Priority applications reviewed until September 15, 2026
Become the face of AfterQuery at your school.
AfterQuery pays students and professionals for the one thing AI models can’t do: think like an expert in a real field. We hire one student per campus to bring in the best people at their school.
$20 per activated expert · $250 events budget · Lunch with the founders in San Francisco
Priority applications reviewed until September 15, 2026
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Powering every frontier AI research lab
Why AfterQuery
Every frontier AI lab works with us.
AfterQuery is an applied research lab, and we pay people for what they actually know in their own field. Our founding team left Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, Jane Street, Palantir, NVIDIA, and Google to build it, and we’re backed by angels from the frontier labs themselves. As an ambassador you’d be the first person on your campus inside one of the defining companies of this generation.
How it works
Apply
Fill out the form on this page: the basics about you and your school, your resume, and one short written answer on why you’d be a strong fit.
Get picked for your campus
We take one ambassador per university. If it’s you, we reach out at your university email and get you set up.
Share your link
You get a personal referral link, unique to you. Anyone who signs up through it is credited to you.
Earn as your referrals come through
Every person who signs up through your link and completes a project pays out $20.
What you get
$20 per activated expert
$20 in cash for everyone you bring in, paid out once they complete their first project. There is no cap on how many people you refer.
Trip to San Francisco
Every ambassador shows up on a public leaderboard. At the end of the semester, the top three contributors get flown out to San Francisco for lunch with our founders.
Events budget every semester
A semesterly budget to host events on campus: food, space, or swag. Spend it however you like, with prior approval.
Exclusive ambassador merch
A kit of AfterQuery merch made only for ambassadors: shirt, sticker, and hat. Some for you, the rest to hand out at your events.
Only one ambassador per university
What the role looks like
Host events on campus
Info sessions, work nights, study socials, whatever gets people in a room.
Represent AfterQuery
Be the single point of contact for AfterQuery at your school, with a direct line to our team.
Bring your friends on
Share your link with the friends you think would be interested in picking up paid work: classmates, teammates, lab partners. They apply, get vetted, and take on projects in their own field.
Questions
Who can apply?
Any current undergraduate, master’s, or PhD student with a university email address. We care much more about how plugged in you are on campus than about the length of your resume.
How many ambassadors do you take per school?
One. Every campus gets a single ambassador, so the first strong application from your university has a real advantage.
How much time does it take?
A few hours a week. Most of it is talking to people you already know, plus an event or two over the course of a semester.
How do I get paid?
You earn $20 in cash for every expert who signs up through your link and activates, with no cap on how many you refer. On top of that you get a $250 events budget each semester. There is no salary or hourly rate.
What counts as an activated expert?
Someone who signed up through your link and has completed a project on the platform. Signing up alone doesn’t count. The reward is paid once they’ve finished their first piece of work.
How does the San Francisco trip work?
Every ambassador appears on a public leaderboard. At the end of the semester we fly the top three contributors to San Francisco for lunch with our founders.
When will I hear back?
We review applications as they arrive, and applications submitted before September 15, 2026 get priority review. If we pick your campus, we email you at the university address you applied with.
Apply to be an Ambassador
Priority applications reviewed until September 15, 2026
Only one ambassador per university