Mar 14, 2026
NYC Startup Internships — Week of March 14–20, 2026
NYC Startup Internships — Week of March 14–20, 2026
The window is closing. Here's where to apply right now.
If you're a student or recent grad and you haven't started applying to NYC startup internships yet, this is your warning. The best summer 2026 roles at Series A and B companies in New York filled up in February. But there are still strong opportunities open — and new ones are being posted every week, especially at companies that just raised fresh capital.
This week's list focuses on the NYC startups most likely to bring on interns in the next 30–60 days, based on recent funding, team size, and active hiring signals. Each one is venture-backed, growing, and worth a cold email even if there's no formal posting.
→ Browse all NYC startup internships at startupjobs.nyc
Why March Is Still a Good Time to Apply
The conventional wisdom is that internship season is over by March. That's true for large tech companies and banks — Goldman, Google, and JPMorgan close their summer pipelines in January. But NYC startups move differently. Smaller teams, faster decisions, and the chaos of a recent fundraise means many companies either haven't posted yet or are making room for additional interns as their headcount plans expand.
The companies below either raised money this month (giving them budget) or have demonstrated consistent internship hiring across prior cycles.
🎯 Startups to Target This Week
Grow Therapy Mental Health Platform | Series D | Backed by TCV & Goldman Sachs Grow Therapy is scaling fast across all functions. With 1M+ patients served and $298M raised total, this is one of the best-resourced growth-stage healthtech companies in NYC. Internship opportunities span clinical operations, growth, product, and engineering. The company's mission — making mental healthcare accessible — makes it a particularly compelling place to work. Best fit: Pre-med, public health, product, and operations students.
Ramp Fintech | Late-stage | Backed by Founders Fund, Stripe, Coatue Ramp consistently offers some of the best-compensated internships in the NYC startup ecosystem — particularly for software engineering ($50–70/hr range) and finance. Their structured programs, strong mentorship culture, and high full-time conversion rate make this a top target. Best fit: SWE, data, finance, and ops students.
Vestwell Fintech | $623.8M raised | Series E just closed A $385M Series E in February means Vestwell is actively building out teams in compliance, product, and fintech engineering. Internships here offer genuine exposure to the retirement and savings infrastructure space — a less flashy but highly durable corner of fintech. Best fit: Fintech, finance, compliance, and policy students.
Runway Generative AI | $859.5M raised Runway's internship program (when available) is among the most competitive in NYC — and one of the most valuable on a resume. The company is at the frontier of generative video AI and actively hiring for ML research, product, and creative roles. Even without a formal posting, a strong cold application referencing their recent work is worth sending. Best fit: ML/AI students, product, and creative technologists.
Grafana Labs Observability | $1.055B raised | Just raised $250M Grafana runs one of the most widely used open-source platforms in engineering. Internships here tend to involve real contributions to OSS software and enterprise features — not busy work. Engineering interns work on Go and TypeScript codebases used by millions of developers worldwide. Best fit: SWE students comfortable with backend systems and observability tooling.
Moxie MedSpa Software | $51M raised | Just raised $25M Series C Moxie is small enough (under 100 employees) that an intern will meaningfully contribute to the product. Just raised $25M, which means budget exists and hiring plans are being set now. Great place for product or operations interns who want to work in health-adjacent SaaS. Best fit: Product, ops, and business students interested in healthcare SaaS.
Amigo AI Healthcare AI | $17.3M raised | Series A Founded in 2024 and already Series A-funded with Optum Ventures as a backer, Amigo AI is the definition of a foundational early-stage company. An intern here is likely working directly with the founders. High risk, extremely high upside for learning. Best fit: AI/ML engineers and healthcare-focused students willing to work in a scrappy, fast-moving environment.
Translucent Healthcare Finance AI | $34M raised | GV-backed Google Ventures doesn't back many seed-stage teams, so the fact that they led Translucent's Series A is a strong signal. The company is automating the financial back office of healthcare — a $500B+ problem. Early-stage enough that interns will have outsized impact. Best fit: SWE and healthcare finance students.
Rebar Construction Tech | $14M Series A | Founded 2024 Rebar is automating estimation and quoting for the skilled trades — HVAC, electrical, plumbing. Founded in 2024, this is a company making genuinely foundational early hires. If you're interested in vertical AI applied to the built world, this is worth a reach-out. Best fit: SWE, product, and operations students.
Profound AI SEO | $154.5M raised | Backed by Sequoia, Lightspeed Profound is one of the fastest-growing NYC AI companies — and it operates in a category (AI search optimization) that will be critical for every brand in the next five years. Growth marketing and engineering interns would both find meaningful work here. Best fit: Growth marketing, SWE, and data students.
Mega Marketing AI | $11.5M Series A | Founded 2024 Mega automates SEO and paid ads for startups and SMBs. Just raised a Series A from Goodwater Capital. Small team, fresh capital, and a product with immediate real-world application makes this a high-quality early-stage internship target. Best fit: Growth marketing and SWE students.
How to Apply When There's No Posting
Most of the companies above won't have a formal "Summer 2026 Intern" listing on their careers page right now. That doesn't mean they won't hire you. Here's the exact playbook:
Find the founder or an early employee on LinkedIn. Company size < 50 means the founders are often reachable.
Send a short, specific message. Reference the recent funding, explain what you'd work on, and attach your resume and any relevant work.
Lead with value. "I noticed you're building [X] and I have experience in [Y] — here's something I made that's relevant" beats "I'm a junior looking for experience."
Follow up once, then move on. Startups are busy. One follow-up is appropriate. More than that is noise.
The students who land the best NYC startup internships in 2026 aren't the ones who applied to every job board posting. They're the ones who did the research, identified the right moment (right after a funding announcement is ideal), and reached out directly.
→ See all open NYC startup internship listings at startupjobs.nyc
Published March 14, 2026. Updated weekly.