AI Application Developer Intern, UPSIDE Foods
$20/hr - $25/hr
Office located in Berkeley, CA
Cell-cultured meat producer
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Cell-cultured meat producer
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$20/hr - $25/hr
Office located in Berkeley, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make meat a force for good in the world.
Role
Who you are
- Strong Python skills, with experience in AI application development / model interaction
- Familiarity with Open Web UI or similar LLM interface tooling
- Demonstrated experience in building AI integrations, including using API’s, Lambda (or equivalent) and pipelines / other transport & transform methodologies.
- Ability to gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions
- Experience with integrating AI solutions with existing infrastructure
What the job involves
- At UPSIDE Foods, pioneering the future of sustainable protein means putting cutting‑edge AI into the hands of every team—from molecular R&D to regulatory affairs to commercial
- As an AI Application Developer Intern, you’ll embed with our Enterprise Intelligence team to turn open‑source tech — specifically the Open Web UI platform linked to various paid and free LLMs — into tailored AI copilots that supercharge decision‑making and creativity across the company
- You’ll be a seeker of new value, where you’ll connect our rich, domain‑specific datasets with large‑language‑model workflows to go beyond hype to find real productivity and insights for scientists, manufacturing and quality managers, procurement professionals, and others
- Over the course of the internship, you’ll move from data exploration and white‑boarding use‑cases with stakeholders to shipping production‑ready pipelines in Python
- You might build a tool that saves minutes for everyone at the company or make one team’s workflow 50% faster
- Expect to juggle API integrations, Lambda‑style micro‑services, and data‑engineering touchpoints as you weave LLM‑powered chat, search, and automation features directly into existing UPSIDE infrastructure
- By summer’s end, you’ll have vetted one- to two-dozen innovative applications and actually deployed three or more that are driving meaningful value and accelerating the future of food
- Collaborate with stakeholders to identify and define AI use cases
- Develop and implement custom AI pipelines using Open Web UI / Python
- Integrate AI solutions with organizational data sources
- Work closely with IT and Data teams to ensure infrastructure support
- Deliver AI applications that provide tangible benefits across departments
- Software development and IT engineers refining prompt‑engineering patterns and maintaining our internal Open Web UI deployment
- Leaders across the whole organization who are eager for LLM‑driven data exploration, literature or document review, and workflow acceleration
- Length of internship: 10 weeks
Our take
Upside Food, previously knowns as Memphis Meats, is actively addressing the growing societal demand for ethical meat production through the cultivation of its own meat products. The company's approach not only ensures delicious offerings but also contributes to improving animal welfare and reducing environmental impact in the food industry.
With a wide range of cultivated meat products that closely mimic their traditional counterparts, Upside Food is capitalizing on the rapidly expanding market for meat alternatives, which is experiencing a remarkable annual growth rate of approximately 36%. Although North America stands as the fastest-growing demographic in this domain, the global market for ethical meat is projected to surpass $8B by 2025.
By catering to the preferences of meat enthusiasts with diverse cultivated meat options, Upside Food effectively minimizes its carbon footprint compared to conventional meat producers. Tightening regulations led to staff reductions in 2024, yet Upside is expanding its product range, bringing two new cultivated chicken foods to the market later that year.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
38% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Apr 2022
$400m
SERIES C
Jan 2020
$161m
SERIES B
Total funding: $581.1m
Company benefits
- Stock options for all full-time incoming team members!
- 90-100% employer-paid healthcare premiums for team members (medical [including HSA and FSA], dental, and vision)
- Pet insurance for your furry family members!
- Unlimited PTO
- DE&I (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) Council and People Engagement Programs
- Company-sponsored learning & development opportunities
Company HQ
Southwest Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Leadership
Uma Valeti, MD
(CEO & Founder)Cardiovascular Doctor by training. Professor at the University of Minnesota and Stanford before founding Upside Foods in 2016.
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