create a FactMachine account and actively use the product as part of the application and internship experience
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment where priorities can evolve quickly
- Interested in internet culture, social platforms, prediction markets, media, finance, politics, sports, entertainment, or emerging consumer products
In-person participation is preferred, but we are open to remote candidates who can participate fully and spend at least one week onsite in New York City.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
Strong candidates may have experience with one or more of the following:
- Campus organizations, student media, political groups, investment clubs, debate teams, creator projects, or startup clubs
- Social media, content creation, marketing, design, writing, research, community building, or event planning
- Consumer apps, crypto, fintech, prediction markets, media, gaming, sports betting, fantasy sports, or creator platforms
- Data analysis, trend research, audience development, user interviews, or competitive analysis
- Building projects from scratch, organizing communities, launching campaigns, or taking initiative without waiting for instructions
You do not need to have prior startup experience. We care more about judgment, curiosity, taste, work ethic, and willingness to learn.
WHAT YOU'LL GAIN
Interns will get exposure to:
- Building and scaling a consumer product during its earliest growth stage
- Startup decision-making across product, marketing, content, research, and operations
- Market creation, user behavior, audience development, and community growth
- Working directly with founders, operators, team leads, and other interns
- Turning internet discourse into structured product, media, and growth opportunities
- Presenting ideas, defending recommendations, and seeing projects move from concept to execution
By the end of the summer, interns should leave with a clearer understanding of how early-stage companies operate, how consumer products grow, and how new categories are built.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENT
To be considered for this role, applicants must:
- Create a FactMachine account
- Use the platform and participate in markets
- Be prepared to discuss their experience with the product during the interview process
We want interns who understand FactMachine not only as applicants, but as users. Since alpha is invite only, please provide a valid phone number so we can approve you for access. Applicants who fail to register or provide a phone number will not be considered.