Member of Technical Staff, Generalist

The RoleIf you believe you can make a meaningful contribution to our team but aren't sure which of our specialized roles is the best fit, this is the listing for you. Apply here, and we'll figure out together where you'll have the most impact.Why Join InceptionWork with World-Class TalentCollaborate with the inventors of diffusion models and leading AI researchersShape Foundational TechnologyYour decisions will influence how the next generation of AI products are built and usedImmediate ImpactJoin at the ground floor where your contributions directly shape product direction and company trajectoryPerks & BenefitsCompetitive salary and equity in a rapidly growing startupFlexible vacation and paid time off (PTO)Health, dental, and vision insuranceCatered meals (breakfast, lunch, & dinner)Commuter subsidiesA collaborative and inclusive cultureAbout UsInception creates the world's fastest, most efficient AI models. Today's autoregressive LLMs generate tokens sequentially, which makes them painfully slow and expensive. Inception's diffusion-based LLMs (dLLMs) generate answers in parallel. They are 5x faster and more efficient, while delivering best-in-class quality.Inception was co-founded by Stanford professor Stefano Ermon, who co-invented such breakthrough AI technologies as diffusion models, flash attention, and DPO, UCLA professor Aditya Grover, who co-invented node2vec, decision transformers, and d1 reasoning, and Cornell professor and Afresh co-founder Volodymyr Kuleshov, who co-invented MDLM and Block Diffusion.We pioneered the application of diffusion to language, with world's first (and only) commercially available dLLM, Mercury. We are currently deploying our large-scale diffusion LLMs at Fortune 500 companies. Diffusion is the technology behind today's image and video AI, and we're making it the standard for LLMs as well.Our team includes engineers from Google DeepMind, Meta AI, Microsoft AI, and OpenAI. Based in Palo Alto, CA, we are backed by A-list venture capitalists, including Menlo Ventures, Mayfield, M12 (Microsoft's venture fund), Snowflake Ventures, Databricks, and Innovation Endeavors, and by tech luminaries such as Andrew Ng, Andrej Karpathy, and Eric Schmidt.If you are talented, innovative, and ambitious, come help us invent the future of AI.We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply.