Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon says artificial intelligence will “probably” reduce the number of people his firm hires in the coming years. His 2026 intern class tells a more complicated story.
The bank accepted fewer than one in 100 applicants for its summer internship program this year, maintaining a sub-1% selection rate for the third consecutive year, according to data shared exclusively with Fortune. The class of 2,500 interns — drawn from more than 500 universities, representing over 90 nationalities and speaking 70-plus languages — arrives at Goldman at a moment when its chief executive is publicly wrestling with one of Wall Street’s most consequential questions: what does the rise of AI mean for young workers?
