Year-round
Research Engineer Intern
Applied AI
Posted on 7/29/2025
Arcade Studio
11-50 employees
Generative AI marketplace for custom products
No salary listed
South Bay, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Currently in school with a background in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a similar field
- Must be available to start sometime between January and August 2026
- Strong Python experience and fluency with machine learning libraries such as PyTorch or TensorFlow
- Familiarity with model training and fine-tuning on domain-specific or custom datasets
- Experience with retrieval systems, prompt design, evaluation frameworks, or embedding workflows
- Understanding of model deployment and performance tuning in production environments
- Train, fine-tune, and evaluate generative models across text, image, and multimodal inputs
- Develop model pipelines for domain-specific tasks, including LLM-based tools, text-to-image generation, and multi-agent workflows
- Design internal tools and infrastructure to prototype, benchmark, and iterate on models efficiently
- Run structured evaluations across prompts, retrieval methods, generation quality, and UX performance
- Work closely with engineering and product teams to integrate experimental models into production systems
- Monitor and improve deployed models in production, focusing on performance, stability, and user impact
- Stay up to date with advances in generative AI and apply the best ideas pragmatically in a high-velocity environment
- Build with intent and rigor, and care about performance, structure, and design at every layer
- Have experience training and deploying generative models, especially LLMs or diffusion architectures
- Enjoy debugging prompts, fine-tuning weights, testing loss curves, and optimizing inference
- Move fluidly between rapid experimentation and shipping robust, user-facing features
- Thrive in high-agency environments with fast iteration cycles and high technical ownership
- Communicate clearly and work effectively across technical and cross-functional teams
- Bonus: experience with multi-agent systems, generative UX design, or production LLM pipelines
Arcade Studio runs a marketplace where dreamers design custom physical products with generative AI and makers manufacture them through a vetted global network. Dreamers submit prompts; the AI selects materials, picks a maker, and sets a price. The platform takes a percentage of each sale and offers an entrepreneur program for creators to launch product lines without inventory or logistics. Starting with jewelry and expanding to home goods, features like Magic Match generate designs from room photos to match spaces.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$25M
Headquarters
Cape Town, South Africa
Founded
2017
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What believers are saying
- $25M Series A in March 2025 from Canaan and Forerunner totals $42M funding.
- Beta generated 650,000 jewelry designs in first three months since September 2024.
- Expands from jewelry to rugs, ceramics, cushions with direct-to-maker pricing.
What critics are saying
- Etsy launches AI tools in Q1 2026, capturing 70% personalized searches.
- Artisans defect to Shopify's 2025 plugin offering 30% higher margins.
- Midjourney partners Printful in April 2026, replicating Magic Match faster.
What makes Arcade Studio unique
- Mariam Naficy co-founded Arcade, leveraging Minted's creator marketplace expertise.
- AI analyzes text prompts to select materials and pair with global artisans.
- Magic Match generates room-complementing rug designs from uploaded photos.
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Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
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↑ 46%Arcade, an AI-driven marketplace, raised a $25M Series A from Canaan Partners and Forerunner Ventures, totaling $42M in funding. The company expanded from jewelry to home goods, launching custom-made rugs using AI for design. Users can create personalized designs with the "Magic Match" feature. Arcade's platform empowers consumers to co-create products, offering direct-to-maker pricing and customization. The funding supports further category expansion and AI technology investment.
Arcade, founded by Mariam Naficy, has secured $42 million in funding from investors like LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. The platform combines generative AI with physical manufacturing, allowing users to design custom jewelry and home decor by inputting text or images. Arcade's AI generates 3D design sketches, which are then crafted by artisans. The platform supports various jewelry types and materials, with prices starting at $100. Arcade plans to expand into ceramics, cushions, and potentially clothing.
To propel this expansion and further platform development, Arcade has announced a successful $25 million Series A funding round.
Arcade, a generative AI marketplace for designing jewelry, is expanding its offerings to include home goods, starting with rugs. The company on Monday Arcade, a generative AI marketplace for designing jewelry, is expanding into home goods, starting with rugs.