Weekly Session #4 Follow-Up
Hi everyone,
We hope you found chatting with Harry insightful. He can be reached at levinh@ballardspahr.com, and further information about the BASE program can be found here.
We will not be going on a field trip to AXXPTXXE SXXURXXY in NYC around mid-April. They don’t have any internships. Since Haverford vans have a max capacity of 8-10, we will get a magic van with unlimited seats, so this will not be first-come, first-served. If you get an email from Fahim next week, please ignore him.
Best,
Fahim & Reid
Messages from the community
Ian Andolsek ‘17 (Co-Founding President, Integrated Reality Labs (IRL))
We have 2 summer intern positions available, one in each:
Growth
Engineering
Contact Reid at rmccarty@haverford.edu to learn more.
AJ
Handshake x OpenAI Codex Creator Challenge
Shayna Nickel (Director, Haverford Entrepreneurship Program)
Equitech Futures Institute (EFI) 2026
An 8-week program for current undergraduates from all disciplines who want to learn how to use cutting-edge technology tools in data science and artificial intelligence to tackle societal challenges.
Timeline: June 15 - August 7, 2026
Application Deadline: April 20, 2026
Shayna mentioned that she is not familiar with this program, but if it's of interest, feel free to learn more. If you end up applying and participating, she would love to hear about your experience at snickel@haverford.edu.
Fahim
My favorite sources of news, opinions, and industry analysis that you may find helpful for the weekly analysis. Recommend me some new ones.
Newsletters
Business & Finance:
The Economist Weekly Edition (free through Haverford)
The Daily Upside (stonks)
Money Stuff by Matt Levine (it’s in the name)
Axios Pro Rata (written by Dan Primack ‘99!)
Tech:
TechCrunch Weekly (Weekly)
StrictlyVC (Daily)
The Rundown AI/Robotics/etc. (multiple newsletters for different topics)
ben’s bites (Twitter doomscrolling alternative)
AlphaSignal (nerdy stuff)
Interconnects by Nathan Lambert (more nerdy stuff)
arXiv (very nerdy stuff)
Tech Industry Analysis:
Stratechery by Ben Thompson (the OG)
Podcasts
The Generalist (good mix of smart/dumb/good/evil guests)
Acquired (GOAT)
Founders (well-narrated, often corny)
MIT Technology Review Narrated (nerds, narrated)
The Pragmatic Engineer (👨🏻💻)
Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast (50/50 good insights vs. corporate shilling)