Founders, Inc.

Founders, Inc. is a community, startup studio, and fund based at a 42,000 sq ft campus at Fort Mason in San Francisco. They focus on emerging tech — AI, AR/VR, hardware, robotics, and consumer — and take founders from -1 to 0.

f.inc now invests $100K–$200K per founder, with a focus on international talent. The model is build-first: accepted founders build at the Fort Mason lab for 1–2 weeks, and based on that work, f.inc decides whether to invest (4–7% equity). Resources include assigned desks, a hardware lab, media recording studio, gym, 1:1 office hours, and fundraising support. Over 100 investments in the last 3 years.

Their newest program, **Canopy**, is a 5-week structured program where founders join a cohort of 500 people making the same push. Canopy offers $50K in credits, on-demand access to the f.inc team, talks and lectures from $1B founders, and extremely direct support on what you're shipping. Canopy can be joined in person at the SF campus or online — explicitly welcoming founders outside San Francisco.