A six-month internship for high school builders who want to turn an idea into something real, with paying customers, in public, on a deadline. We give you the workspace, the tools, the coaching, and the AI infrastructure. You bring the vision and the work ethic.
Your idea, your company, your customers, your wins. You will work harder than you have ever worked on anything.
Four students. Each one arrives with an idea they care about and spends six months turning it into a real product with paying customers. You ship every week. You demo every week. You get feedback that is direct and sometimes uncomfortable. You build in public.
Lightbloom's senior builders coach you through it. The work, the company, and the IP are yours.
Four things, each chosen because a real founder needs it.
A founder budget to spend on the work. Hosting, software, AI credits, studio time, the marketing spend you'll eventually need. Part of the program is learning where to spend it and where not to.
Lightbloom's office at Puzl CoWorking in Budapest, one to two days a week. A full content studio inside it — cameras, lights, sound — to record video, run a podcast, build an audience around what you're making.
Two hours one-on-one with a senior Lightbloom builder, plus continuous access between sessions. Feedback that's direct, kind, focused on the work. You always know where you stand.
Your idea, your company, your IP. We don't take equity. We give honest feedback, but you make the calls.
A founder's life is mostly cadence. We give you one from day one, the same one we run inside Lightbloom, and we hold you to it. We encourage you to do it in public.
You push something real into the world. Code, copy, a landing page, a video, a sales call. No exceptions.
You show your work to the team and anyone watching online. Five minutes, live, streamed publicly. Real feedback from real people.
Feedback that is direct and sometimes uncomfortable. We coach you the way we coach each other.
Real customers. Real money. Not almost ready, not thinking about it. Hit that bar and we keep going six more months.
Four spots. We are looking for students who want this badly.
You have something you want to build, and you cannot stop thinking about it. Software, hardware, a service, a physical product, a community, a marketplace. It doesn't need to be technical, but you need to be willing to learn how to build with the latest AI tools.
You're up for putting in real hours each week, on top of school. You take feedback well. You don't mind being visible. You aren't here for an easy line on a college application. You're here for something that will change how you think about what you can do.
Before you apply
You will work hard. You will ship every week. You will demo your work to people who tell you the truth about it. Some weeks you'll feel like you're in over your head. That's the point.
If that excites you more than it scares you, you're the kind of student we're looking for.
Lightbloom is an AI company with offices in Budapest and Singapore. We started this program because the next generation of builders will grow up with AI as a native tool, the same way we grew up with the internet. We want to help four of them get a real head start.
Applications open now
Three dates, in order. Start the first one today.
We expect significantly more applications than we can take. The four finalists are chosen on pitch day, in person, at our Budapest office.
Share your interest with Mr. Topf. He'll send you the program details and what to prepare over the summer.
ctopf@aisb.huSpend the summer thinking about the business or project you want to build for the duration of the program. Bring something you actually believe in.
Refine your concept and pitch your vision to the Lightbloom team at our Puzl office. The four spots are awarded from this day, and the six-month program begins.
The questions students and parents actually have. If yours isn't here, ask Mr. Topf.
Four spots · First cohort
One short, honest email. Tell him what you want to build and why you.