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Founders in Residence · Cohort #2 · 2026

Founder, you were invited.

A self-serve accelerator. Founder to founder. Not a VC accelerator. You get founders who built before, exited, and are building again.

Invite only. Only 42 per cohort. Track record required. No hand-holding.

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Founders in Residence is who you build next to. Founder Haus in Jurerê is a huge part of that. Cowork, breakfasts, closing week. Office hours and distribution travel with you. The house is not the whole product.

Already in

  • Nima Kaz

  • R

    Rocelo

  • P

    Pedro

  • Bruno Dequech Ceschin

  • BS

    Bruno S

  • Nilson Guiguer

  • Igor Noronha

  • Frank Rolim

  • Thais Saenz

  • Paloma Lecheta

  • TR

    Thiago (da Rivool)

  • L

    Luana

  • L

    Lorraine

  • João Guilherme Cruz

Founders backing founders

Imagine if founders backed other founders. You coinvest in each other's next ventures. Founder Village is a closed community. The first physical node is in Jurerê Internacional, Florianópolis. This page is Founders in Residence. Day pass and online membership are elsewhere.

Founders in Residence

Self-serve. Founder to founder. You help each other get distribution. Audience, partners, channels. Office hours go both ways. Founder Haus in Jurerê is major: cowork, breakfasts, closing week, the physical node. The house is huge. It is not the whole product.

Who it's for

  • Founders with a track record. You built something real before the AI era.
  • Founders learning to build AI-first. Unlearn the old way. New tech stack.
  • Indie founders. A new way of building companies. Rethink what founding is.
  • Founders who share distribution. Audience, partners, channels. Peers, not spectators.

The club

What's included

  1. 01

    Office hours

    Weekly. Online or in person. You offer and you receive. Founder to founder, both ways. We book 1 slot of 30 min a week.

  2. 02

    Distribution

    Founders help founders get reach. Audience, partners, channels. Intros that matter.

  3. 03

    Weekly events

    Hybrid sessions every week.

  4. 04

    Pitching sessions

    For founders who are raising.

  5. 05

    Partner perks

    Elements member discount.

    Elements

    FOUNDERHAUS

    15+ partners

  6. 06

    Monthly closing week

    In person in Jurerê Internacional, Florianópolis. The last week of every month.

  7. 07

    Founder Haus

    A major benefit. The house in Jurerê Internacional. Cowork, breakfasts, Founder Fridays, closing week. The cohort is also office hours, distribution, and a self-serve program. The house is not the whole product.

Calendar

Weekly calendar

Weekly rhythm

  • 1:1 office hours. Members offer and receive.
  • Thursday night. Hybrid Prompt Nights.

IRL co-working

  • Monday. Healthy Founder breakfast and a cowork day.
  • Founder Fridays. Breakfast, cowork, and recovery.

Partner events

  • SpaceXAI / Cursor
  • Codex
  • Anthropic
  • Clay
  • AI Collective
  • This Week & Startups
  • …

Founders in Residence

US$1,420/ year

per founder

or ~US$142/month

Cofounders pay individually. See the FAQ.

Shown in US dollars. Monthly is requested in the same application.

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Confirmed perk

Elements

Member discount FOUNDERHAUS

15+ partners

Your spot in Founder Village

  1. 01

    Join the cohort

    Who you are. What you're building.

  2. 02

    We confirm fit

    Track record required. Quick review for this cohort.

  3. 03

    You're in

    Onboarding as Founder in Residence.

FAQ

Founders who build. Or builders who found. Picked from about 3,000 people who visited the house in the last 3 years. If we could choose only 42 founders to build with, this is the list. You need a track record to get in.

Everyone pays the same. US$1,420 a year, per founder. Cofounders pay individually. The fee covers team and infra so the club keeps running.

You don't have to. This is a global community. Network, investors, other founders, and office hours work from anywhere. Founder Haus in Jurerê is a huge part of membership when you show up. Cowork, breakfasts, closing week, the physical node.

It's our lucky number. Floripa has 42 beaches. The answer to everything.

It is a self-serve accelerator. It is not a VC accelerator. No hand-holding. You built before. You know investors. You can get intros yourself. You can get content. You can watch livestreams. What you need is to learn how to build AI-first. Unlearn the old way. New tech stack. None of us has built this way before. Founders share what they are learning, in real time.

Yes. Some founders are very good at one thing and can teach the others. An AI design founder can learn from a distribution founder, and the other way around. Office hours are group or 1:1. Less content. More screen shares, real use cases, and tech stacks. You download what is working.

No. Founder Village does not invest in your company. Investors in residence do. We also picked a small set of investors who back founders and see deal flow. We believe in bootstrap. If you want a VC path, that support is here. Separately, founders in the cohort coinvest in each other's next ventures.

Yes. The cohort mixes AI founders, deep in the hole, and normies making the switch. You share what you are best at. That is why only strong founders get in. You have to add value to your peers. None of us has built AI-first before.

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