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Build a Fundable, Global Startup in Armenia

Build a fundable, global company with a proven process, experienced mentors, and practical AI tools that help you move faster.

Program Dates: Jan 12, 2027 to Mar 24, 2027
Early Deadline: Dec 15, 2026
Early Entrance Fee: $499 USD Regular price ~~$699 USD~~

You pay only after you are accepted

Refund: Full before Kickoff. 75 percent before Session 3.
Format: Virtual
This program will be run 100% online, with in-person networking opportunities before and during the program. Learn more here.

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Build your startup with support

A clear path, practical feedback, and a community that wants to see you succeed.

How FI Agentic works

Know what to do next

Follow clear steps shaped around your startup and where you are today.
Get people in your corner

Build alongside founders and get direct feedback from experienced mentors.
Build toward Demo Day

Turn your idea into a stronger company and earn the chance to pitch investors.

Your path through the program

A simple look at the key moments ahead. You will always know what comes next.

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Jan 5

Tue

Onboarding
Jan 12

Tue

Kickoff
Jan 13

Wed

Vision
Jan 20

Wed

Validation
Jan 27

Wed

Model
Mar 24

Wed

Funding Day

Founders who built with FI

What graduates say about the program, in their own words.

The real question is: can the Founder Institute be game-changing for your business? The answer is yes. Without FI, Udemy may have never raised any money.

GB Gagan Biyani Udemy (IPO, 2021)

My investor materials, my data room, my pitch deck, all of it exists because someone was going to ask for it each Thursday morning. I've never had that kind of forcing function.

KA Kelly Anderson Founder, DyeConverter Silicon Valley AI cohort 2026

First funding offer 2 weeks after Funding Day
Delaware inc. Aug 2026

Before the program I was using ChatGPT for basic tasks. By the end of the summer I had built an AI agent marketing team, 1,500 synthetic customers and a voice AI avatar agent. I didn't even know what Python was.

DW David Williams Founder and CEO, Zuma Internet Silicon Valley AI cohort 2026

AI marketing team built
1,500 synthetic customers
Seed investor list ready

I came in already using AI heavily. The curriculum pushed me past research and content into the company itself: customer discovery, pilot design, pricing, unit economics, KPIs, investor prep, a repeatable pilot-to-enterprise sales process. Our first construction deployment started at one site. The customer asked us to expand to two more. We're in two live proposals and already discussing an annual subscription.

DR Donna Vincent Roa Founder, MicDots Silicon Valley AI cohort

1 site to 3 sites
2 live enterprise proposals

Founder Institute since 2009

companies launched: 9,000+
raised by graduates: $2BN+
mentors and investors: 40,000+

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: The entrance fee for the Yerevan cohort is $499 USD by Dec 15, 2026 ($699 USD after Dec 15, 2026). It is fully refundable before Kickoff and 75 percent refundable before Session 3. Payment plans are available through Partial.ly (5 percent service fee). Teams of 2 to 3 founders pay 1.5 times the fee and teams of 4 to 5 pay 2 times; the 2.5 percent Equity Collective pledge is per company, not per founder.
: Yes. About two-thirds of the way through the program, not at enrollment, founders pledge 2.5 percent of future equity to the Equity Collective as a warrant: 0.5 percent to mentors, 1 percent to local leaders, 1 percent to FI. It activates only at a qualified equity financing of $100,000 or more from outside investors ($25,000 if you join a qualifying program such as Y Combinator after graduating), carries no board seat or voting rights, is not a revenue share, dissolves if the company fails, and 60 percent of returns go back to the local ecosystem that helped you. Bootcamps have no equity component. How the Equity Collective works.
: Yes. Come to a free event in your city or online at fi.co/events, where local leaders and mentors take questions, or write to us at fi.co/support. Local leaders are listed on your chapter page.
: If you have an idea and want to build a company, apply to the FI Agentic Accelerator: 10 sessions plus Funding Day, a program generated for your startup (your Playbook), practice pitching an AI investor at any hour (Pitch Gym), Frank and AI Assist on every deliverable, and weekly feedback from mentors. It runs in 200+ cities; apply to the chapter nearest you or to an online cohort. If you want a short, focused course first, FI Bootcamps (Startup Ideation, Vibe Coding, OpenClaw AI Productivity) are short, focused courses of a few weeks with no equity component, and enrolled Agentic founders get one bootcamp free and 50 percent off the others. See the program or see the bootcamps.

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Supported by

Loyal VC
Founder Capital
LegalLab
AGBU Young Professionals (YP)
Female Founder Initiative
Seaside Startup Summit
Startup Armenia Foundation
Startup Grind

Early Deadline: Dec 15, 2026

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The Founder Institute is the world’s largest agentic company builder, turning ideas into fundable startups, and startups into unicorns. Since 2009, the Founder Institute program has helped over 9,000 entrepreneurs build 9,000+ companies, including unicorns like Udemy and Esusu, raise over 2BN in funding, and grow a portfolio worth an estimated $20BN. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200+ cities and 95 countries, our mission is to empower communities of talented and motivated people to build impactful technology companies worldwide. Learn more about the Founder Institute.

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Your path through the program

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