Radical Velocity
AI Founders
Masterclass
Built for those Building AI.
The Radical AI Founders Masterclass brings together world-leading AI pioneers, successful entrepreneurs, and leaders from the top AI companies — to help you turn your ideas into something real.
Participants join a lasting community of peers from Stanford, MIT, Oxford, Cambridge, Berkeley, and premier AI institutes including Vector, Mila, and the Allen Institute for AI.
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2026 Speakers
Compute
Compute Cohort
We offer Masterclass participants the opportunity to apply for our exclusive Compute Cohort Program, with a select group chosen through a competitive process. This is a meaningful way for the most promising AI startups to access substantial resources for product development and scaling.
This premier initiative provides:
- Up to $350,000 in Google Cloud compute credits for computing infrastructure, storage, AI platform tools, and data tools
- State-of-the-art computing resources including dedicated H100 GPU and TPU infrastructure
- Complimentary incorporation support and legal office hours with our legal partners
- Mentorship from industry experts
Program Format
What to expect.
Pioneer Sessions
Conversations at the frontier
Live sessions with Turing Award winners, Nobel laureates, and the founders shaping modern AI — moderated for depth, not polish.
Founder Tactics
From lab to company
Practical sessions on AI product development, go-to-market, fundraising, team building, and the company-building fundamentals researchers rarely learn in academia.
Community
A network that compounds
Connect with 2,000+ AI researchers and founders from the world's top universities and research institutes. The relationships built here last beyond the program.
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Designed for researchers and technical founders. Sessions are Virtual & Free. Applications for October 2026 are open now.
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