Program

a16z Alpha Fellowship (speedrun)

Every year

Size: About 40 fellows across both tracks (estimate) source

Award: Founder Track: up to $250K ($150K for 5% SAFE upfront plus $100K in next round within 18 months) and $1M+ in credits source

Terms from the program's own pages

2027 terms

Highly technical students, dropouts and recent grads (Founder Track within 1 year of graduating, Talent Track within 3 years); software engineers only; must be authorised to work full time in the US; each team member applies separately source
Stage: Pre-idea, pre-team, pre-entity source
Audience: students, early-career source
Locations: San Francisco source
In person source
Attendance: in_person source
No team needed source
Solo founders welcome source
Equity: 5% via SAFE source
Funding up to: $250,000 source
Amount: Up to $250K: $150K for 5% via SAFE upfront plus $100K in next round within 18 months; $1M+ in credits source

Not yet confirmed