Track

SPC Founder Fellowship

Track for a future or conditional window when pre-idea, pre-product, pre-revenue teams in frontier tech, AI, software match global, united-states eligibility and fellowship funding, mentorship, or community access is relevant.

Terms

Funding

$400K upfront plus $600K guaranteed in the next external funding round; up to $1M in partner credits (Anthropic, OpenAI, Azure, GCP, AWS, and others)

Equity or cost

7% for the upfront $400K component

Perks

Pre-fellowship, bootcamp, residency, and SPC network

Founder fit

Founder

Founders moving from -1 to 0 who are ready to build a venture-scale company.

Company

Before product and revenue, especially if founder-market fit is still forming.

Geography

Global applicants who can participate in the SPC fellowship/residency structure.

Application effort

Watchlist now; apply when South Park Commons publishes the Fall 2026 application window.

Verification note

Official Founder Fellowship page rechecked 2026-07-04. It says Fall 2026 applications open in summer 2026 and the cohort kicks off in late September, but it does not state an exact application-open date or deadline. Official terms remain $400K upfront for 7%, plus $600K guaranteed in the next external funding round, and up to $1M in partner credits. Do not calendarize until SPC publishes an exact date.

Source quality: official fellowship page. Status confidence: high.

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Stages

pre-ideapre-productpre-revenuepre-seed

Sectors

frontier techAIsoftwarehardwarebiotechenergyspacesecurity

Fit tags

pre-companytechnical-founderswatchlist

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