Watch from the side
- Shadow a team and take notes
- A practice project that nobody uses
- No one owns your growth
- A certificate of attendance
Spend 7 weeks doing real work at a YC or top venture-backed startup, with a weekly 1-on-1 mentor. Finish with a reference, a certificate of your work and a portfolio.
In an externship you mostly watch, or build a project nobody uses. In the Tech Fellowship you join the startup team in week 1 and ship work that real users touch.
Week 1 starts with real work. After that, every week is planned around you and the impact you can make.
Yes. The Ultra Tech Fellowship places high school students at YC and venture-backed startups for 7 weeks. You work remotely on real projects with the startup team.
It is an internship. In an externship you mostly watch. In the Tech Fellowship you do real work that people use, and you finish with a reference and a certificate of your work.
40 hours a week. It is a full-time remote internship.
Yes. There are two summer cohorts: the first starts in May and the second starts in July. There is also a December 2027 winter cohort and a custom start during the school term.
Any high school student, in any grade.
No. You can also work in product, growth and marketing, design or operations. Choose the roles that interest you on the application.
Yes. The Tech Fellowship is fully remote. You work with your startup and meet your mentor online.
Yes. Need-based aid is available. You see the program details and the aid option when you apply.
Free to apply. It takes about a minute to start, and we save your progress. Need-based financial aid is available.