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Summer Research Cohort 2026

Applications Open

Ten weeks. Real problems. No handholding.

Duration

10 weeks

Format

Remote-first

Deadline

May 1, 2026

About the Program

The Pandemonium Summer Cohort is a ten-week research and build program for students and early-career engineers who want to work on problems that actually matter.

You won't be maintaining dashboards or writing internal tooling. You'll be embedded in active research threads, working alongside the core team on the same problems we're obsessing over.

We're small by design. Every cohort member gets real ownership, real feedback, and the freedom to go deep.

Who We're Looking For

  • --You've built something real and can talk honestly about where it broke
  • --You're comfortable sitting with a problem you don't fully understand yet
  • --You read papers, even when nobody asked you to
  • --You have a specific thing you want to go deep on, not a general interest in 'AI'
  • --You're an undergraduate, graduate student, or recent graduate -- or none of those, and you have the work to show for it

Timeline

Applications openApril 10, 2026
Application deadlineMay 1, 2026
Decisions sentMay 15, 2026
Cohort beginsJune 9, 2026
Cohort endsAugust 14, 2026

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Areas of Interest*

Pick the ones you actually want to work on.

One link. Pick the one that shows your work best.

Optional. Something you built or wrote that you're proud of.

Aim for 150-300 words.

Aim for 150-300 words.