A former OpenAI intern shares 3 tips for breaking into AI

Hamza Mostafa interned at OpenAI in 2025. Courtesy of Hamza Mostafa Hamza Mostafa studied computer science and thought he would become a Big Tech software engineer. But he decided to specialize in AI and got an internship at OpenAI. Mostafa's tips for breaking into AI include finding a niche and building projects to impress interviewers. When Hamza Mostafa started studying computer science at university, he pictured going into traditional software engineering at a Big Tech company after he…