FORGE
a residency for the most obsessive young builders in india. no fluff. just build.
what is forge
not an incubator. not an accelerator.
a founder residency.
forge is where you show up with conviction, lock in with a handpicked group of builders who are equally unhinged, and leave with something real — a product, a story, investor conversations, and people who actually get it.
we don't teach you how to start a company. we assume you already know. we just remove every excuse not to ship.
what you get
intensive build sprints
you show up and ship something real alongside founders who are just as locked in as you.
your story, professionally told
founder videos, product demos, brand assets — a full content production by creators who understand startups.
mentors who are building right now
1:1 time with yc-backed founders and domain experts. specific, tactical, relevant to your stage.
demo day with real investors
pitch to top vcs and strategic angels. real fundraising conversations, not a judged competition.
how it started
born from a group chat at 2am.
it started with a question nobody was asking: what if the most ambitious young builders in india had a place that wasn't trying to teach them anything — just a room, a deadline, and 15 other people who were equally obsessed?
no curriculum. no "mentor office hours" with people who last built something in 2014. no equity grabs disguised as "accelerator programs."
just founders, locked in a house, building something real in a matter of days. that conversation became cohort 0. and cohort 0 proved the model works.
past residents
the kind of people who get in.
savio martin
simpleclaw
18. yc backed. raising first round.
yutish goel
starcy
19. built an ai that lives in your dynamic island.
waris reshi
asent
coding since 9. building the sales infra of the ai economy.
aryan shah
stealth
dropped out at 16. founded 3x. raising $1.5m.
the after
forge doesn't end when you leave.
the network
every founder who's been through forge is part of the family. intros, advice, co-investment — the group chat never stops.
investor access
warm intros to the vcs and angels who showed up to demo day. relationships that started in the room continue after it.
the content engine
you leave with a month's worth of professional content — founder story, product demos, social clips. your distribution starts day one.
the contrarian filter
this isn't for everyone.
we look for founders who hold a belief the world hasn't caught up to yet — and are building the proof.
contrarian conviction
everyone thinks you're wrong. you have receipts that say otherwise. that's the energy we want.
builders, not talkers
you've shipped things. real things. not pitch decks about things you plan to build someday.
young and slightly unhinged
young enough to be reckless, skilled enough to be dangerous. dropouts, misfits, obsessives.
technical depth
you go deep on problems most people don't even know exist. software, hardware, deep-tech.
we're not looking for people who want to "explore entrepreneurship." we're looking for people who can't stop building even if they tried — 47 browser tabs open, a half-finished prototype on their desk, and a conviction that borders on delusion.
if everyone around you thinks you're crazy, you might be exactly who we're looking for.
the next cohort opens soon.
every cohort is different. the bar only goes up.