About Basis Set

At Basis Set, we invest in exceptional people early.

We’ve been backing AI companies since 2017, before ChatGPT was a household name. We were the first investor in Quince, now a $10B company and one of the fastest-growing companies in the country, OpenArt, Vizcom, Solvely, Mem0, Tigris, Entire, Cusp, and Sakana. From the beginning, we’ve approached founders and operators from first principles— studying the underlying attributes that actually drive exceptional outcomes.

The Basis Set AI Fellows program is for early-career builders ready to become stronger operators in the next era of computing. This program is designed to help you build the range to operate more cross-functionally inside the most ambitious AI companies.

Basis Set AI Fellows

Built for people at a career inflection point, especially:

• Technical candidates who want stronger product, customer, and business judgment
• Product, business, and operations candidates who want to become more technical

The goal is the same: help you become someone who can connect product, engineering, and strategy inside high-growth AI companies. If you’re ambitious, high-agency, and want to grow into a more cross-functional operator, this program is designed for you.

What You Get

• Mentorship from portfolio company CEOs and experienced operators
• A cohort of exceptional peers
• Fast-tracked full-time opportunities
• Access the Basis Set platform as you explore and build, with 1:1 guidance from our team

Select Project Fellows also get:

• Paid, embedded project work at some of the fastest growing AI companies
• Co-working space in San Francisco