About us
The appliedAI Initiative elevates Europe’s industry to become shapers in the age of AI, creating a future that we desire to live in. Through our ecosystem of strong partners, comprehensive programs, services and solutions we advance companies holistically on their AI journey. With our uniquely diverse, interdisciplinary, and driven team, we build on deep technical expertise while specializing on applicability of the solutions. We share a mindset of collaboration and openness with our ecosystem of leading companies and tech players. Our common goal is to strengthen the European landscape, jointly creating unique knowledge for applying trustworthy AI. We believe that AI Agents will be the dominant topic for AI in the near future and that appliedAI with its partner ecosystem will impact how this technology is being used in industry and beyond in Europe.
Your mission
You will work with our AI Strategy and engineering teams, a group of experts exploring emerging AI technologies, analyzing their impact, and helping our partners navigate the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence. We are seeking a highly motivated working student to support research, analysis, and evaluation activities across the field of modern AI — including trends, technologies, and strategic developments. Your work will contribute to creating meaningful insights, supporting decision-making, and helping shape how our organization and partners apply AI in practice.
Your tasks will include:
- Conduct research and deep‑dive analyses on state‑of‑the‑art AI technologies, trends, and innovation areas (e.g. GenAI, Agents, World Models, Multimodal AI)
- Evaluate and compare AI trends, tools, and models from both a business and a technical perspective
- Support technical analyses of AI architectures, models, and methods, including hands‑on investigation of selected approaches
- Assist in preparing presentations, summaries, and briefings for stakeholders and management
- Support the creation of structured documentation, articles, and knowledge materials to capture insights and learnings
- Optionally: contribute to small prototyping or experimentation tasks if you already have programming experience in the AI / ML space
Your profile
- You are currently enrolled in a Master program in computer science, AI, data science, business informatics, engineering, or a related technical field
- Strong interest and foundational knowledge in modern AI technologies (e.g. machine learning, deep learning, LLMs, agents)
- Analytical mindset with the ability to break down complex topics into structured, comprehensible insights
- Optional but a strong plus: First practical programming experience in Python or similar and/or low code platforms especially in the context of AI / ML (e.g. PyTorch, TensorFlow, HuggingFace)
- Confident in preparing high‑quality presentations using PowerPoint
- High level of curiosity, self‑starter mentality, and enthusiasm for exploring emerging AI technologies
- Excellent reading and writing skills in German and English
What we offer
- A highly qualified and motivated team of ~90 people on a journey to change the rapidly evolving European AI Landscape
- Experience the best of both worlds with our hybrid work model: Work from our vibrant office - the House of Communication in Munich - while also enjoying the flexibility to work remotely a few days each week
- Opportunity to shape a variety of projects and the development of new, original content based on the latest developments in AI and its adoption in businesses
- An atmosphere that encourages to think and experiment in new ways with software, hardware, and processes
- Hottest topics of the next decade and freedom and trust to initiate own activities
- A highly visible initiative that helps you build a large and high-level network of start-ups, partners, and tech companies
- Sports membership with Wellpass to access thousands of sports facilities all over Germany (and beyond)
Contact
Lucas Fernandes - Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
appliedAI Initiative GmbH, August-Everding-Str. 25, 81671 München