Research the agent-native era.
A part-time, remote research program for people who want to study the most important private AI companies — and publish institutional-grade memos on them.
Each researcher takes one private company deep: founding story, product, market, competition, and the bull and bear case. Memos are edited to an institutional bar and published under your byline.
Learn how an early-stage fund actually evaluates companies — sourcing, diligence questions, market maps, and how conviction gets built before there's data to lean on.
Researchers plug into the same network as Beta founders: AI engineers, operators, and investors building at the frontier of agent systems.
The strongest researchers are invited to continue as Senior Researchers — working directly with the Beta Fund investment team on market research and live diligence.
Published memos live on research.betafund.ai and travel through Beta Fund's channels — your name on research that founders and investors actually read.
See markets as they form. Researchers get conversations with founders in and around the Beta portfolio, and a front-row seat to how rounds come together.
One company. One memo. Every angle.
The program is built around a single craft: turning curiosity about a private company into research an investor would act on.
Pick a company that matters
Agent infrastructure, token economies, AI applications, robotics, frontier labs — the companies defining how software gets built and operated next.
Research it like an investor
Primary sources, product teardowns, market sizing, competitive dynamics. Not a book report — a position, with the evidence to defend it.
Publish and defend it
Editorial feedback from the Beta Research team, then publication — and a discussion of your thesis with the investment team.
Conviction is built
in the research.
Apply once. Reviewed quarterly.
Apply
One application, about ten minutes, plus a short writing sample. That sample carries more weight than your resume.
Quarterly review
Applications are read in one batch at the end of each quarter. Apply anytime — decisions land at quarter close.
The cohort
Twelve weeks, roughly five hours a week, fully remote. You ship one memo with editorial feedback and join weekly research discussions.
Graduate — or promote
Finish with published research under your byline, or be invited to continue as a Senior Researcher with the investment team.
2026 application deadlines.
Applications submitted early in a quarter are held and reviewed with the batch — you may wait a couple of months for a decision. Questions: research@betafund.ai
The details.
Students, engineers, operators, analysts, writers — anyone obsessed with private AI companies. No finance background required. We select on the quality of your writing and the sharpness of your curiosity.
About five hours a week for twelve weeks, fully remote. The program is designed to run alongside a job or school.
Beta Research is a part-time, unpaid program — the return is training, byline, network, and the Senior Researcher path into work with the investment team.
Every researcher graduates with published research and the network that comes with it. The strongest are invited to continue as Senior Researchers, collaborating with the Beta Fund investment team on market research and live deals.
Yes. Many strong researchers got in on a second pass. Note in your application that you're re-applying and when you last applied.
On research.betafund.ai, under your byline, and distributed through Beta Fund's channels.
Ready to write the memo the market hasn't read yet?
Ten minutes to apply. Reviewed at the end of each quarter. Next deadline: September 25, 2026.