Maincode
The AI Research Residency is a paid intensive program for late-stage PhD students and exceptional early-career researchers focused on advancing real-world AI systems. Participants collaborate directly with research and engineering teams to conduct experiments, build infrastructure, and produce high-impact publications or system improvements for Matilda. The role balances fundamental research with practical application in complex, safe execution environments.
Maincode is an Australian AI research and product company based in Melbourne, focused on building Matilda, their flagship AI assistant designed for deep contextual understanding, multi-step reasoning, and agentic task execution. The company develops its own infrastructure, research frameworks, and safety evaluations to support Matilda, which is currently in private beta and built and hosted in Australia in alignment with Australian privacy standards. Maincode also runs a paid research residency program for PhD students and early-career researchers working on frontier AI topics such as agents, alignment, training algorithms, and multimodal systems.
Australian AI startup Maincode to deploy AMD hardware at Telstra data center in Melbourne
Oct 29, 2025
Maincode Announces $30 Million Investment to Build Australia’s Most Advanced AI Factory, Powered by AMD
Oct 29, 2025
Australia’s large language model, Matilda, joins the global AI race, as Maincode's Dave Lemphers outlines his national ambitions
Oct 16, 2025
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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Maincode didn’t post a salary, so this is our estimate from similar listings.
27% above the average for this role
Maincode gears up for AI Factory launch with $30M investment
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