Level Up Ventures Intern at Hearst… · 300 West…

Summary: Hearst Newspapers is a leading global media company dedicated to innovation and integrity. They are seeking a Level Up Ventures Intern to build an AI tool for evaluating founders, which involves data scraping, prompt engineering, and tool development. Responsibilities: - Build simple, effective scripts to pull and organize data from public sources (LinkedIn, Twitter/X, news, niche databases) - Use large language models (LLMs) to analyze that data and extract signals of 'entrepreneurial drive' and unique founder perspectives - Create a simple internal dashboard (using something like Streamlit or Retool) that helps our team prioritize our deal flow Required Qualifications: - Comfortable in Python and enjoy developing prototypes that deliver practical results - Have experimented with OpenAI/Anthropic APIs and understand how to write a good prompt to get structured data out of unstructured text - Can take an open-ended goal ('find me founders in the Midwest doing X') and figure out how to get the data Required Skills: Python, Prompt Engineering Important Skills: OpenAI/Anthropic APIs, Data Scraping Nice-to-Have Skills: Independent Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability and life insurance, 401(k), Paid holidays, Paid time off, Employee assistance programs