Atlas Fellowship Program

Atlas Fellowship Program

Overview: An 11-day transformative learning program designed to help shape the trajectory of participants' lives.

Location: Berkeley, CA, United States

Program Dates:

July 15–26, 2026

August 8–19, 2026

November 6–17, 2026 (if high-quality applications received)

December 16–24, 2026 (if high-quality applications received)

Cost: Completely free, including travel, visas, housing, food, and all other related expenses

Attendance: All Fellows are invited but attendance is optional. Participants are trusted to make informed choices about whether to attend.

Special Focus: This year's program has a special focus on artificial intelligence

Program Structure

Daily Schedule: 4–7 hours of workshops and activities each day. All sessions are optional.

Sample Daily Activities:

Morning rant: thermodynamics paradoxes and engines of cognition

Fermi estimates and forecasting

Machine learning

Active activities (e.g., foam swords)

Challenges (e.g., build a working food delivery startup)

Electives including: Interpretability, climate solutions, hacker ethics, AGI risks, scientific method

Evening activities: juggling, trading markets, puzzle solving

Ethos & Learning Approach

Three Core Pillars:
1. Understand how the world really works - Big-picture thinking about science, philosophy, and the future to build models of what's happening for humanity
2. Find what you can do to shape it - Develop agency through strategic prioritization, unconventional problem-solving, and hard work
3. Work with a community of collaborators - Meet friends at in-person programs, reunions, and online community; collaborate on projects

Contact Information

Address: Riverside 25, San Francisco, California

Phone: 800 234 567

Email: hello@website.com

Website: atlasfellowship.org