As we scale our research ambitions, we need a scientist who doesn't just execute on known problems but defines new ones. This TLM role sits at the intersection of deep technical research and scientific leadership: you'll own a long-horizon agenda, mentor a small group, and help shape what this field becomes.

The AI Residency is built for a different kind of person: someone who's likely post-MS or equivalent, with real evidence they can do serious ML work, but who isn't yet operating at the level of independent, publication-driving science. You may not have direct experience in world models, generative video, multimodal learning, robotics, or multi-agent systems specifically, what matters more is that you're sharp, relentless, and capable of building that expertise fast, embedded alongside people who already have it. Residents work directly inside our core team projects, not on a side track. The work doesn't need to be publishable. It needs to move our actual research roadmap forward, and it needs to turn you into a stronger researcher and engineer by the time you leave. Residents who excel over the course of the program are extended full-time offers to join Odyssey permanently. The Process As part of your application, please submit a short research proposal for a project you'd like to pursue. This should be at most a page and it is intended to help scope projects. Projects will be refined with successful applicants and the Odyssey research team.

You'll lead our ML platform and infrastructure group, spanning our data platform, evaluation systems and tooling, and compute. This leader will serve as a trusted partner to the founders and stakeholders across product and technology, and will report directly to our CTO and co-founder.

Odyssey is hiring a VP of Research to lead and grow our Frontier ML group, the researchers working at the cutting edge of world model capability, responsible for the first proof points of new algorithms and for pushing the frontier of what world models can do. This is a role for someone who wants to both set the research agenda and stay hands-on enough to shape it directly, not manage from a distance. You'll own Odyssey's research agenda across world simulation, multimodality, robotics, and multi-agent systems, define and execute the vision that positions Odyssey as the leading voice in world models, and take responsibility for the research roadmap, publication strategy, and external research reputation of the company. You'll report directly to Jeff Hawke, our Co-Founder and CTO, and work alongside James Grieve (VP, Applied ML), Fabian Güra (Distinguished Engineer), and a VP of Engineering we're hiring alongside you. What you'll own Leading and growing the Frontier ML research group, hiring, mentoring, and developing researchers at every level. Owning and driving Odyssey's research agenda across world simulation, multimodality, robotics, and multi-agent systems. Defining and communicating a research vision ambitious enough to position Odyssey as the leading voice in world models, one that attracts top talent to the field and to us specifically. Setting the research roadmap and publication strategy, and representing Odyssey's research externally to the broader community. Collaboration across disciplines with other VP-level leaders, driving forward Odyssey's holistic top-level strategy. Staying close enough to the work to directly run experimentation yourself, not just manage others doing it.