Question 1

What is Cracked Interns?

Accepted Answer

Cracked Interns is a free, ranked list of the best Summer 2027 internships at frontier AI labs, quant trading firms, elite startups and hard-tech companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Jane Street, Stripe, Ramp, Palantir and SpaceX.

Question 2

Where do the internship listings come from?

Accepted Answer

Every listing is pulled directly from the company's own public job board (Greenhouse, Lever or Ashby) and links straight to the official application. Nothing is reposted from third-party aggregators.

Question 3

How often is the list updated?

Accepted Answer

Boards are re-scraped every day. New roles are added, closed roles drop off automatically, and students with alerts are notified when a match appears.

Question 4

How are internships ranked?

Accepted Answer

Each role gets a score from the company's tier (frontier labs and top quant firms rank highest), how recently it was posted, whether it is a software, ML or quant role, and whether pay is disclosed.

Question 5

When should I apply for Summer 2027 internships?

Accepted Answer

Most top tech and quant firms open Summer 2027 applications between August and October and fill roles on a rolling basis, so applying in the first few weeks after a role is posted gives you the best odds.

Question 6

Is Cracked Interns free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Browsing and internship alerts are free for students. Companies can sign up to be notified when students matching the roles they hire for join.

Rank	Role	Pay	Posted
1	Winter 2027 Research Engineer Co-op Anduril · Santa Ana, California, United States	$60 – $75/hr	New1d ago
2	2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Machine Learning, Planning/Prediction Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA	$70 – $85/hr	New2d ago
3	2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Machine Learning, Simulation Realism Waymo · London, England, United Kingdom	£80,000/year	New2d ago
4	PhD Intern, Software Engineer - Graphics (2027) Figma · San Francisco, CA • New York, NY	$74/hr	New2d ago
5	2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Perception, Model Lifecycle Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA	$70 – $85/hr	3d ago
6	Software Engineering Intern (2027) Databricks · Bellevue, Washington +3	$40 – $60/hr	3d ago
7	2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Research, AV Planning Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA	$85/hr	6d ago
8	2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Research, Post Training Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA: San Francisco, CA, USA	$85/hr	6d ago
9	PhD GenAI Research Scientist Intern Databricks · San Francisco, California	$54 – $60/hr	1w ago
10	2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Research, World Modeling Evaluation Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA	$85/hr	1w ago
11	2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Machine Learning, Planning/Prediction Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA	$85/hr	1w ago
12	2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Perception, Robotics Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA	$70 – $85/hr	1w ago
13	2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Research, Perception Foundation Models Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA	$70 – $85/hr	1w ago
14	2027 Summer Intern, BS, Software Engineer, Model Eval Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA	$60/hr	1w ago
15	2027 Summer Intern, MS, PhD, Software Engineer Waymo · Mountain View, California, United States	$70 – $85/hr	1w ago
16	2027 Summer Intern, BS, Waymo ML Ops & Automation Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA	$60/hr	1w ago
17	Winter 2027 Reliability Engineer Co-op Anduril · Costa Mesa, California, United States	$40 – $48/hr	1w ago
18	2027 Systems Engineer Intern Anduril · Boston, Massachusetts, United States +4	$32 – $48/hr	1w ago
19	2027 Reliability Engineer Intern Anduril · Costa Mesa, California, United States	$28 – $40/hr	1w ago
20	2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, ML Systems & Behavior Discovery Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA	$70 – $85/hr	1w ago
21	PhD Intern, AI Applied Scientist (2027) Figma · San Francisco, CA • New York, NY	$74/hr	1w ago
22	2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Perception, Evaluation Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA	$70 – $85/hr	1w ago
23	2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Research, World Action Model Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA	$85/hr	1w ago
24	Software Engineering Intern (Winter 2027) Harvey · Toronto · Remote	CA$45 – CA$55/hr	1w ago
25	Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2027) Harvey · New York · Remote	$62 – $72/hr	1w ago

Summer 2027 internships at the best AI labs, quant firms and startups

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