Temasek

The Programme

We are looking for a project intern to join the POD-AI in the first half of 2025.

Team Description - POD-Artificial Intelligence (POD-AI):

The AI Pod adopts a tech-centric investment approach to AI and aims to identify and capture opportunities in AI for Temasek and its broader portfolio ecosystem.

It invests across:

• Early-stage, AI-native companies.
• AI-specialist VC funds.
• Venture building, where it has set up a number of ventures, including Minden.ai, Aicadium and Resaro AI.  

Your key responsibilities include the following: 

• Stay abreast of technical developments and combine that with a keen understanding of business logic from domain experts to evaluate the commercial impact of the fast-paced developments in the field of AI.
• Support evaluation and due diligence of investment opportunities in early-stage companies through technology and product assessments.
• Work closely with the team to support the preparation of presentations, memos and analysis.
• Work with your teammates in an agile, start-up environment to solve diverse business and technical challenges.

Required Skills and Abilities

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in a highly quantitative field (Computer Science, Machine Learning, Operations Research, Statistics, Mathematics, etc.) with an interest in finance or investing. 
• Previous internship experience in a software product company or software consulting firm.
• High level of interpersonal and communication skills. 
• Able to work well with diverse teams and deal with multiple stakeholders. 
• Self-starter with a proven ability to manage multiple priorities and to work independently. 
• Experience working on Machine Learning/AI/Deep Learning projects.
• Demonstrates intellectual curiosity and strategic/business-oriented thinking, particularly around the commercial impact of technological developments in AI.
• Good presentation abilities, with excellent communication and writing skills, with the ability to explain complex analytical concepts to people from other fields. 

About Us:

Incorporated in 1974, Temasek is an investment company headquartered in Singapore. Supported by 11 offices internationally, Temasek owns a net portfolio value of S$308 billion (US$235 billion) as of 31 March 2018.

Our portfolio covers a broad spectrum of sectors, including financial services; telecommunications, media & technology; transportation & industrials; consumer & real estate; life sciences & agribusiness; as well as energy & resources.

Our investment activities are guided by four investment themes and the long-term trends they represent:  

• Transforming Economies;
• Growing Middle Income Populations;
• Deepening Comparative Advantages; and
• Emerging Champions.