🔔 Bell AI Fellows

Voice-First AI Fellowship for Builders, Creators, and Dreamers at the Edge of Conversation, Emotion & Automation

🎙️ What to expect:

  • You'll reach our AI interviewer for a 5-minute conversation
  • Questions like: "What's a project that sparked your curiosity?" and "How do you think voice could change how we connect?"
  • We're looking for creative instinct, technical curiosity, and emotional intelligence
  • You'll hear back within 48 hours
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About the Bell AI Fellowship

Named after Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, we are creating a new kind of digital experience, where voice is not just an interface, but a medium for connection, ritual, and transformation.

This is your invitation to join a highly selective, hands-on fellowship for early-career technologists, creators, and designers who want to shape how humans interact with AI through sound, story, and emotion.

This isn't a job. It's a call to invent a new medium, rooted in play, powered by empathy, and delivered through the most human interface we have: the voice.

Fellowship Details

Our inaugural cohort brings together 4 to 6 exceptional individuals for an intensive 3-month program.

  • Duration: 3 months (September 2 to November 25, 2025)
  • Commitment: 20 hours per week, part-time
  • Cohort Size: 4 to 6 carefully selected fellows
  • Application Deadline: August 26, 2025
  • Investment: Gain experience, network, portfolio, and access to cutting-edge AI tools — no tuition required

Who We're Looking For

We're assembling a small, extraordinary cohort. What matters most is your creative instinct, technical curiosity, and emotional intelligence.

  • A technical builder or software engineer interested in AI voice applications and experience with relevant tools or languages
  • A content creator excited to tell stories or capture emotion through audio
  • An experience or game designer who wants to build interactive, conversational rituals
  • A UX thinker who believes voice is the most underexplored dimension of design
  • Or a curious, self-starting creative technologist who wants to push boundaries

Meet Your Mentors

Sunil Paul

Sunil Paul

Serial entrepreneur and investor, pioneering mobility and climate ventures. Founded four companies with 10x+ returns. Investor and board member for five IPOs and four unicorns.

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Tenni Theurer

Tenni Theurer

Product-driven builder who’s led $1.6B businesses at Yahoo, Visa, and Verizon, launched Visa’s first digital wallet, and scaled teams from startups to enterprises.

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What You'll Work On

Fellows will build and contribute to live, growing systems used by real communities. Depending on your focus area, you might:

What You'll Gain

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Real-World Portfolio

Projects with reach and real human impact. Build experiences that matter to real communities and users.

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Expert Mentorship

Learn from tech veterans with deep experience across startups, exits, and product innovation.

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Creative Freedom

A sandbox to push boundaries, not just ship tickets. Shape the future of human-AI interaction.

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Network Access

Connection to opportunities across our network of aligned startups and mission-driven organizations.

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Company Building

Learn what it takes to go from first prototype to funded venture with experienced founders.

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Cutting-Edge AI

Stay on top of evolving AI models and capabilities with access to the latest tools and technologies.

Apprenticeship in Company Creation

This fellowship also offers a rare inside look at how early-stage companies are built. You'll work alongside experienced founders who have built multiple startups, seen exits, and made dozens of successful investments.

You'll learn how to identify ideas worth pursuing, rapidly test them with real users, and build infrastructure that can scale, while staying grounded in human need and emotional design.

🎧 Ready to Begin?

Call us to activate your application for our inaugural cohort.

+1 (650) 252-4135

You'll instantly reach an AI-led voice interview. No resume required.

Applications close August 26 • Cohort starts September 2