Founder Institute

Startup Insights & Resources

Your central hub for startup knowledge, actionable guides, founder tools, and expert articles, organized around what matters most at each stage.

Founder Insights Newsletter

Join 50,000+ founders getting weekly insights.

New essays, free webinars, and invites to events in your city, every week.

applications-open-to-founder-institute-goa-fall-2022 hero image

Time to Build: Applications Now Open to Founder Institute Goa Fall 2022!

Jul 26, 2022 · FI News

Up-and-Coming Startups Selected to Pitch in August Founder Showcase, special FounderX 2022 Edition

Jul 26, 2022 · Founder Showcase

Global Startup Mentor Award Nominees: Eastern Europe

Jul 26, 2022 · Mentors

Global Startup Mentor Award Nominees: Western Europe

Jul 26, 2022 · Mentors

founder-institute-london-virtual-2022-produces-new-tech-companies hero image

Founder Institute London Virtual 2022 Produces 13 New Tech Companies

Jul 26, 2022 · Grad News

financial-model-supercharge-your-business hero image

How to Leverage a Financial Model to Supercharge Your Business (Video)

Jul 25, 2022 · Video

Global Startup Mentor Award Nominees: Africa

Jul 25, 2022 · Mentors

peerby-future-of-the-sharing-economy hero image

Peerby CEO Daan Weddepohl, on the Future of the Sharing Economy

Jul 25, 2022 · Grad Profile

Global Startup Mentor Award Nominees: Australia & New Zealand

Jul 21, 2022 · Mentors

Founder Resources

Guides, tools, and frameworks that helped 10,000+ founders worldwide build their startups.

FAST Agreement

A standardized template to formalize founder–advisor relationships and lock in the right equity from the start.

Entrepreneur DNA Assessment

Discover your entrepreneurial strengths in a 30-minute assessment, built from 17+ years of founder research.

Applications are now open

Build your startup with AI agents doing the work

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.

200+ cities and 95 countries

Join the world's largest agentic company builder

A global network of founders, mentors, and investors building enduring companies, with free AI agents to help you do the work.

Apply Now

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.