a16z speedrun opens Alpha Fellowship cohort 002: $20K equity-free grants, up to $250K investment
emax · x · 2026-09-08
a16z speedrun has opened applications for Alpha Fellowship cohort 002, targeting technical students, dropouts, and recent grads, based in San Francisco:
- Founder track: $20K equity-free grant, up to $250K investment, plus $1M+ in credits across AWS, GCP, Azure, OpenAI, Anthropic, Cursor and more
- Joiner track: fast-tracked full-time core product roles (not internships) at breakout startups
- Both tracks include time with Marc Andreessen and Andrew Chen, private hackathons, and a direct path into speedrun (up to $1M)
- Application deadline: October 11
Related event: a16z speedrun opens Alpha Fellowship cohort 2 with up to $250K investments(3 posts)→
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