Founder Institute · Fund

Silicon Valley AI Fund I

A fund of accelerator mentors, angels, and experienced LPs backing top FI alum.
$10K minimum.

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Our goal: mint 3 unicornS, and back THEM with the fund

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Exclusive access to the best performers

1,500+

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Adeo Ressi and Mercedes Bankston have helped launch a half dozen unicorns. Now they are backing the next wave at the moment agentic AI is producing breakout companies faster than any point in startup history.

The latest Silicon valley AI semester by the Founder Institute meets these founders the day they start, and the fund sees them before anyone else does. Selection runs on data no other fund has access to, narrowing 1,500 applicants in this program down to a handful on investments.
Investors do not just write a check. They come in as Venture Advisors.

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Positions are filled first-come, first-served. Don't watch this one from the sidelines.

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Become a Venture Advisor

Investors can do more than write a check. Help source deals, vote on what the fund backs, and work directly with the founders we fund, while sharing in the upside.

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Important Disclosures

Investing in venture and early-stage funds involves substantial risk, including the potential loss of all invested capital. These investments are illiquid and speculative, and are suitable only for investors who can bear the loss of their entire investment.

Past performance is not indicative of, and does not guarantee, future results. Any statistics, valuations, markups, or portfolio figures shown are historical, may be unrealized, and are not a promise or projection of future performance.

This page is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any security. Any such offer will be made only to accredited investors (as defined under Rule 501 of Regulation D) through formal offering documents, including a Private Placement Memorandum, subscription agreement, and related materials, which should be reviewed carefully in full.

SV AI 1

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Join the FI Agentic Program: an AI-powered curriculum, world-class mentors, and free AI agents to turn your idea into a fundable company.

9,000+ companies launched since 2009

Turn your idea into the next unicorn

Our programs helped launch Udemy, Esusu, and thousands more, with a portfolio worth an estimated $20B. Yours could be next.

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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.