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One week until Spring 2027 applications close! StartX is stage and industry agnostic, taking companies from pre-seed through growth.
We don't judge your idea. What matters: commitment, team, execution.
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StartX alum @AlmaImmigration, the immigration law firm trusted by leading AI and tech companies, raised a $17M Series A backed by NEA, Forerunner, and the Collisons. 🎉
Congratulations @Aizada and team!
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Having a community of founders you can turn to for candid advice is incredibly valuable." – @Aizada
For Alma's clients, the right support turns a visa into a future. For #StanfordFounders, StartX is that support: 3,000+ founders and 400+ mentors, with 0% equity.
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Jesse built his company through StartX's Student in Residence (SIR) program: a part-time path built to prepare Stanford students for full-time StartX.
Full-time Spring 2027 apps close Oct 11.
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First company or fifth, StartX meets you where you are.
First-timers get 1-1 mentorship and a fundraising coach. Repeat founders get an advanced program, peers and industry experts.
@nickdamian0's done it 3x.
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StartX alum @knowtexai, the first frontier AI lab for healthcare, is a prime awardee on the VA's $775M enterprise AI contract. 🎉
Founded by @CarolineCZhang & @Jocelynrice27 (StartX P23), who started building it as medical scribes.
Huge congrats to the team!!
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Capella gets niche deep tech questions answered within 24 hours, often more than once, from her StartX group. In hardware, that matters: mistakes surface late and cost more to fix.
Spring 2027 apps close Oct 11.
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We could've taken 7% equity from every founder who came through StartX. At today's valuations, that's roughly $14B. We took 0%. Apply and keep your equity. Spring 2027 applications close Oct 11.
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Enterprise sales has gotchas nobody warns you about. StartX founders work through them with peers who've already been there, like Ivan Lee. Applications for Spring 2027 close Oct 11. Apply here: startx.com/apply?s=app_campa…
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In consumer tech, your vision can outpace your metrics. Chris Hulls went through that for 7 years before Life360 became one of StartX's 29 unicorns. What helped him persevere: other StartX founders in the trenches with him.
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Deep tech problems can eat months if you're solving them alone. StartX’s community cuts that down to hours for Capella: "You can pop any question and get an answer within 24 hours, from multiple people, multiple opinions."
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Investors used to reward steady SaaS metrics. AI broke that model. Karl: "Recurring revenues, customer stickiness, all of that is now up for a toss."
Get StartX in early, before you're stuck rebuilding your whole approach.
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Most founders turn to accelerators the first or second time. Karl Mehta went back for his third: "I wanted a proven methodology from people way smarter than me. StartX had that."
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Still in school and building a startup? There's a StartX track for that. Jesse Chang: "We hit major milestones and even closed our fundraise while at StartX."
Part-time, academics first.
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Nick's done YC twice, StartX three times. In his words: "StartX has a really close-knit, supportive community." What keeps him coming back: trusted network and a level of access inside Stanford no other program can match.
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Accelerators aren't just for first-timers. Nick's built three companies through StartX.
3,000+ founders. 29 unicorns. 144 companies valued over $100M.
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Most founders dream of one biotech unicorn. Ivan Dimov built TWO, both through StartX: "Being part of a community increases your probability of success enormously, especially around biotech."
29 unicorns, 250+ hospital partners.
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