The AI Internship

Our team

Senior practitioners.
Not curriculum-only trainers.

Every cohort is led by someone who ships AI in production today — founders, PhDs, and engineers who teach what they actually build.

Co-founder · Director

Manu Jayawardana

Manu
Jayawardana

Exited AI founder and CEO of Krybe (AI voice agents). Runs custom programs for product and GTM teams, focused on practical agent workflows.

Co-founder · Lead Instructor

Aki Wijesundara, PhD

Aki
Wijesundara, PhD

AI/ML lead with a PhD in Machine Learning and former Head of AI at Mainstreet Partners. Ex-Google AI Accelerator mentor; leads enterprise deliveries for engineering teams.

Instructor

Kavi Thennakoon

Kavi
Thennakoon

CEO of Tilli (Stanford & Google Accelerator, backed by the Gates Foundation). Builds and teaches production AI products end to end.

Instructor

Aamir Faaiz

Aamir
Faaiz

2x founder and AI consultant. Helps teams ship agentic products and automations on their real workflows.