1 week. $10,000.

Your Fast-Track
Into Silicon Valley.

A one-week experience bringing you together
with founders of multi billion dollar companies.

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There's a pattern among the most successful founders.

They all started by learning from those who have built multi billion dollar companies.

Getting mentored by proven founders is the fastest way to accelerate.

Success leaves clues—follow them.

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Sergey brin & Larry Page (Founders of google)

Mentored by Andy Bechtolsheim (founder of Sun Microsystems)

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Mentored by Peter Thiel (founder of PayPal)

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Steve Chen, Chad Hurley & Jawed Karim (Founders of YouTube)

Mentored by Roelof Botha (PayPal CFO & Sequoia Capital)

Z Fellows connects
really early builders with multi billion dollar founders.

Who are Z Fellows?

Z Fellows are technical builders of all ages working on side projects and startups.

We are your first believer.

We’ve worked with high school dropouts, college students, and people with full-time jobs across a variety of industries including consumer, social, enterprise, defense, healthcare, edtech, fintech, gaming, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, crypto, AI, ML, climate, biotech, and more.

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Why
Z Fellows?

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ABOUT THE PROGRAM

A one-week experience bringing together ten builders with founders of billion dollar companies. It doesn't end after one week—we continue to help you for the life of your company.

Naval Ravikant & Z Fellows
MENTORS

Meet the mentors

Marc Randolph

Marc Randolph

Founder of Netflix

Kevin Hartz

Kevin Hartz

Founder of Eventbrite

Naval Ravikant

Naval Ravikant

Founder of AngelList

Max Mullen

Max Mullen

Founder of Instacart

Trae Stephens

Trae Stephens

Founder of Anduril

Julia Hartz

Julia Hartz

Founder of Eventbrite

Dylan Field

Dylan Field

Founder of Figma

Justin Mateen

Justin Mateen

Founder of Tinder

Guillermo Rauch

Guillermo Rauch

Founder of Vercel

Stanley Tang

Stanley Tang

Founder of DoorDash

Steven Schwartz

Steven Schwartz

Founder of Whop

Jack Altman

Jack Altman

Founder of Lattice, Alt Capital

Eric Glyman

Eric Glyman

Founder of Ramp

Prasanna Sankar

Prasanna Sankar

Founder of Rippling

Cyan Banister

Cyan Banister

Investor

Keith Rabois

Keith Rabois

Investor @ Khosla

Mark Pincus

Mark Pincus

Founder of Zynga

Shuo Wang

Shuo Wang

Founder of Deel

Walter Kortschak

Walter Kortschak

Founder of Firestreak

Robert Wachen

Robert Wachen

Founder of Etched

Vinay Hiremath

Vinay Hiremath

Founder of Loom

Shahed Khan

Shahed Khan

Founder of Loom

Chris Farmer

Chris Farmer

Founder of SignalFire

Deon Nicholas

Deon Nicholas

Founder of Forethought

Walden Yan

Walden Yan

Founder of Cognition

Paul Sciarra

Paul Sciarra

Founder of Pinterest and Joby Aviation

Edward Lando

Edward Lando

Founder of Misfits Market

Lucy Guo

Lucy Guo

Founder of Scale AI

Sean Rad

Sean Rad

Founder of Tinder

Nick Rellas

Nick Rellas

Founder of Drizly

Marc Randolph

Marc Randolph

Founder of Netflix

Kevin Hartz

Kevin Hartz

Founder of Eventbrite

Naval Ravikant

Naval Ravikant

Founder of AngelList

Max Mullen

Max Mullen

Founder of Instacart

Trae Stephens

Trae Stephens

Founder of Anduril

Julia Hartz

Julia Hartz

Founder of Eventbrite

Dylan Field

Dylan Field

Founder of Figma

Justin Mateen

Justin Mateen

Founder of Tinder

Guillermo Rauch

Guillermo Rauch

Founder of Vercel

Stanley Tang

Stanley Tang

Founder of DoorDash

Steven Schwartz

Steven Schwartz

Founder of Whop

Jack Altman

Jack Altman

Founder of Lattice, Alt Capital

Eric Glyman

Eric Glyman

Founder of Ramp

Prasanna Sankar

Prasanna Sankar

Founder of Rippling

Cyan Banister

Cyan Banister

Investor

Keith Rabois

Keith Rabois

Investor @ Khosla

Mark Pincus

Mark Pincus

Founder of Zynga

Shuo Wang

Shuo Wang

Founder of Deel

Walter Kortschak

Walter Kortschak

Founder of Firestreak

Robert Wachen

Robert Wachen

Founder of Etched

Vinay Hiremath

Vinay Hiremath

Founder of Loom

Shahed Khan

Shahed Khan

Founder of Loom

Chris Farmer

Chris Farmer

Founder of SignalFire

Deon Nicholas

Deon Nicholas

Founder of Forethought

Z Fellows Alumni

High school students, college students, soon-to-be dropouts, dropouts, and recent grads applied before the world caught on. Z Fellows is for ambitious people early in their journey.

Oskar Schulz
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$60B

“Everyone thought I was crazy to go all in. Z Fellows was my first believer.”

Walden Yan
Walden YanCognition
$26B
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$5B
Ethan Thornton
Ethan ThorntonMach
$1.8B
Steven, Cam & Jack
Steven, Cam & JackWhop
$1.6B
Cam, Ned & John
Cam, Ned & JohnAaru
$1B
Tyson & Apurva
Tyson & ApurvaAvoca
$1B

“A day into Z Fellows, I met a founder I'd looked up to for years — and he invested in our company.”

Marvin & Felix
Marvin & FelixPoke

“Cory connected us to the investors who led our seed round and Series A.”

Hahnbee & Han
Hahnbee & HanMintlify
Daksh, Soohoon & Vaishant
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Alexandra, Weilyn & Nathan
Alexandra, Weilyn & NathanSwsh
Avante & Eli
Avante & EliPosh
Alfred & Florian
Alfred & FlorianListen Labs
Sobhan & Isaiah
Sobhan & IsaiahBland

“My first time in SF, surrounded by this much ambition, pushed me to aim higher.”

Zach Yadegari
Zach YadegariCal AI
Jacob & Harold
Jacob & HaroldPure Poker
Kian Sadeghi
Kian SadeghiNucleus
Aydin Gokce
Aydin GokceGeneral Cybernetics
Adam Majmudar
Adam MajmudarOpenAI
Steven Pang
Steven PangOrbit Engineering

“The most ambitious, supportive people I've met. Many are now close friends.”

...and more building. Hopefully you next :)

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Z Fellows alumni have raised
billions of dollars from top investors

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FAQs

When should I apply?

Should each team member fill out an application?

More questions?

Where do I have to be based?

Do I need to have a company?

Do you take equity in my company?

Do I need a team to apply?

Do I need to drop out or quit my job?

What’s the timeline?

Who can apply?

When in doubt, apply.
We’re all winging it :)

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