Founders, Inc.

In the last 100 days, we've written 20 checks to hardware founders. If you're building hardware, reach out now or tag someone who is.

Difficulty Levels of Startups Impossible: Robotics Insane: consumer hardware, consumer social Hard: Hardware Medium: marketplaces Easy: B2B SaaS

Blueprint apps have now closed. But we'll make an exception for you. For the next 48 hours. Apply right now → https://f.inc/blueprint

Giving founders what they need is rough: – sometimes it’s a garage filled with laser cutters and 3D printers. – sometimes it’s the free food on campus. – and sometimes, they just need a milli. That’s the Blueprint.

We’re starting something new in San Francisco. It’s called Blueprint. Here’s how it works: Show us what you’re building - a demo, a CAD file, anything real. If it’s good, you get invited to a 5-week sprint at our campus on the water with 50 other founders. At the end, we’ll write $100K–$250K first checks. In total, we’re putting $1M behind this. No pitch decks. No credentials. Just the work. You’ll have a fully stocked hardware lab, daily lunches, and a team that helps you ship. 38 days later, it ends in a demo day. Applications close Sept 24. Sprint begins Oct 1. Tag a founder who should be here.

I'm excited to announce I'm investing $1M in hardware founders. many thanks to Furqan Rydhan Hubert Thieblot Joher Khan Stavan Patel Adrianna Lakatos Dante Lentini Aiden Blumenstein Ruslan Al-Jabari Shafaq Ahmed and many more for making this possible. 💙 We have never received this many applications for something before. The campus for hardware founders opens Oct 1. Applications close in 5 days: f.inc/blueprint

PARENTS, are worried about your son/daughter? The next billion-dollar founder probably: - has 17 connections on LinkedIn - hated school - can build a water cooled PC but not a 9-5 career If that sounds familiar. congrats. You might be raising one. Here’s where they’ll thrive: - 20k sq ft campus in San Francisco - A fully stocked hardware lab + ruthless feedback from our team - Daily chef lunches with people just as ambitious (and just as unhirable) No pitch decks. No credentials. Just actual builders. Send this to them immediately: https://f.inc/blueprint

The next generation of hardware giants won’t come out of Stanford or MIT. They’ll come out of San Francisco. Out of a community that actually lives hardware, founders soldering at 2am, debugging jetsons, building humanoids in garages. That’s why we built Blueprint 📐 at Founders Inc. For 5 weeks, we’re bringing 40 hardware teams under one roof: - 20k sq ft full-stack lab (3D printers, Pis, Jetsons, everything you need) - $1M+ in funding on the table - Daily office hours and lunch together - It all ends in a Demo Day This is the new standard for first checks into Hardware. Oct 1 - Nov 7. Applications close Sept 24. https://f.inc/blueprint