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Z Fellows

One-week fellowship for very early technical builders, any sector

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Next deadline
Rolling
Applications are always open
Next batch
n/a
Not published
Offer
$10,000
Optional $10K at a $1B valuation cap
Batches a year
n/a
19 companies tracked

What it offers

Terms
You can take part without money, or take a $10,000 investment at a $1B valuation cap that converts at the next priced round. Source
Where
RemoteSan FranciscoNew York
Cadence
Multiple one-week cohorts a year, rolling review
Builders per cohort
10 (2026)

Batches and deadlines

Z Fellows batches, upcoming first, with deadlines and company counts
BatchStarts
Earlier
Next cohortRolling admissions, no deadline; applicants are considered for the next cohort. Mostly virtual, last day in person in SF or NYCn/a

Z Fellows companies, rising first

AIGreptileAI code review agent with complete context of your codebaseYC W24San FranciscoStartup →AIMintlifyThe intelligent documentation platformYC W22San FranciscoStartup →AIListen LabsAI-led user interviewsAI Grant Batch 2Startup →OtherAaruA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z FellowsStartup →OtherAvocaA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z FellowsStartup →OtherBlandA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z FellowsStartup →OtherCal AIA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z FellowsStartup →OtherCognitionA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z FellowsStartup →OtherCursorA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z FellowsStartup →OtherEtchedA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z FellowsStartup →OtherGeneral CyberneticsA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z FellowsStartup →OtherMachA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z FellowsStartup →OtherNucleusA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z FellowsStartup →OtherOrbit EngineeringA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z FellowsStartup →OtherPokeA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z FellowsStartup →OtherPoshA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z FellowsStartup →OtherPure PokerA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z FellowsStartup →OtherSwshA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z FellowsStartup →OtherWhopA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z FellowsStartup →
Company
GreptileAI code review agent with complete context of your codebaseteam of 352 programsYC W24 +1ActiveAI, Devtools
MintlifyThe intelligent documentation platformteam of 752 programsYC W22 +1ActiveAI, Devtools
Listen LabsAI-led user interviews6 programsAI Grant Batch 2 +5Not statedAI
AaruA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z Fellows Not statedOther
AvocaA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z Fellows Not statedOther
BlandA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z Fellows Not statedOther
Cal AIA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z Fellows Not statedOther
CognitionA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z Fellows Not statedOther
CursorA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z Fellows Not statedOther
EtchedA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z Fellows Not statedOther
General CyberneticsA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z Fellows Not statedOther
MachA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z Fellows Not statedOther
NucleusA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z Fellows Not statedOther
Orbit EngineeringA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z Fellows Not statedOther
PokeA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z Fellows Not statedOther
PoshA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z Fellows Not statedOther
Pure PokerA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z Fellows Not statedOther
SwshA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z Fellows Not statedOther
WhopA startup from Z Fellows's portfolio.Z Fellows Not statedOther

About Z Fellows

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Z Fellows
Companies from
official portfolio and batch pages, loaded by research
Dates checked
2026-09-25, from 2 official pages
Refresh
Loaded once from the official pages, not re-read on a schedule; last read 2026-09-26, 19 rows
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