Intern, Business Development 2

Ayar Labs • San Jose, CA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Ayar Labs is seeking a Business Development intern for a term from May to August 2027. The position is on-site at the company’s San Jose office. The intern will research and frame the strategic, commercial, and regulatory landscape for a potential international market expansion, synthesizing complex and rapidly changing information into a decision-ready playbook for leadership. The work will examine market opportunities, regional manufacturing and ecosystem trends, industry standards, business and manufacturing constraints, and structural options companies use to navigate the region. The intern will outline viable strategic paths, open questions, and associated risks and rewards.

Ayar Labs develops optical I/O chiplets and co-packaged optics using silicon photonics to address data bottlenecks in AI compute hardware. The company is backed by NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel and works with the semiconductor ecosystem to support next-generation AI scale-up architectures. The intern will use AI tools to accelerate research and synthesis and help operationalize AI-enabled approaches that improve company planning and decision-making.

There is no immigration support except for F-1 visa holders, and no relocation support. The posting expires upon reaching its application threshold. Ayar Labs is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and provides reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless doing so would cause undue hardship. Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or Cognitive Science.
• Foundational understanding of AI tool use.
• Proficiency with mainstream and emerging AI-enabled business tools and methods.
• Experience with technical market analysis, customer-oriented thinking, and business planning.
• Strong interest in AI infrastructure and technology markets, and willingness to tackle challenging goals.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience engineering, building, or working with computer or technology hardware.
• Demonstrated ability to apply AI tools in innovative, high-leverage ways.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify, analyze, and clearly report industry and market trends using diverse data sources.
• Use AI tools throughout the workflow to accelerate research, synthesis, and structured reporting.
• Introduce and operationalize AI-enabled approaches to improve company planning and decision-making.
• Deliver actionable analysis and recommendations that influence business leaders and executives.
• Map regional market opportunity, including demand drivers, local manufacturing and ecosystem trends, and evolving industry standards.
• Analyze business and manufacturing constraints in the geographic region.
• Catalog structural options companies use to navigate regional dynamics.
• Produce a concise playbook presenting viable strategic paths, open questions, risks, and rewards.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern