Residency Program - Fall 2025 Cohort

Astera's Residency Application Application Autofill from resume Upload your resume here to autofill key application fields. Upload file General Questions: Name Pronouns Email Resume Upload File or drag and drop here Location Are you willing to relocate to the Bay Area, if selected for this program? Yes No Are you legally authorized to work in the US? Yes No Will you require visa sponsorship? Note: we will sponsor H-1B cap exempt visas for qualified applicants. Yes No Reasonable accommodations are available to qualified applicants with disabilities throughout the application process. If you may need assistance or accommodation to complete any part of the process, please let us know here. Do you have a co-founder who is also applying to this program (max: one co-founder)? If so, please write their name here. Please note: Each applicant will be evaluated individually and either one or both of you may be selected as a resident. If selected, you may have the option to hire additional team members onto your project. Residency Application Questions: All questions other than the first one have a 1000-character limit. If you don't know the answer to a question or it doesn't seem applicable to your circumstances, say that. Aim for clear, concise answers – bullet points are fine. Describe the problem you expect your residency to focus on and your proposed solution or direction for identifying a solution. Aim for a level of explanation that a smart college freshman could understand. (3000 characters max) Why did you pick this problem to work on? What's novel about it? Why are you the right person to move your project forward? What assumptions about the future of science and technology are baked into your proposal? What are the ways in which those assumptions are most likely to be wrong? Why isn't this problem likely to be adequately addressed (at this stage) by academia, government, or industry? Who do you envision using your residency's outputs, and how? How long have you been thinking about this problem? How much progress have you made on it? Do you have a history of involvement in open science or open-source projects? How have you dealt with mistakes or failures in the past? Have you ever failed at something significant in a public way? What is the hardest thing you've ever done that would not be obvious from your LinkedIn? What gets you out of bed in the morning?