Llama Beta
Fellowship
More than capital. Twenty founders, one room — and up to $2M per company to build for the agent-native era.
Everything the earliest stage actually needs.
Twenty founders. One room. Builders who ship relentlessly, challenge each other, and share ideas before the rest of the market catches on.
Work directly with researchers, AI engineers, infrastructure teams, and technical advisors building at the frontier of agent systems. Whether it's inference, robotics, multimodal AI, or developer infrastructure, you'll have people who've built it before.
Private dinners. Small-group discussions. Weekly office hours. Monthly demo sessions. No conference stages. No performative networking. Just honest conversations with people building the future.
Meet customers. Hire engineers. Find co-founders. Get introduced to design partners, enterprise buyers, later-stage investors, and technical talent through the Beta network.
Founders receive access to cloud credits, model credits, GPUs, startup perks, technical partnerships, and preferred pricing from our ecosystem partners. Infrastructure shouldn't slow great ideas down.
Every portfolio company works directly with Beta partners on product strategy, fundraising, storytelling, recruiting, customer introductions, and company building. Small portfolio. High conviction. High attention.
Questions, answered.
A 12-week program for founders building in the agent-native era. Each cohort brings together 20 companies for capital, hands-on partner support, and a community of builders working at the frontier of AI.
Builders. You might be leaving a frontier lab, spinning out of a big-tech AI team, publishing research you want to commercialize, or shipping something on nights and weekends that you can't stop thinking about. If you're building for the agent-native era, we want to meet you.
No. Many of the best founders come to us before any of that exists. You don't need revenue, a pitch deck, or even an incorporated company — just conviction and momentum.
Yes. Founding teams apply together under one application.
Yes. We recruit globally. Most portfolio companies are Delaware C-corps, and we help with incorporation and structure during the offer process.
Applications are open now — apply here.
Our commitment to every Fellowship company is $2M, invested across pre-seed and seed. It begins with $200K for 3% on a standard post-money SAFE at acceptance; the remaining $1.8M deploys in your future rounds, subject to customary triggering conditions.
Nothing beyond the SAFE. No fees, no additional equity, no program charges. The Fellowship is a benefit of the investment.
No.
Yes — anytime, from anyone. We're built to work alongside the best investors in the world, and when the time is right, we'll make the introductions.
A standard post-money SAFE and a short side letter, identical for every company in the cohort. Every founder gets the same deal, and full terms are shared with your offer.
Show up. Participate in the programming, present at Demo Day, and engage with the community and mentors we bring around you. That's the whole ask.
Direct access to Beta partners, a technical network of researchers and AI engineers, cloud and model credits, GPU access, customer and investor introductions, and 19 other companies moving at your speed.
The relationship doesn't end at Demo Day. We stay invested — literally — through your next rounds, and Fellowship founders remain part of the Beta network permanently.
Ready to build for the agent-native era?
$200K first check, up to $2M across pre-seed and seed. Apply to join the next Beta cohort.