We back founder-level engineers who will transform the US Treasury. On February 1 they will join an intensive eight week lab. By April 15 they begin building something extraordinary - the AI-first engineering team for our $30tn economy
To be selected you must be nominated (you can also ask for nominations on X). The selection committee are Tech Leads at Gemini, Anthropic, Tesla and Stanford
Core36 gives $195k to engineers building AI that rearchitects US finance. Nominate the engineer who belongs here
THE MOMENT
The US Treasury is entering a phase of foundational technical choice.
Here, interfaces harden into dependencies, schemas into contracts, and workarounds into policy.
What takes shape becomes precedent, touching every facet of the US economy and society.
The window is open now.
THE RESPONSE
Treasury is convening 36 engineers for three months of intensive preparation before embedding them as Institutional Deployed Engineers to amplify Treasury's technical core.
Those who complete this will formally assume roles at the Treasury, working on systems that shape the economy - reaching and protecting every American and touching trillions of dollars of scope.
You'll be part of a concentrated effort to raise the standard of engineering inside one of the most consequential institutions in the world.
Decisions made here will shape how systems are built, governed, and trusted across government.
From here the standard will be set.
The impact felt by every American.
SELECTIVITY
The process will move swiftly on a rolling basis, with introductory calls taking place within 48 hours after nomination. We anticipate concluding the full process within one week.
The selection committee is made up of technical leaders from ElevenLabs, Anthropic, ASML, Tesla, Oxford University, Harvard University, Stanford University.
