waris reshi
asent · cohort 01
“you spend years being the only person in the room who cares this much. then you walk in here and everyone is like that. the work got faster because the explaining stopped.”
waris reshi
asent · cohort 01
surf at sunrise. ship past midnight. argue at dinner. begin again tomorrow.
alexandria · cohort 02
Mandrem, Goa
11 oct to 1 nov 2026
ai-gi
vrk capital
results so far.
founders backed, capital raised, cohorts completed, and the current acceptance rate.
$0.0M
raised by founders
0
founders backed
0
cohorts
~0.0%
accepted
cohorts.
full series→00
sparta.
mumbaipastmarch 2026 · 12 builders · first room
mumbai
march 2026 · 12 builders · first room
past
01
troy.
bengaluruopenjuly 2026 · 16 fellows · 31 days
bengaluru
july 2026 · 16 fellows · 31 days
open
02
alexandria.
goaopenoctober 11 to november 1, 2026 · 12–14 founders · 22 days
goa
october 11 to november 1, 2026 · 12–14 founders · 22 days
open
03
ithaca.
in developmentsoondetails to come · in development
in development
details to come · in development
soon
capital and practical support.
cash grants, compute credits, and follow-on funding for forge builders. forge does not take equity for this support.
opens with cohort 02
founder interviews.
Founders describe what they built and what changed during the cohort.
- founders
- 24
- cohorts
- 4
- raised after
- $5.3m
notes from inside.
Notes on founder selection, running cohorts, and supporting early companies.
what 1,450+ applications taught us about picking founderswhat we learned from reading every application and selecting 24 founders.selection
03.26.2026→why the room beats the curriculumno panels, no lectures, no networking hour. what moves a company in 31 days is proximity to people solving adjacent problems.residency
03.17.2026→the -1 to 0 problem nobody fundscapital shows up after the idea is legible. the hardest, least funded stretch is the one before that. this is where forge sits.thesis
03.10.2026→
03.26.2026→why the room beats the curriculumno panels, no lectures, no networking hour. what moves a company in 31 days is proximity to people solving adjacent problems.residency
03.17.2026→the -1 to 0 problem nobody fundscapital shows up after the idea is legible. the hardest, least funded stretch is the one before that. this is where forge sits.thesis
03.10.2026→
~1.7%
24 founders backed from more than 1,450 applications.
applications1,450+
founders backed24
read by us100%
we read every application. 24 founders were selected from more than 1,450 applications.