--- title: 'Co-Op, Editorial Content at Lila Sciences' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/co-op-editorial-content-lila-sciences-cambridge-wxs4v4cxc0av' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-30' --- # Co-Op, Editorial Content at Lila Sciences - **Company:** Lila Sciences - **Location:** Cambridge, MA - **Posted:** 2026-10-30 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-30 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/lilasciences/jobs/4472542009 ## Job description ## Your Impact at LILA The Editorial Content Co-Op joins Lila's Communications team to help tell the story of the company's scientific work across life sciences, materials science, and AI research. Output is published on lila.ai/news and Lila's social channels. The co-op writes and produces content end to end: drafting articles and social copy, interviewing scientists about their work, scripting and producing short-form video, and building visuals that make complex science legible. They also contribute to content planning and launch strategy, and support occasional team events. This is a good fit for a candidate who writes clearly about scientific subjects and wants real newsroom-style reps alongside working scientists. The co-op works directly with the editorial team, all former journalists, and reports to the hiring manager. The term runs January through May, based on site in Cambridge at our One Charles Park and Alewife offices. If you do not check every box below but bring strong curiosity, grit, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, we would love to hear from you. ## What You'll Be Building - Draft articles, explainers, and social copy about Lila's scientific work - Interview scientists and engineers, then turn those conversations into accurate stories - Assist in producing short-form video, from concept through script and final cut - Assist in building visuals and graphics that make scientific concepts legible to general readers - Contribute to the editorial calendar and launch plans for upcoming content - Fact-check drafts with internal experts before publication - Support occasional team events, including on-site coverage and recaps ## What You'll Need to Succeed - Enrolled in a degree program or recently graduated - Strong writing samples in science, technology, or news reporting - Ability to explain scientific subjects accurately to non-expert readers - Comfort interviewing subject-matter experts and working from primary sources - Precision with sourcing, fact-checking, and style consistency - Available for the full January through May term, on site in Cambridge Bonus Points For - Coursework in biology, chemistry, materials science, physics, or computer science - Experience with video production and editing tools - Familiarity with design tools for graphics, diagrams, or data visuals - Student newspaper, magazine, or science communication experience ## About LILA Lila Sciences is building Scientific Superintelligence™ to solve humankind's greatest challenges. We believe science is the most inspiring frontier for AI. Rather than hard-coding expert knowledge into tools, LILA builds systems that can learn for themselves. LILA combines advanced AI models with proprietary AI Science Factory™ instruments into an operating system for science that executes the entire scientific method autonomously, accelerating discovery at unprecedented speed, scale, and impact across medicine, materials, and energy. Learn more at www.lila.ai. Guided by our core values of truth, trust, curiosity, grit, and velocity, we move with startup speed while tackling problems of historic importance. If this sounds like an environment you'd love to work in, even if you don't meet every qualification listed above, we encourage you to apply. We’re All In Lila Sciences is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Information you provide during your application process will be handled in accordance with our [Candidate Privacy Policy](https://www.lila.ai/candidate-privacy-policy-notice). A Note to Agencies Lila Sciences does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Lila Sciences or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Lila Science’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Lila Sciences, and Lila Sciences will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto. ## About Lila Sciences ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Lila Sciences is building the world’s first Scientific Superintelligence platform and autonomous lab, using AI to autonomously generate hypotheses, design and run experiments, and learn from results in real time across life sciences, chemistry, materials, energy, and defense. - **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held) – Series A, Seed, and Grant funding rounds - **Headquarters**: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States - **Founded**: Not publicly available (first funding round was Seed in March 2025) - **Founders**: Not publicly available (founded within Flagship Pioneering’s ecosystem) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: AI-powered scientific discovery and autonomous laboratory platforms - **Target customers**: B2B – research organizations, biotech, pharmaceutical, energy, materials, aerospace, and defense companies - **Mission**: “Scientific Superintelligence to solve humankind’s greatest challenges” – accelerating discovery across medicine, materials, energy, and defense ## Products & Services - **LILA Platform (Scientific Superintelligence)**: An AI model and operating system that autonomously executes the entire scientific method – generating hypotheses, designing experiments, running them in physical labs, and learning from results in real time. - **AI Science Factory™ Instruments**: Proprietary hardware and robotics that serve as the “body” of the platform, enabling automated experimentation at scale. - **Domain-specific applications**: Tailored solutions for biotech (drug discovery, protein engineering), therapeutics (mRNA, antibodies, cell therapies), energy & environment (clean fuels, catalysis, critical minerals), advanced materials, chemicals, aerospace & defense, and oil & gas. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total funding – USD $550.7M (as of LinkedIn data) - Seed Round (March 2025): $200M led by Flagship Pioneering - Series A (September 2025): $235M led by Braidwell and Collective Global Management - Series A (November 2025): $115M led by NVentures (NVIDIA) - Grant (January 2026): $671,400 led by ARIA - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Flagship Pioneering, NVIDIA (NVentures), Braidwell, Collective Global Management, ARIA - **Growth Signals**: Named #25 on the 2026 CNBC Disruptor 50 List; headcount of 308 employees (monthly growth +10.6%); 122 active job postings; operates in 6 countries (US, UK, Canada, Poland, Spain, Germany) ## Competitive Advantages - **Proprietary AI model** that consistently outperforms other models across scientific domains in complex analysis and reasoning. - **Autonomous physical labs** that close the loop between AI hypothesis generation and real-world experimentation. - **“Team of Teams” operating model** enabling startup speed at scale while maintaining radical transparency and high trust. - **General platform approach** (inspired by Rich Sutton’s “Bitter Lesson”) rather than narrow domain-specific tools, allowing broad applicability. ## Strategic Focus - Accelerating discovery across medicine, materials, energy, and defense - Scaling the autonomous science platform to more industries and use cases - Building “Scientific Superintelligence” that can tackle humanity’s greatest challenges - Continued investment in AI research, robotics, and lab automation ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Emphasizes velocity, trust, curiosity, truth, and grit. “Think freely, prove precisely.” A high-trust, mission-driven environment where scientists and engineers work side by side. - **Remote/Hybrid/Office**: Roles are listed in Cambridge, MA; San Francisco, CA; and London, UK. Physical lab presence suggests significant on-site work, but some roles may offer flexibility. Policy not explicitly stated. - **Notable perks/engineering culture**: Opportunity to work at the frontier of AI and scientific discovery; collaboration with world-renowned experts; access to cutting-edge robotics and AI infrastructure; strong emphasis on learning and teaching (“generous teachers and eager learners”). ## Sources 1. [lila.ai](https://www.lila.ai/) 2. [lila.ai/about](https://www.lila.ai/about) 3. [lila.ai/open-roles](https://www.lila.ai/open-roles) 4. [LinkedIn - Lila Sciences](https://www.linkedin.com/company/lila-sciences) 5. 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