GTM Intern
Location: San Jose, CA
Team: GTM

About Etched

Etched is building the world’s first AI inference system purpose-built for transformers - delivering over 10x higher performance and dramatically lower cost and latency than a B200. With Etched ASICs, you can build products that would be impossible with GPUs, like real-time video generation models and extremely deep & parallel chain-of-thought reasoning agents. Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the fastest growing industry in history.

We are an in-person team in San Jose, CA, and are on-site 5 days a week.

The Role

We’re hiring for a GTM intern — someone who will help us build the operational backbone of our go-to-market function. You’ll join a high-impact team working directly on product launches, deal logistics, and strategic partnerships.

In this role you’ll run key analyses, build customer pipelines, support strategic events, shape brand presence, and help launch ground breaking products. Your work will directly accelerate our entry into the market and deepen our relationships with high-value prospects.

Key Responsibilities

• Research model changes, data center development, and vendor news

• Partner with executives across recruiting, operations, and engineering to guide customer assessments and analyses

• Work cross-functionally with legal, architecture, and software to best coordinate efforts across GTM

• Build high-leverage decks, benchmarks, and ROI/TCO models

• Develop and manage our GTM ops engine: CRM, pipeline tracking, reporting, lead gen infrastructure

• Support product launches with operations, communications, and competitive strategy

• Track and report progress on GTM KPIs, OKRs, and overall engagement health

• Keep our systems sharp: iterate fast, reduce friction, and raise execution velocity

You Might Be a Fit If You:

• Have previous work or internship experience in early-stage or high-growth startup ops, GTM, strategy, or chief-of-staff roles

• Have a background or interest in AI infrastructure, deep tech, or semiconductors

• Combine operational rigor with storytelling and customer intuition

• Are comfortable working across functions, from engineering to legal to sales

• Thrive in fast-moving, high-autonomy environments with lots of ambiguity

• Can analyze customer data, prioritize action, and execute quickly

• Know your way around CRM systems, data dashboards, and growth tooling
  

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every qualification.

Program Details:

• 12-week paid internship (June - August 2026)

• Generous housing support for those relocating

• Daily lunch and dinner in our office

• Based at our office in San Jose, CA

• Direct mentorship from industry leaders and world-class engineers

• Opportunity to work on one of the most important problems of our time

For any questions, contact internships@etched.com.

How we’re different

Etched believes in the Bitter Lesson. We think most of the progress in the AI field has come from using more FLOPs to train and run models, and the best way to get more FLOPs is to build model-specific hardware. Larger and larger training runs encourage companies to consolidate around fewer model architectures, which creates a market for single-model ASICs.

We are a fully in-person team in West San Jose, and greatly value engineering skills. We do not have boundaries between engineering and research, and we expect all of our technical staff to contribute to both as needed.

Etched is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.