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Founder Institute Washington DC is one of the most active chapters of the global pre-seed stage accelerator in 100 countries. Providing zero to one -structured program with 40.000 mentors worldwide - the world's largest AI-native company builder has over 9.000 portfolio companies raised $2B+ and valued $30B+ globally.
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