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

Every company taught us something. Ide8 is where it compounds.

We are serial entrepreneurs. Between us: companies founded, products shipped, teams grown, exits earned, and lessons collected across decades of building. Ide8 began with a simple realization—everything we learned becomes exponentially more valuable the moment we build together.

What we saw

Experience compounds. Talent is everywhere.

Each time we founded a company, we started with more: sharper judgment, deeper relationships, better infrastructure, clearer pattern recognition. That head start is one of the most valuable assets in the world—and it grows every time it's shared.

At the same time, we kept meeting extraordinary young builders—in college labs, in hackathons, in their first jobs—with the energy and native fluency to lead the AI era. The moment we put earned insight and emerging talent in the same room, companies started forming. So we built the room.

A founder's genius should go into what makes their company extraordinary. The Co-Foundry carries everything else—so brilliance goes further, faster, together.

What we believe

Five principles behind every company we co-found.

Start ahead

Judgment, infrastructure, and relationships carry forward from one company to the next.

Share the insight

Pattern recognition earned the hard way, offered at the moments it matters most.

Own the work

The people who build the company own the company. Alignment is the engine.

Pair energy with experience

The best founding teams pair decades of knowing with the audacity of beginning.

Keep the circle small

A small circle, deeply committed, beats any amount of scale without soul.

The invitation

The best chapters are co-written.

Bring your experience or bring your fire—the table is set for both.

What we are learning
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