The Too Early Co.

For Businesses

Recruits for the future of the business

The UK's top university students, trained to put AI to work, matched to real projects in start-ups and SMEs. They can help you use AI inside the firm, and take on your other project work too.

Submit a Brief with Ask TECSign in as a businessFees
University interns collaborating on a project in a UK business

What businesses receive

  • Recruits for the future of the business, matched all year round
  • Access to a talent marketplace of the UK's top university students, trained in AI workplace integration
  • On request, the student helps you use AI inside the firm, and takes on your other project work
  • Or they can focus solely on AI workplace integration consulting. You tell Ask TEC which you want
  • Student pay is agreed separately, at or above UK National Minimum Wage. TEC does not take a cut

Our approach

How we work with businesses

You give TEC a defined piece of work. Students are reviewed against that brief and put forward only where they can show they can deliver it.

01

Start with the work

Set out what needs doing, which tools it runs on, and how you will judge success. Tell Ask TEC whether you want AI workplace integration only, or that work alongside your other project work.

02

Hold the standard

A student is put forward only if they can show present ability and a willingness to learn quickly.

03

Onboard to your methods

The internship starts with a student prepared on your tools, and ready to learn on the job.

04

Stay with TEC

If the placement goes well, keep recruiting through TEC. Matching runs all year round. Student pay stays between you and the student, at or above UK National Minimum Wage. Free to use the website and view the marketplace. £349.99 per matched candidate.

How it works

What happens once you are with TEC

TEC receives your brief and reviews applicants against it. You then choose who to interview.

  1. 01

    Submit the brief with Ask TEC

    Set out the deliverable, the tools, the timetable, and what a good outcome looks like. Tell us whether the student should focus solely on AI workplace integration consulting, or that work alongside your other project work.

  2. 02

    Browse the marketplace

    Search and filter accredited students. Each card shows match score, skills, work preference and rate. Shortlist the ones worth a closer look.

  3. 03

    Message and select

    Unlock a conversation, then confirm the match on the selection sheet when you are ready. Screening, matching and interviewing typically take one to two months.

  4. 04

    Place the internship

    TEC onboards the student to your tools and working habits so they can contribute from the first week.

Submit a brief

Business Hub · Marketplace demo

Business Hub

Example

Browse the marketplace the way businesses do

Demo only

Marketplace

TEC Marketplace

Students who have passed the TEC AI Workplace Integration Course. Search, shortlist, message, then select.

Highest match score

Available students

4 shown · example pool
Amelia WhitfieldUnlocked
Match score86/100Strong match

Amelia Whitfield

MEng Information Engineering · University of Cambridge

Search over 40,000 medical documents, with tests that check citations before every update.

Matching score breakdown
95
91
96
82
82
82
73
Matching score breakdown out of 100: Experience Fit 95, Skill Fit 91, Education 96, Independent Operator 82, Communication Skills 82, Quantitative Aptitude 82, Financial 73.
Key skills
Testing AI answersRunning AI tools togetherSearch over documentsPython
Type of work
AI Workplace Integration
Work preference
Hybrid · Summer 2027 (full-time)
Rate
£18/hr min
Priya Nair
Match score86/100Strong match

Priya Nair

BSc Economics · London School of Economics

Mapped a firm's messy processes, then designed the AI workflows to tidy them up.

Matching score breakdown
96
92
95
82
82
82
76
Matching score breakdown out of 100: Experience Fit 96, Skill Fit 92, Education 95, Independent Operator 82, Communication Skills 82, Quantitative Aptitude 82, Financial 76.
Key skills
ExcelClaudeNotionStakeholder writing
Type of work
AI Workplace Integration
Work preference
Remote · Part-time (academic year)
Rate
£17/hr min
Tom Ashworth
Match score83/100Strong match

Tom Ashworth

BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics · University of Oxford

Turned dense research into clear briefs a non-technical founder could act on.

Matching score breakdown
88
82
89
81
93
69
79
Matching score breakdown out of 100: Experience Fit 88, Skill Fit 82, Education 89, Independent Operator 81, Communication Skills 93, Quantitative Aptitude 69, Financial 79.
Key skills
ResearchWritingChatGPTSpreadsheets
Type of work
AI Workplace Integration
Work preference
Hybrid · Summer 2027 (full-time)
Rate
£16/hr min
Rohan Mehta
Match score73/100Solid match

Rohan Mehta

BEng Computing · Imperial College London

Built internal tools that cut a research team's weekly reporting from hours to minutes.

Matching score breakdown
96
85
78
64
64
64
61
Matching score breakdown out of 100: Experience Fit 96, Skill Fit 85, Education 78, Independent Operator 64, Communication Skills 64, Quantitative Aptitude 64, Financial 61.
Key skills
PythonSQLCursorNotion
Type of work
AI Workplace Integration
Work preference
Hybrid · Summer 2027 (full-time)
Rate
£22/hr min