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An eight-week cohort for FDE and applied AI leaders deploying frontier systems inside real-world enterprises.
The a16z Build Forward Deployed Engineering Fellowship is one of a16z Build's peer-led fellowships for exceptional builders and operators in emerging disciplines. a16z describes it as an eight-week cohort for FDE and applied AI leaders deploying frontier systems inside real-world enterprises. It is part of a16z Build, Andreessen Horowitz's dinner series and community for founders and operators, which runs fellowships for crafts that the job market has not fully named yet.
The fellowship runs for 8 weeks with a dinner series in San Francisco; commitment is flexible and all opt-in. The latest cohort ran in summer 2026. Fellows meet through dinners and events with peers doing the same work at leading AI companies and startups. Founding fellows and cohort members named on the official page include Rohan Chandra (Cursor), Luv Kothari (Snowflake), Kevin Bai (Rippling), Senta Knuth (ElevenLabs), Barry McCardel (Hex), Niko Grupen (Harvey), Isa Gomez (OpenAI).
Applications for the latest cohort are closed; an interest list is open for the next cohort, and no dates are published.
Designed for Operators, Builders. The program is in person. Participation is generally part time.
Frontline forward deployed engineers and division leaders who pair technical depth with product intuition to ship AI inside live enterprises: people who might call themselves FDE, Applied AI Agent Builder or Director of AI Deployment. There are no formal degree or title requirements on the official page. The fellowship runs in person, primarily in San Francisco.
Join the interest list on the fellowship page to hear when the next cohort opens. a16z Build does not publish selection criteria beyond the profile of who the fellowship is for, and no acceptance rate is stated. The fellows named on the page are senior practitioners at well-known AI companies and startups, which suggests a selective process.
Length: 8 weeks. Latest cohort: Summer 2026. Dinner series in San Francisco. Applications for the latest cohort are closed; an interest list is open for the next cohort, and no dates are published.
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The official page does not mention a stipend, investment or participation fee. The fellowship is a peer community, not a paid role.
A peer-led fellowship run by a16z Build, a16z's community for founders and operators. An eight-week cohort for FDE and applied AI leaders deploying frontier systems inside real-world enterprises.
Frontline forward deployed engineers and division leaders who pair technical depth with product intuition to ship AI inside live enterprises: people who might call themselves FDE, Applied AI Agent Builder or Director of AI Deployment.
The fellowship runs for 8 weeks with a dinner series in San Francisco; commitment is flexible and all opt-in. The latest cohort ran in summer 2026.
Applications for the latest cohort are closed; an interest list is open for the next cohort, and no dates are published.
Use the Join the interest list button on https://build.a16z.com/fellowships/fde. Separately, you can apply to the wider a16z Build community at build.a16z.com/build/join.
The official page does not mention a stipend, an investment or a fee. It is a peer community, not a job or an investment program.
The page describes participation as flexible and opt-in, built around dinners and events rather than a fixed curriculum.
Founding fellows and cohort members listed on the official page include Rohan Chandra (Cursor), Luv Kothari (Snowflake), Kevin Bai (Rippling), Senta Knuth (ElevenLabs), Barry McCardel (Hex).
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