Odyssey is pioneering the next frontier of artificial intelligence: generative worlds. By learning from the real-world, they’re training a new kind of visual generative model capable of generating cinematic worlds that you can direct—from scenery and characters to lighting and motion. Odyssey’s mission is to reinvent film, gaming, and more.

Odyssey was founded in late 2023 by Oliver Cameron (Cruise, Voyage) and Jeff Hawke (Wayve, Oxford AI PhD), two veterans of self-driving cars and AI. They’ve since recruited a world-class team of ML researchers from Cruise, Waymo, Wayve, Tesla, Microsoft, Meta, and NVIDIA; lead computer graphics researchers from EA, Ubisoft, and Valve; and technical artists behind Hollywood blockbusters like Dune, Godzilla, Avengers, and Jurassic World.

Odyssey has raised venture capital from GV, EQT Ventures, Air Street Capital, DCVC, Elad Gil, Garry Tan, Soleio, Jeff Dean, Kyle Vogt, Qasar Younis, Guillermo Rauch, Soumith Chintala, and researchers from OpenAI, DeepMind, Meta, Midjourney, and Pixar.

What You Will Do

• Perform data collection of the real-world with data capture devices (imagine a super video camera), managing starting, saving and uploading recordings.
• Wear a 25lb data capturing backpack, walking in different locations for 5-6 hours per day.
• Problem solve issues and debug issues with the device on-the-fly.
• Drive to a different location to walk each day.
• Work with us for 35+ hours a week.
• Note: Instructions and onsite training will be provided.

You Will Thrive If You...

• Can wear a 25lb backpack device and walk multiple miles per day and up to 5-6 hours a day.
• You have access to a car to transport yourself and our data collection device.
• Are reliable.
• Are careful with expensive equipment.
• Can debug basic technical issues.
• Bonus:
• • You have a passion for photography for artificial intelligence.
  • You have intuition on photography concepts, such as lighting, exposure, aperture, and framing.
  • You are interested in computer vision.

The pay range for this role is:

$30-$30 per hour (Odyssey (Bay Area)).