Mentors
Our mentors don't teach AI from a textbook — they build with it every day. They shape the curriculum, join live sessions, review projects, and sit on the Demo Day panel.
Senior Machine Learning Engineer
OpenAI
San Francisco
Works on production LLM systems used by hundreds of millions of people. Reviews the AI Youth Lab curriculum every cohort so students learn how these tools work today — not last year's version.
Participates as: Curriculum Advisor · Demo Day Reviewer
Staff Software Engineer
Google DeepMind
Mountain View
Builds the infrastructure that trains frontier models. Her guest session — 'How to ask a model questions it can't dodge' — is consistently the cohort favorite.
Participates as: Guest Speaker · Project Mentor
AI Product Lead
Meta
Menlo Park
Has taken AI products from prototype to a billion users. On Demo Day he asks students the same question he asks his own teams: 'Who is this for, and why would they care?'
Participates as: Guest Speaker · Demo Day Panel
Research Scientist
Anthropic
San Francisco
Studies how AI systems behave — and misbehave. She designed the Week 1 safety module: how to trust, verify, and push back on what a model tells you.
Participates as: Guest Speaker · Curriculum Advisor
Principal Engineer
Microsoft AI
Seattle
Builds the coding copilots professional developers use daily. Mentors AI Builder students through their Week 6 prototypes — with the patience of someone who has reviewed 10,000 pull requests.
Participates as: Project Mentor · Technical Advisor
Senior Applied Scientist
Amazon
Seattle
Ships ML systems that touch millions of customers a day. Coaches research-track students on turning a curious question into a defensible study.
Participates as: Project Mentor · Demo Day Reviewer
Senior AI Infrastructure Engineer
NVIDIA
Santa Clara
Works on the hardware layer every AI model in the world runs on. His 'what actually happens when you press enter on a prompt' session makes the invisible visible.
Participates as: Guest Speaker · Technical Advisor
Design Technologist
Formerly Apple
Los Angeles
Spent eight years making technology feel effortless. Helps students make projects that don't just work — they look and feel professional.
Participates as: Project Mentor · Curriculum Advisor
Mentor profiles for the upcoming cohort are confirmed during admissions. Named bios and detailed backgrounds are shared with admitted families.
How Mentors Participate
Curriculum Advisor
Guest Speaker
Project Mentor
Demo Day Reviewer
Technical Advisor
Mentors and guest speakers participate in their personal capacity. Company names and work backgrounds are shown for identification only and do not imply endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation by their employers.
Fall 2026 cohort — applications open
Seats are limited by design — small groups are how real mentorship works. Apply now and our admissions team will guide you through placement.
