SPC is a community of technologists ideating and validating what to build next. Our members range from exited founders and highly-cited researchers to new graduates and first-time entrepreneurs. What unites us is ambition, ability, and a mutual commitment to helping each other navigate -1 to 0.
We focus on highly technical builders in the -1 to 0. Over the last decade, we have had 1,000 members join us to start companies, pursue research, and work on other ambitious projects.
Co-founder & CEO of General Magic, Apple spin-off credited with creating the smartphone. Now advising AI startup founding teams.
Co-founder & CEO of General Magic, Apple spin-off credited with creating the smartphone. Now advising AI startup founding teams.
Chief of Staff at Dropbox, founding member of SPC, now Co-founder CEO of Imbue.
Chief of Staff at Dropbox, founding member of SPC, now Co-founder CEO of Imbue.
2x Olympian for Team USA, now Innovation Engineer at Nike.
2x Olympian for Team USA, now Innovation Engineer at Nike.
Director of AI Research at Salesforce, now Research Scientist at Meta.
Director of AI Research at Salesforce, now Research Scientist at Meta.
Led operations at OpenAI, Co-founder at Zulip, Co-founder and COO of Pilot.com, now Director of Operations at OpenAI Foundation.
Led operations at OpenAI, Co-founder at Zulip, Co-founder and COO of Pilot.com, now Director of Operations at OpenAI Foundation.
Created Flashcards+, acquired by Chegg, now Co-founder & CEO of Speak.
Created Flashcards+, acquired by Chegg, now Co-founder & CEO of Speak.
Early engineer at Dropbox, Member of OpenAI Research Team since 2016.
Early engineer at Dropbox, Member of OpenAI Research Team since 2016.
Cofounder & CEO/COO at U.S. Digital Response, Fellow at Code for America & Aspen Institute.
Cofounder & CEO/COO at U.S. Digital Response, Fellow at Code for America & Aspen Institute.
Software Engineer at Google Brain and early Research Engineer at OpenAI.
Software Engineer at Google Brain and early Research Engineer at OpenAI.
Previous engineer at Brex, now Co-founder and CTO of Comun.
Previous engineer at Brex, now Co-founder and CTO of Comun.
Member Residency
Apply-1 to 0 isn’t a side project. It’s a full time endeavor. Member residents spend 6 months at SPC ideating, validating new areas, finding collaborators, and building conviction in what they want to work on. Most are pursuing founding endeavors, but 30% are doing independent research or building outside the startup track entirely. We’ve had high-agency individuals of all kinds, from academic researchers to Olympians, join SPC to work alongside one another on new projects. Like any hard thing, it’s better done together.
Day to day programming includes peer accountability groups, learning forums, and workshops on the latest technological frontiers. We also facilitate roundtables and conversations with industry heavyweights such as Satya Nadella, Vinod Khosla, Fei-Fei Li, and more. The greatest value of the member residency is the community of talented peers it embeds you in. Figuring out where to dedicate the next stage of your life is best done in the most talent-dense environment possible. Our primary product is talent curation.
Member Residency and the Founder Fellowship are both paths to joining SPC. The Founder Fellowship supports technologists who know they want to start a company and are ready for funding to help. Member Residency is open to technologists who may or may not know they want to start a company and are not yet ready for funding. If you’re planning to fundraise soon, we may instead ask you to apply for our Founder Fellowship.
We accept new members on a rolling basis and will start processing your application whenever you apply. We go through every application and you’ll generally hear from us within 1-3 weeks. If we’re moving forward, we’ll invite you to an interview to learn more about you.
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