TL;DR
I've missed a lot of opportunities simply because I didn't know they existed.
So every Friday, I'll share opportunities, programs, events, resources, and other interesting finds that I come across.
I know I'll miss things, so if you discover something worth sharing, drop it in the comments.
If I feature your find in a future edition, I'll make sure to credit you. If you discovered it, the recognition belongs to you.
Hopefully this becomes less of my radar and more of our radar over time.
This week's edition includes a contributor-focused fellowship, a $100,000 AI research grant, a founder fellowship, and a resource for people interested in building AI agents.
Table of Contents
- ⚡ Quick Scan
- 📍 This Week's Opportunities
- 📚 Resources Worth Checking Out
- 🧭 Why I'm Starting This
- 🤝 Let's Build This Together
- 🌟 Community Finds
- 👋 Until Next Friday
⚡ Quick Scan
| Opportunity | Organization | Type | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flow Fellowship | Flow Research | Fellowship | May 31 |
| Interactivity Research Grants | Thinking Machines | Research Grant ($100K) | June 19, 2026 |
| Commit Fellowship | MLH & Transcend Network | Founder Fellowship | May 31 |
Resource Highlight: Hands-on AI Agents - a free book and code repository for learning modern AI agent frameworks.
📍 This Week's Opportunities
Here are a few opportunities I came across this week that I thought were worth sharing.
📌 Flow Fellowship
Who it's for: People interested in contributing to projects across AI, product, research, systems, content, and media.
What stands out: Unlike many programs that focus primarily on learning, this fellowship focuses on contributing to real projects and shipping public work.
Format: 12-week cohort with mentorship and project contributions.
Location: Global
Deadline: May 31
🔗 Learn More | Apply
📌 Interactivity Research Grants by Thinking Machines
Who it's for: Researchers exploring human-AI interaction and collaboration.
What stands out: Up to $100,000 in funding plus $25,000 in Tinker credits for projects focused on improving how humans and AI work together.
Areas of interest: Multimodal interaction, generative UI, AI safety for real-time systems, and human steering of long-running AI agents.
This was one of the most interesting opportunities I came across this week because it focuses on making AI systems better collaborators, not just more autonomous.
Location: Global
Deadline: June 19, 2026
📌 Commit Fellowship
Who it's for: People curious about entrepreneurship who haven't yet started building a company.
What stands out: No startup idea, team, or previous founder experience required.
Format: Three-week fellowship from MLH and Transcend Network.
I liked this one because it's aimed at people who are still figuring things out. Many startup programs assume you're already building something. This one is designed for people who are much earlier in the journey.
Location: United States, Canada, Mexico
Deadline: May 31
📚 Resources Worth Checking Out
Not every useful find comes with an application deadline.
Here's one resource worth checking out this week.
Hands-on AI Agents
Who it's for: Developers, AI engineers, and anyone interested in building AI agents.
What stands out: The book appears to build a single evolving system across chapters instead of jumping between unrelated examples.
Topics covered: LangGraph, CrewAI, MCP, agent handoffs, memory, observability, multimodal agents, and multi-agent systems.
Antonio Gulli, Distinguished Engineer at Google, is currently working on Hands-on AI Agents and publicly sharing the accompanying code and materials as the project evolves.
I'm sharing this because it covers many of the concepts that keep showing up in AI agent discussions right now while providing practical examples and implementations.
Status: Ongoing / actively being developed
🧭 Why I'm Starting This
Over the past few years, I've realized I've probably missed a lot of opportunities simply because I never knew they existed.
Not because I wasn't interested.
Not because I wasn't qualified.
I just never came across them in time.
Fellowships. Hackathons. Grants. Communities. Resources.
Sometimes I discover these opportunities months after applications close, and my first thought is always:
"I wish I had known about this earlier."
So I started thinking:
If I happen to find something useful, why not share it?
Maybe it's an opportunity that helps someone get involved in open source.
Maybe it's a fellowship that introduces them to an incredible community.
Maybe it's the thing that opens a door they didn't even know existed.
That's what this series is.
Every Friday (IST), I'll share opportunities, programs, events, resources, and interesting finds I come across during the week.
Some weeks there might be three things.
Other weeks there might be ten.
The goal isn't quantity.
The goal is helping people discover opportunities they otherwise might have missed.
If even one opportunity helps someone learn, build, contribute, or connect with the right people, I'll consider this series a success.
🤝 Let's Build This Together
I know I'll miss things.
Opportunities are everywhere.
They're spread across communities, newsletters, Discord servers, social media posts, blog articles, company announcements, and places most of us don't check regularly.
That's why I'd love for this to become something we build together.
If you know about:
- an ambassador program
- a fellowship
- a hackathon
- a conference
- a meetup
- an open-source initiative
- a grant
- a learning resource
- or anything else developers should know about
drop it in the comments.
If I feature it in a future edition, I'll make sure to credit you.
If you found it, that recognition belongs to you.
The goal isn't for this to become my radar.
The goal is for it to become our radar.
🌟 Community Finds
This section is empty for now.
Hopefully it won't stay that way for long.
My hope is that future editions don't just include things I happen to come across, but also opportunities, resources, and events discovered by people in this community.
Maybe next week one of the opportunities featured here comes from you.
There's a lot happening in tech, and no single person can keep up with everything.
That's one of the reasons I'm excited to see where this series goes.
What opportunities, resources, or communities have you come across recently?
👋 Until Next Friday
This is the first edition, so we'll see where it goes.
My hope is simple:
If this series helps even one person discover an opportunity they would've otherwise missed, it'll be worth writing.
And if enough people contribute their own finds, maybe we can build something genuinely useful for the developer community.
Since this is the first edition, I'd also love feedback on the format.
What's working?
What isn't?
What would make future editions more useful?
Got an opportunity, grant, fellowship, hackathon, conference, resource, or community worth sharing?
Drop it in the comments.
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I'll be back next Friday with more opportunities, resources, and community finds.
See you next Friday 👋
Top comments (1)
What opportunities, communities, grants, fellowships, hackathons, conferences, or resources have you come across recently that deserve more attention?
I'm always looking for things to include in future editions, so feel free to share anything interesting you've found.