Get paid to ship real AI systems while you're still in school.

AI for the Pentagon and multi‑billion‑dollar enterprises.
Earn your spot on a paid, selective team.
$500k+ a year invested in AI tools and R&D so you stay on the frontier.

Spring 2026 Cohort

This cohort is now closed.

We selected 10 engineers from over 1,300 considered and 50 in‑person conversations.

If you're interested in learning more or being considered for a future cohort, reach out to apply@n2o.com.

Career Outcomes

What N2O does for your career

Here's the difference side by side:

	N2O student	Non‑N2O student
Portfolio	Shipped AI systems for multi $B+ companies and the Pentagon, used by 200k+ people.	Built a todo list app in intro to Django, maybe shipped twice during a summer internship at Capital One.
Mentorship	Got weekly code and design reviews from senior engineers who have led hundreds of high‑performing engineers.	Get's feedback from a TA.
Tools & edge	Way better at using modern tools. Worked inside a $500,000+ AI R&D stack (Mac minis, internal tools like OpenClaw, best practices we buy from top engineers, and roundtables with top defense CTOs), so they've seen how modern teams actually build, test, and ship AI systems.	Follows Hacker News, Karpathy on Twitter, but little intuition for the technologies.

What kind of work will I actually do?

Real AI systems for real users.

GenAI deployments, machine learning, data science, and some web work around those systems. We're the team for people like the #2 AI leader in the Pentagon and for billion‑dollar companies. You work on things real users touch, not fake class projects.

Who can apply?

Any strong CS or technical student.

We encourage first‑years who want to start early and fourth‑years who want to finish with the strongest possible portfolio and references, but students in the middle years apply and get in too.

Is this remote or in‑person?

Remote‑first, so you can work from school.

We also run in‑person events and trips (for example, going to Florida to go shooting with the ex‑head trainer of PsyOps).

I already have a Tier‑1 internship. Does N2O still matter?

Yes — Tier‑1s are super competitive, and getting one is only half the battle.

You want to not just have a Tier‑1, but keep it and be the best person on your team. N2O ensures you're the best person there. Nobody else on your team will have shipped for the Pentagon or worked inside a $500k+ AI R&D stack before day one.

How much work is this?

All of our current engineers are working more than 25 hours/week while still taking 15+ credits.

Projects for exceptionally important people can't be done in 5 hours a week. Think that's impossible with your schedule? Wiley (our founder) worked 65 hours/week on AltRebal (sold) and WhiskeyBarrels.com ($1.5B+/year in volume) while graduating Phi Beta Kappa. If you want to stand out and treat N2O as a top priority, it's hard but doable. If you want a chill campus job, it isn't a fit.