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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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Bachelor's
 AI & Machine Learning (2) |
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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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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- 650,000 jewelry designs in three months signaled strong consumer demand by December 2024.
- March 2025’s $25 million Series A from Canaan and Forerunner funded expansion.
- 2026 focus on jewelry and home decor deepens assortment without inventory risk.
What critics are saying
- Arcade depends on OpenAI, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion for core creation workflows.
- Custom manufacturing across global makers invites delays, defects, and refund costs that crush margins.
- If novelty fades before repeat purchasing, Arcade becomes an expensive design toy, not a marketplace.
What makes Arcade Studio unique
- Mariam Naficy brought Minted’s marketplace playbook to Arcade’s September 2024 launch.
- Arcade turns prompts into manufacturable products, pairing AI designs with vetted artisans.
- March 2025 rugs and Match My Room extend the same workflow beyond jewelry.
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Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
↑ 46%1 year growth
↑ 46%2 year growth
↑ 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.