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Ide8 · The world's first Co-Foundry · San Francisco
Ide8 · The AI Co-Foundry

The company that builds AI companies.

Ide8 brings repeat founders and next-generation entrepreneurs together as co-founders—combining proven judgment, full-time leadership, and shared AI infrastructure to build and launch enduring AI companies.

One application — choose your community inside: Founder Partner or Founder Fellow
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The Co-Founding Model

Two generations. One founding team.

Repeat founders bring hard-won judgment. Next-generation entrepreneurs bring AI fluency, fresh perspective, and full-time ambition. Ide8 brings them together—with shared infrastructure and a proven company-building system—to co-found AI companies built to endure.

01Founder Partners

Judgment earned by building.

Repeat founders, technologists, and industry leaders contribute ideas, pattern recognition, trusted relationships, and the operating experience to shape stronger companies from day one.

02Founder Fellows

Full-time leaders for what’s next.

Selected next-generation entrepreneurs bring AI expertise, fresh thinking, and the ambition to lead a company from its first insight to market.

03One Founding Team

Different strengths. Shared ownership.

Founder Partners and Founder Fellows build side by side as co-founders—aligned around one company, accountable for the same outcomes, and supported by Ide8’s shared infrastructure.

Ide8 Founders & Funders Foundation · 501(c)(3)

Supporting the people behind the companies.

The foundation helps entrepreneurs care for their health and well-being and find support when times are difficult. It brings together those who have built before to support the generation building now.

Build what comes next

The next great AI company needs its founding team.

Ide8 brings repeat founders and next-generation entrepreneurs together as co-founders—supported by shared AI infrastructure and a proven company-building system. Bring the judgment earned from building before, or the ambition to lead what comes next.

Every introduction and application receives thoughtful review.

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