Founder Fellowship 2026 Participants
Meet the 60 diverse-led startup teams selected to participate in the Founder Fellowship in 2026. These founders are working with four operators, each with unique program offerings to support their founder cohort.
Chloe Capital
Allies
Allies helps independent care providers accept insurance just like doctors do
Bianca Frezgi and Yohanes Frezgi
Arbon
Humidity-swing carbon capture, from air or point sources, without heat or pressure
Xiaoyang Shi and Gahyun (Annie) Lee
Chorus AI
Raise More Money. Engage More Supporters.
Tareq Alani
Cody Tech
Empowering organizations to embrace AI capabilities and achieve ROI
Mike Verduzco
Early Intervention Systems Inc.
Ending miscommunication one note at a time
Nathalya Ramirez and Krishan Shah
Investrio
The financial OS for the future of work
Joyce Medeiros and Laura Texidor
INVY Inc.
INVY transforms personal belongings into sustainable assets—reducing waste, unlocking value, and powering the circular economy
Shana Vieira
Kalia Health
Bringing healthcare home
Denali Dahl and Happy Ghosh
KindEd
Empowering student agency through social media and AI literacy
Jane Kim and Jay Jeon
Living Wage Institute Inc.
Making wages work for workers and business
Sara Horowitz and Kavya Vaghul
MySideKick
Beyond the panic button
Erin Rose and Sadat Chowdhury
Puberry
Puberry makes learning about health fun, easy, and effective—your new favorite subject!
Demetra Mallios and Ismini Drosoforidi
Scoutz
Get rated. Get matched. Get recruited.
Antonio Depina
Vocadian
Turning voice into human risk intelligence
Adolphus Lau and Yujie Wang
Wekeza Holdings, Inc.
Learn. Invest. Connect.
Sabrina Lamb and Keith Wheelous
Company Ventures
Adbian
Turning urban trees into infrastructure intelligence
Ondrej Kolarik
Aether Manufacturing
Offshore Cost, Onshore Speed
Vik Parth and Bowen Tseng
Botanu
Monitor and increase the value of your AI deployments
Alina Vrsaljko and Deborah Jacob
Breadcrumb
The commercial intelligence engine for sports and live experience
Marcus Ellison and Ryan Dao
Claryx Inc.
Facility-level genomic intelligence to keep patients safe
Kurt Hackenberger and Dirk Hackenberger
HOIST AI
AI coworkers for maritime logistics
Hidayat Hamidov and Srinivas Gunturu
Kinstead Health
The operating system for the next generation of independent healthcare
Taylor Rose and Parth Chodavadia
Leo AI
Consumer brands use Leo AI's content engine to connect audiences to their organic posts and drive ROI from videos
Lera Leonteva
Light RFP
"Procurement perfected”—AI-powered procurement for commercial real estate
David Barakchian
Lucentia
Bringing gold-standard heart scans to everyone
Sahar Jahal
OurFreedom.ai
The social network for family and friends navigating incarceration
Aaron Mitchom
PeopleLab
AI-powered headcount operating system for enterprise finance and HR teams
Chi Le and Ruthvik Ravindra
Reflector Bio
Reflector Bio is reinventing drug discovery with AI that learns from every experiment, cell, and patient
Yuge Ji
ServiceNetZero
Operational intelligence for high volume food service
Katey Cox
ShipRoostr
AI-native freight forwarder
Jacky Chen
Newlab
Adaptora
Ground truth for climate risk
Brenna Boehman and Joanna Millstein
Amatec
Unlocking a new advanced material from an insanely overlooked gigantic resource
Mohsen Zehtabchian and Igor Stavrulov
Biomific
Biomific uses fungi to flip wastewater from toxic burden to clean resource
Nicholas Raffa and Anthony Huvenne
BioWraptor, Inc.
Protecting perishables so care is affordable and can go anywhere
Maeva Coste and Jennifer Laws
Carbion
Onshoring critical mineral supply chains with high-performance graphite from biomass
Yang Zhong and Omer Caylan
Cocoa Fiber Inc.
Transforming byproducts of the chocolate industry into biomaterials
Shannen Kaylia Henry
enerclave
The Chief Energy Officer for mid-market commercial real estate
Marcel Bock and Ashmin Varma
Everstar
Shattering the energy ceiling of civilization
Kevin Kong
Gather
Simplified AI-powered mobile robots for work, learning, and play
Suma Reddy
GyroPlant
Circular hardware for the future of indoor farming
Oskar Schortz and Marcus Comaschi
MorphoAI
Ware foundation models to automate mechanical design
Ayna Arora
Shuffle
Spatial intelligence infrastructure for industrial operations
Asfandyar Khan
Tastee Tape
Truly sustainable packaging
Marie Eric
UnBOXED INC
UnBOXED turns legacy buildings into low-carbon, high-performance assets with a 3D-printed second skin
Satpal Kaur
Volumes
Reality Captured
Tyler Raciti and Chet Ellis
Visible Hands
Eira Health
AI support for chronic illness
Arianna Hoffman and Michelle Chong
Fleebo
Explore more, travel less
Saneera Dev and Manu Sahay
Gisens Biotech
Breaking the barriers between patients and diagnostics by bringing testing closer to them
Maria Piccinini and Luis Pierpauli
Groupr
Helping working-class families save on essentials through group buying
Anthony Grullon
Hebbian Bio
A precision data+ML tool to enable patient selection and target/biomarker discovery for neuro/psychiatric conditions
Hourinaz Behesti
Hera Fertility
Helping men understand and improve their fertility and men's health through AI-powered sperm analysis
Thivaher Paramsothy and April Rutter
Hu Capital
Where AI & community-building seamlessly align
Jerlisa Fontaine
MilkShaker
Empowering mothers to breastfeed painlessly, comfortably, and confidently because no mom should have to choose between pain and caregiving
Valentina Marini Fichera
Papermap AI
Big data for small teams
Isaac Sarfo
Psyflo
AI mental health infrastructure that ensures every youth gets support and follow-through when clinical care is needed
Deanna Oliver and Shravan Hans
Recruiting Language Model
Mission-critical hiring for non-technical leaders
Javier Dutan
Sam
Scale your workforce, not your overhead
Ash Straughn
Studio Bumi
Belonging through communal dining
Bagus Wicaksono Ruswandi
VascAI
AI copilot for community health
Saad Soroya and Jaspal Kamboj
Venue Hopper
Modular private party packages
Stonny Liu and Sharon Melzer
Learn more about the Founder Fellowship program.