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Hyderabad residency
The Founders Residency
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Twelve founders live and build in Hyderabad for ninety days.
The film
Inside the house, in motion.
One house, one cohort, three months. Press play for a short look at the residency and the kind of room we are building.
0Residency
A house built to make serious work unavoidable.
A residency is not a retreat. It is a temporary operating system for founders: live together, build every day, get exposed to sharp people, and make progress hard to hide from.
Compress the loop
The room makes progress visible. Shipping, customer truth, and hard asks happen every week.
Raise the floor
Strong founders change the default pace for everyone around them.
Enter the program Hyderabad
Hyderabad is underbuilt, not underpowered.
Engineering talent, enterprise buyers, healthcare, fintech, media, infrastructure, and AI depth are already here. The missing piece is density: one serious room where builders can move faster together.
Talent
Engineers, students, operators, and first-time builders already live here.
Market access
Enterprise, healthcare, fintech, media, infrastructure, and consumer India are close.
Lower noise
Less performance. More room for serious companies to form quietly.
Timing
The city has ingredients. It needs a high-density founder room.
IIProvisions
What founders get.
Extreme utilitarianism, made concrete. We cover everything that gets in the way of building. And surround you with the people who help you build faster.
Full coverage
Housing, food, operations, programming, tools. Founders pay nothing, and pocket a stipend on top.
- ₹36K monthly stipend, ₹1.08L over the residency
- Housing, utilities, cleaning, two meals a day
- Tech credits, software, dev platform access
The House
The first official Residency house in Hyderabad, built for ship velocity.
- Private furnished room, July through September
- Build floor with standing desks, fast wifi, 24/7 access
- Full-time cook, filter coffee, household on the company
The Cohort
Twelve founders, picked one by one. A permanent alumni network on the other side.
- Weekly invite-only Demo Days for select investors
- A public Main Demo Day at the close of the cohort
- Lifetime access to the alumni network and future cohorts
The Network
We don't mentor you - we bring in the people who should. Mentors, investors, and operators in the house, plus the global Residency network behind it.
- Warm intros to investors, operators, advisors
- Mentor sessions on distribution, growth, fundraising, GTM
- Exchange access to Residency houses worldwide
Program rhythm
Ninety days. Weekly demos. One final room.
The residency is built around visible progress: product, customers, numbers, asks, and blockers. Demo Day is not theatre. It is a deadline that makes the company clearer.
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JulyWeeks 1-4
Clarity
Aim Find the sharpest version of the company.
By the end A clear customer, product direction, weekly operating rhythm, and the first hard truth from the market.
02
AugustWeeks 5-8
Velocity
Aim Turn clarity into visible momentum.
By the end Shipping cadence, pilots, sales loops, customer conversations, and weekly demos that show real movement.
03
SeptemberWeeks 9-12
Leverage
Aim Make the company worth backing.
By the end Sharper metrics, a tighter narrative, investor readiness, partnerships, and the final Demo Day ask.
Demo Days
Small, invite-only, inside the house. Founders show product, progress, asks, blockers, and numbers.
Main Demo Day
Investors, operators, angels, and ecosystem leaders. No guaranteed capital. Serious exposure, earned through progress.
VIThesisEight answers. One bet
Questions, answered straight.
No hedging. No marketing-speak. The honest answers to the things founders actually ask before they commit ninety days.
Hyderabad has the raw ingredients. Engineering talent, capital appetite, government support, top universities, a serious AVGC push, and a real investor ecosystem. What it has lacked is the activation layer: a place where founders, investors, mentors, and resources converge in one room.
We are the first official Residency house in Hyderabad, and the first dedicated, premium hacker house the city has had. We start here. Emerging ecosystems are where we grow.
VIIApply to Cohort IOpen
Apply to Cohort I.
Applications close June 14, 2026. Cohort I starts July 3, 2026. Fifteen minutes to apply. Ends with a one-minute pitch.
Applications close inCloses June 14, 2026 at 23:59 IST
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