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Founders, Inc.

Founders, Inc. (F.inc) is an early-stage venture investor and startup campus based at Fort Mason in San Francisco, providing the first check and hands-on support to ambitious founders building in emerging domains such as AI, AR/VR, B2B, Hardware, Content Creation, and Robotics.
San Francisco, USA

Description

Founders, Inc. operates a 42,000 sq ft campus at Fort Mason in San Francisco where founders can build, experiment, and access a community of experienced builders. The organization positions itself as often the first believer and first check for bold, early-stage ideas across a wide range of emerging domains including AI, AR/VR, B2B, Hardware, Content Creation, and Robotics. Beyond funding, Founders, Inc. emphasizes providing founders the space, resilience-building support, and community needed to iterate past failure toward product-market fit. It runs a recurring 'Off Season' program inviting founders to apply for a spot on campus and a first check, and has backed companies such as LiveKit, Rork, Paraform, Inference, Anara, Sync Labs, Trass Games, Aurelius Systems, and thirdweb.