the launchpad for for ambitious student builders, backed by @clerk
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Inception II is happening.
400 builders hybrid on 22–23 August with $5000+ prize pool, powered by @reactorworld
build with world models across:
→ Physical AI & robotics
→ Real-time interactive media
→ Gaming & simulated worlds
bring an idea, find a team, and spend 24 hours turning it into something people can actually interact with.
registrations are open.
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Eight hardware builders. Six days. And by the end, visitors were already asking when the next one would happen.
That was the Hardware First Residency finale at T-Works, Hyderabad, on November 6, an initiative driven by Capt. Venkat (@captvenk).
Eight builders worked side by side at The Founding Co. from November 1–6. Then visitors got to try what they built: a robotic hand, a flapping-wing robot, connected lamps, an ESP32-S3 handheld computer, a desk robot, and AirKords, an air guitar built by eight-year-old Lakshveer Rao of Projects by Laksh.
What came back was the kind of feedback hardware founders rarely get: people holding the product and telling you what they think. Some said they'd buy when it's ready. Several offered to volunteer.
A special thank you to Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy (
@g_satheeshreddy ), Former Chairman, DRDO and Scientific Adviser to the Raksha Mantri, for meeting the builders and encouraging their work.
Congratulations to The Founding Co (@thefoundingco_). team and its founders on successfully bringing this six-day residency together and being an integral part of the experience.
Builders want more chances to put working hardware in front of people, and Hyderabad wants to try it.
If you're building hardware, what would make the next gathering worth your time? Tell us in the comments or DM us.
@Min_SridharBabu @g_satheeshreddy @AnveshReddy_TG @DigitalMediaTG @TGRising2047 @CPRO_TGCM @jogitanikella @HardwareFirst_ @thefoundingco_ @bharathdotlife
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What if you could make games with AI?
we're hosting "MAKE IT PLAYABLE", a game creation challenge with @ElevenLabs, part of @chromaawards in Delhi NCR on 14th november.
Build games. Experiment. Make them playable. 🎮
sign up now: luma.com/cnlehsw4
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The amount of work we put into this hardware residency program was insane.
Thanks to everyone for begin part of it @thefoundingco_ @usesillycuts @CaptVenk @LionCircuits @thelaunchd
Looking forward for more collaboration and more hardware builders!🛠️
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To all the founders. We'll cover your stay, food, credits and living costs for 70 days!
You just build. No equity when you join.
Assembly is a live in startup program in Hyderabad, by The Founding Co.
Applications close in 2 days.
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Demo day at T-Works, Hyderabad🤖
My open-source humanoid hand mimicking people's gestures over BLE, built in 6 days at the Hardware First Residency.
The kids loved it most. Seeing their curiosity spark was the best part.
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I thought finding six serious hardware builders would be hard and raising ₹2 lakh would be easy. I got it backwards.
Six days later, eight builders were showing their working products at T-Works. Here’s what happened in between.
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What if your audience could shape the story?
We’re kicking off BRANCH- a 2 week film residency at USC with @CtrlMovieLtd to explore interactive storytelling.
📅 Nov 9 | 8–9 PM
Register: luma.com/g5ozassp
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Some people support an event. Some people become the reason it runs smoothly.
@JaswanthBeere from @thelaunchd was the latter.
He came to the hacker house, spent time with every builder, listened to their stories, documented their journeys and helped take their work to a wider audience.
And behind the scenes, he helped with event coordination, execution and all the little things that needed attention.
Hardware First would have been much harder to pull off without him.
Thank you, Jaswanth. You were truly part of the team.
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we have an unexpected guest at our event @thelaunchd @aiweekendsxyz
hijacking my laptop.
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India [s̶h̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶b̶u̶i̶l̶d̶] {is building} future hardware. 6 days of relentless building.
Hardware-First residency takes off at @thefoundingco_ (Hyderabad)
@PcbCupid x @CaptVenk
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We didn’t expect finding sponsors to be this hard, especially for an offline program helping serious hardware builders turn their projects into products people can try.
Finding the right builders and partners seemed like the hard part. That turned out to be easy.
We now have 6 builders, 7 mentors and 8 partners. We’re looking for 4 sponsors at ₹50,000 each. Sponsors will be featured in co-branded content, videos documenting the builds, and on the support wall backdrop for our podcast shoots.
If you’d like to back a slot or support us in kind, DM me or @akperala, @buildwithsrini or @JaswanthBeere.
The cohort starts on Nov 1, with product trials and a showcase on Nov 6.
hardwarefirst.com
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One founder can do a lot in 70 days. Imagine a house full of them.
Introducing Assembly by The Founding Co.
A fully funded, live-in founder residency in Hyderabad.
Our first program brought 12 founders together. Since then, they've raised funding, grown their companies, and started making a dent in their industries.
Now we're opening the doors again. This time, for you and your co-founder to come and build something that lasts!
Apply Now. thefounding.co/apply
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Variance House is coming to an end!
A month ago, 14 founders moved into a villa in Bengaluru. We got 1200+ applications, picked 14, and gave them 30 days to build.
On Sunday, Oct 18, they demo what they built across Robotics, Aerospace, Biotech and Earth Sciences.
We're keeping the room small, 50-70 people. If you build, back or care about Deep Tech, come see it.
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good people
good conversations
good event
at Founders night- Reverse network meetup
@thelaunchd @JaswanthBeere @staaakeIN
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Hyderabad somehow pushed it even further with @thelaunchd
completely different room, completely different energy, and conversations that kept getting better as the night went on.
we need more nights like this.
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Met @JaswanthBeere, he’s building @variancehouse, a deeptech residency in Bengaluru. Excited about everything that could come out of this.
And happy birthday @JaswanthBeere! 🎉
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Was at @thefoundingco_ last night for a deeptech dinner.
Met people building across biosensors, AI security, defence, water purifiers to OS for Robots.
It was good to just sit with people building very different things, thanks
@FoundingCo, @variancehouse, @theresidency
we’re hosting a dinner to get interesting people working on hard problems in the same room.
with @variancehouse at @thefoundingco_
hosting a small deeptech dinner in hyderabad this weekend with @thelaunchd.
bringing together founders, researchers, engineers, investors and builders working on ai, robotics, hardware, science, infrastructure and other genuinely hard problems.
no panels. no pitch decks. no networking theatre.
just dinner, drinks and good conversations with people building at the edge of what’s possible.
keeping the room small and intentional.
if you’re building in deeptech, come join us.
request an invite :luma.com/r048pue4
