Get Involved

Build with us.

We need researchers, engineers, organizers, writers, and domain experts — at every level of experience.

How to Contribute

Three ways in.

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Volunteer

Contribute your skills to a specific project — data labeling, research review, technical writing, UX design, or community organizing. No minimum time commitment.

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Intern

Production-focused working internships across three tracks: Data Engineering, AI Engineering, and Science Research. Real work. Mentorship from day one.

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Collaborate

Academic researchers, institutions, and domain experts. We seek collaborators in sociology, psychology, environmentalism, neuroscience, political philosophy, and AI ethics.

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Volunteer

Contribute your skills.

📋 Volunteer application forms are coming soon. In the meantime, email us at [email protected] with your background and interests.
What Volunteers Do
Data Labeling & Annotation

Help build training datasets for CommunityLLM and OVNN — reviewing, rating, and annotating AI-generated examples.

Research Review

Domain experts review literature, evaluate sources, and help curate research collections for the Open Science Lab.

Documentation & Writing

Technical writers and editors help make our systems accessible — from README files to educational guides.

Code Contributions

Developers contribute to open-source repos — Python pipelines, YAML configurations, frontend tools.

Skills We Need
Python Data Engineering ML / AI Sociology Psychology Neuroscience Technical Writing UX / Design Community Organizing Political Philosophy Environmentalism Peer Support
Internship Program

Production-focused.
Real work from day one.

Three tracks. Currently accepting interest for the Data Engineering track.

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Track 01

Data Engineering

Build the pipelines that power our research and AI systems. Kestra orchestration, Python, LanceDB, manifest-driven architectures.

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Track 02

AI Engineering

Fine-tuning, inference, RAG pipelines, multi-agent systems. Work with LiteLLM, Ollama, vLLM, and Langfuse.

Coming Soon
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Track 03

Science Research

Systematic literature review, knowledge extraction, dataset curation across four research domains.

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Internship Applications

Online applications are coming soon. To express interest now, email [email protected] with the subject line "Internship Interest — [Track Name]" and a short note about your background.

Internships are currently unpaid with a path to stipends as OLS secures funding. You will receive mentorship, real-world experience, and public credit for contributions to open-source systems.