Founder Lab: NYC
Founder Lab is a weekly build day for early-stage founders. Bring what you're stuck on — check in on what you're testing and what you learned, then get to work: office hours with investors and operators, and open build time with founders at your stage. Same day, every week.
Who is this for?
Founders building venture-scale startups, pre-seed to Series A — AI, deep tech, frontier, or any technical or science vertical. Connected through a common thread of relentless honesty and proof arc: something built to scale, tested and iterated on weekly.
The System
Every check-in runs through FounderOS, the proof engine that turns weekly work into a track record with venture visibility.
Review Reps: How are you stuck, what did you learn, and what needs to change.
Pressure-Test Logic: Use adversarial feedback to identify flaws in current hypotheses.
Anchor the Roadmap: Align on near-term technical unlocks and business milestones.
Design the Next Interval: Lock the specific success gates for the upcoming build cycle.
Direct Feedback: Receive "brutal honesty" testing from founders, operators, and venture advisors.
Founder Lab NY is headed by Keenan Williams, RTC venture advisor, former YC founder ('17).
*Fabrik Day Pass discount is available via your dashboard.
Agenda
9:00 AM — Doors open
10:30 AM — Group check-in
12:00 PM — Lunch break
After Check-Ins — Logic Refinement & Workspace 1:1 office hours / feedback + workspace access will commence. Lunch is occasionally provided.
New or Visiting Founders
Founder Lab is the core operating cadence for RTC founders. Activate FounderOS to access the full system.