The Problem

Young people are more connected online than ever, yet lonelier than any generation before them.

Most digital platforms are designed for passive consumption on screens, pulling people away from the environments they live in.

We are exploring the opposite: technology that brings people together in real-world environments.

To do that, software must understand place, not just users and clicks.

What We Are Building

Vyry builds context-aware AI quests that get students to meet in real life.

The system turns environments, starting with university campuses, into interactive canvases where students coordinate actions and co-create digital artifacts anchored to real locations.

We are in closed beta and are seeing strong signals:

• 12k to 175k students reached in 2025
• 25% of MAUs complete quests
• Pilots show up to 40% reduction in social isolation

The team combines consumer product, spatial computing, and immersive systems expertise, with former talent from Roblox, Niantic, and Ubisoft, alongside a research layer that includes 2 professors and 4 PhDs.

The company is also part of the Google AI Startup Program and is prototyping on Meta’s invite-only Wearables SDK.

The role

As a User Research Intern, you’ll coordinate, run, and support qualitative research that shapes product decisions. You’ll learn how to plan sessions, moderate high-signal conversations, and turn messy qualitative input into crisp, usable insights.

This role is hands-on, not watching from the sidelines.

What you’ll do

1) Coordinate and moderate user research sessions (core)

• Plan and facilitate focus groups and/or interviews using our guides and structure
• Ask strong follow-ups (“ask, don’t tell”), stay neutral, and manage group dynamics
• Keep sessions focused, respectful, and high-signal

2) Plan sessions with intention

• Translate research goals into a discussion guide and session flow (templates provided)
• Align questions to current product hypotheses and decisions

3) Deliver clean research outputs (required)

Leverage tech to transcript + structured summary (insights, quotes, implications, follow-ups)

4) Work like a remote-first teammate

• Track tasks and deadlines in Asana
• Share a short weekly update (what you ran, what you learned, what’s next, blockers)

What you get

Skills that actually compound

• Moderation reps + coaching (how to ask better questions, stay unbiased, and go deeper than surface opinions)
• Synthesis practice: turning transcripts into patterns, insights, and recommendations
• Stronger communication: writing and presenting findings clearly
• Work alongside engineers, designers, and PMs
• Unlock your entrepreneurial DNA by collaborating with the founders

Portfolio-ready proof

• You’ll produce real research artifacts (sanitized summaries/insight memos you can reference in a portfolio)

Career clarity

• You’ll learn what it’s like to work on a real consumer product where research directly changes decisions
• Learn first-hand how to use LLMs, LWMs, and agents, skills that catapult you into your professional career

Who qualifies

Required

• 3rd/4th year student (Junior/Senior), 2nd year outliers
• Fluent English; comfortable leading live conversations
• Reliable follow-through (you hit deadlines and communicate early if blocked)
• Curious by default: you naturally ask “why?” and you’re not afraid of silence

Strong preference: You’re genuinely excited about:

• AI and AR (and where consumer tech is heading)
• Gaming, social products, and mobile consumer apps
• Building a mission-driven product (not “another internship”)
• Remote-first execution: proactive communication, strong writing, self-management

Tools comfort (important)

• Comfortable learning and using tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Asana, shared docs, and forms.

Nice to have

• Any facilitation background (clubs, tutoring/teaching, community leadership, RA/peer mentor, etc.)
• Any qualitative research exposure (class projects count)

Nice to have (GREAT+)

• OpenClaw agentic process setup (agentic workflows/automation that speeds up research operations)

Internship Details

• Internship type: Full-time/Summer
• Location: Remote
• Term: Summer 2026
• Compensation: Unpaid

Who This Is For

• This is for someone who is mission-aligned and opportunity-oriented.
• Someone who wants to build, learn fast, and operate in an environment where the work matters.
• Someone who cares about the problem we are solving and can clearly express why helping reduce social isolation and bring people together in real-world environments matters to them.
• This is for someone optimizing for exposure, responsibility, growth, and the opportunity to make a real contribution. Someone who wants to earn trust through output, not wait for permission.

Who This Is Not For

• This is not for someone looking for a summer filler.
• This is not for someone who mainly wants an internship line on a CV.
• This is not for someone optimizing for comfort, structure, or passive participation.
• If your main goal is to collect a brand name, do the minimum, and move on, this is not the right fit.
• We are looking for someone who is genuinely aligned with the mission, serious about contributing, and motivated by the opportunity to help build something meaningful.
  
  How to Apply

Please submit:

• Your resume
• Links to relevant work, projects, campaigns, or content, if available
• A short note on why this mission matters to you and why you believe you are a fit for this role