SPONSORED: Students + Startups helps San Antonio companies by vetting skilled interns and paying half of their summer stipend.
Students + Startups interns gather at Legacy Park, across the street from the Rand Building, where many of them worked over the summer.When Matthew Reedy began his search for summer interns, he knew he needed to look beyond students with a specific GPA and a polished cover letter to fill the available positions.
Reedy, chief technology officer at Addiction Resource Systems, Inc., a technology company working to redefine the way addicts find solutions to overcome their addictions, was looking for two interns: one to work in artificial intelligence and machine learning, and one with a computer science background with an emphasis on software development.
Together they built a game for WingMan that focuses on diverting an addict’s attention away from cravings and intrusive thoughts by giving them a virtual pet to take care of. “I can’t remember what started as [their] idea or mine, I just know they were able to “make something of an idea our team had only just begun talking about.”