Abstract: Founder-in-Residence program and Accelerator

Here’s a quick overview of various programs and accelerators available for AI startups:

(1) Founder-in-Residence

These programs provide a -1 to 0 process for aspiring founders to learn whether they want to start a company, explore different ideas, and find potential co-founders.

Name Type Link Due Date
Afore Capital Founder-in-Residence program -1 to 0 https://www.afore.vc/residence rolling
Founders, Inc. The First Check Fellowship -1 to 0 https://f.inc/fellowship rolling
Boost -1 to 0 https://www.boost.vc/contact rolling
unshackled VC residency -1 to 0 https://www.unshackledvc.com/residency 3/1
Conviction Embed open to -1 to 0 https://embed.conviction.com/ 3/1
Antler residency -1 to 0 https://www.antler.co/apply#location rolling
O’Shaughnessy Fellowships -1 to 0 https://forms.osv.llc/fellowships2024? 4/30
Soma Capital Fellowship open to -1 to 0 https://www.somafellows.com/ 5/6
Menlo Labs Entrepreneur in Residence open to -1 to 0 https://menlovc.com/menlo-labs-entrepreneur-in-residence/ rolling

(2) Pre-accelerator

Name Link Due Date
Founder.university https://www.founder.university/ rolling

(3) Accelerator

Prestigious accelerators are like top-ranked programs at prestigious universities: they’re hard to get into, but being rejected by those programs doesn’t mean you can’t successfully run your company.

Name Link Due Date
Y Combinator https://www.ycombinator.com/apply 4/22
HF0, HF0 is SF’s most exclusive residency for repeat founders. https://www.hf0.com/ 3/3, 4/10
Neo pre-seed accelerator https://neo.com/accelerator 3/15
Pear VC X https://pear.vc/pearx-application/ 5/1
South Park Commons Founder Fellowship https://blog.southparkcommons.com/spc-founder-fellowship-spring-2024/ 03/24
Sequoia Capital Arc accelerator https://www.sequoiacap.com/arc/ 3/15
AI Grant https://aigrant.com/ 3/15
Bling Cap https://www.blingcap.com/fellowship/ rolling
Greylock Edge https://greylock.com/edge/ rolling
AI2 Incubator https://www.ai2incubator.com/ rolling
Iterative https://www.iterative.vc/apply rolling, before July
500 Startups https://500.co/accelerators rolling
Tech Star https://www.techstars.com/accelerators 5/22
Village Global Accelerator https://villageglobal.typeform.com/to/iWdT7l?typeform-source=www.villageglobal.vc rolling
Plug and Play Tech Center https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/legacy-join/ rolling
a16z Tech x Games Accelerator https://a16z.com/speedrun-la-2024/ 5/19
Alchemist Accelerator https://www.alchemistaccelerator.com/ 5/3

(4) Others

Name Type Link Due Date
AI Grant — grants for open source projects open source https://aigrant.org/ rolling
On Deck networking + perks https://www.beondeck.com/ one cohort per quarter, summer cohort application due by 3/22
Z fellows networking + 10k https://www.zfellows.com/ open till end of March?
YC co-founder matching networking https://www.startupschool.org/cofounder-matching/ rolling
AI Lab & Founders Fellowship free office https://www.amid.ai/ rolling
The Residency free house https://www.livetheresidency.com/ rolling
PMF Method, First Round product market fit https://pmf.firstround.com/levels 5/7
Inception Studio exclusive community https://www.inceptionstudio.org/apply rolling

(5) Berkeley alumni fellowships

Name Link Due Date
Berkeley Skydeck https://skydeck.berkeley.edu/ 2/18
the house fund https://www.thehouse.fund/ai-accelerator/ 4/12
uclaunch https://www.uclaunch.com/apply 2/2

[To Be Continued]