Member of Technical Staff, World Models

Odyssey is pioneering world models, the next frontier of artificial intelligence. By learning from the real world, Odyssey is training a new kind of generative model, capable of generating cinematic, interactive worlds in real-time. Odyssey’s mission is to reinvent film, gaming, and beyond.

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 AI 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 significant 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, and Midjourney. Ed Catmull, the founder of Pixar, serves on Odyssey’s board.

Who You Are

• You’re a staff-level or greater researcher & engineer, with demonstrated experience in ML topics related to world models. This could include world models, or broader generative ML in computer vision and graphics.
• You are passionate about R&D and pushing the state-of-the-art.
• You have the ability to bring your ideas from 0→1 with code and data.

What You’ll Do

• You will develop state-of-the-art world models, generating dynamic, photorealistic worlds in real-time.
• You will conduct research into new algorithmic methods, discover how to measure new model capabilities, and work to improve performance in these capabilities.
• You will collaborate with Odyssey's product engineering as these models are shipped to enable new creative experiences. This provides key feedback to inform research directions.