Fellow - Industry/Domain Expert

The role

You will validate a problem, build an AI prototype with the team, test it with real users, and prepare it for venture formation. This is for operators and specialists who have lived the inefficiency or problem they want to fix.

What you will do

• Define the problem with real evidence
• Validate with customers
• Prototype with design and engineering
• Run pilots and early commercial tests
• Shape the venture case and strategy

Required qualifications

• Deep domain fluency
• Access to workflows, data, or customers
• Credibility in your field
• Clear understanding of where value leaks
• A bias for action

Benefits

• Full access to product, design, engineering, and GTM teams

Before you apply

• Applications for the current cohort are closed
• New applications will begin processing from October 2026

About the company

the-studio is an AI-native venture builder for the Global South. They partner with people who bring problems, access, and insight to provide product, design, engineering, and GTM support.