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Choose from strategy, finance, marketing, product, or research challenges posted by actual companies.

02

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Skip the experience trap.

The system is closed at the front door. Every entry-level internship asks for prior internship experience, preferably at a name-brand firm, that almost no freshman or sophomore can have yet. The qualification it filters for is the qualification it refuses to let you earn.

The fix isn’t more applications. It’s a way to prove the work directly, get real feedback, and walk away with a record that doesn’t depend on anyone vouching for you. The work is the credential.

The work is the credential.

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A task on RuneShips.

Assignment 001 · Strategy

Pitch deck teardown: Series A SaaS, fintech vertical.

A B2B fintech company is preparing for a $12M Series A. Their current deck has a strong product story, but the market sizing slide undersells the TAM and the competitive positioning feels generic.

Submit a revised deck, or a written critique, showing a tighter TAM/SAM/SOM breakdown, sharper competitive positioning, and a recommendation on the financial projections slide.

Time 3–5 hrsFeedback ~5 minTop submissions surfaced to recruiters

StrategyFinanceProductCommunication

Reward

+120

Strategy XP

What the AI feedback looks like

Your submission · excerpt

The fintech infrastructure market sits around $42B globally; our serviceable obtainable wedge (embedded payments for vertical SaaS) looks closer to $1.8B. Competitive landscape includes Stripe Treasury, Modern Treasury, and Mercury, but each occupies a distinct slice, and we believe there’s room for a vertical-specific offering targeting SaaS platforms with $1M to $10M ARR.

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Why the rank is trustworthy.

A rank is only useful if it’s hard to fake and hard to flatter. RuneShips treats every submission as evidence to weigh, not a participation log. Six things keep it honest:

  1. 01Submissions evaluated against task-specific rubrics.
  2. 02AI flags weak reasoning, missing requirements, and generic answers.
  3. 03Human review calibrates top submissions.
  4. 04Points are skill-specific, not participation trophies.
  5. 05Bad or incomplete submissions earn zero points.
  6. 06Rankings build across repeated tasks, not one lucky submission.
Read our full evaluation methodology
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A note from the founder.

I applied to 40 internships freshman year. I made it past two résumé screens. The issue wasn’t ability; it was visibility. RuneShips exists so students can prove the work before anyone gives them the job.

Diego, founder

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Est. 2026The work is the credential

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