AI research, started early.
Arc is a research lab for high schoolers and undergrads. We work on real questions in LLMs and AI, share what we find, and are building toward training models of our own.
High school & undergrad · Remote · Free
Students first.Then research. Then models.
Here's how Arc grows, one step at a time.
- 01Students joinHigh schoolers and undergrads come together and form small research teams.
- 02Research firstEach team takes on a real question in LLMs and AI, and writes up what it finds.
- 03Then our own modelsWith what we learn, we start training models ourselves and scale up as compute allows.
What do the features inside a language model actually represent?
QuestionHow should we measure what models can and can't do?
QuestionWhere does reasoning in LLMs break down, and why?
QuestionWhat we care about
Small teams, real questions, and people who want to learn alongside you.
Real research
We work on open questions in LLMs and AI in small teams, and write up what we find.
Builders, not résumés
We care about what you've shipped, how you lead, and how you work with a team.
Everything in the open
We share our code, results, and papers so others can learn from them and build on them.
For high schoolersand undergrads.
Research experience isn't required, but building experience is. Show us your GitHub, the projects you've made, and how you lead and work with others. AI tools are welcome: let them handle execution while you stay the mind behind the work.
The cohort process
- 1Apply
Your GitHub, past projects, and examples of leadership and teamwork.
- 2Interview
A 30-minute conversation about your projects and how you work.
- 3Join a team
Get matched with a project and a mentor.
- 4Research & share
Run experiments, write it up, and present it at the end of the cohort.
Common questions
Still have a question? Write to the team. One of us will read it.
Come build with us.
Applications for Cohort 01 are open October 11 to 25, to high schoolers and undergrads everywhere.