Apply to Mad House: a hacker house for SF velocity

​Mad House is an invite-only hacker house. Fully covered by a $30M fund targeting AI. Get SF velocity by access to $, AI engineers, distribution, and 6-month desks. No cost, 0% equity.

We uniquely offer access to developers and capital. Applications close Jan 29th, move in from Feb 9th. We are based at Startuplab in Oslo Science Park.

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What do I get? You get to work really hard, together.

We enable teams to operate with SF velocity by access to

- 15+ select technical founders
- 6-months rolling office desks
- 50+ person VC network to fundraise
- 2000+ followers distribution to launch
- 1500+ developer network to hire
- 24/7 podcast studio for content
- Weekly check-ins on results
- Our network of founders in SF
- 2 week visiting desks in South Beach, SF

Every quarter we work with you to apply to YC.
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Who is it for? This is not for everyone. It's for teams operating with SF velocity.

We look for early velocity. Can the team build and launch without hiring anyone else? Is a growing market pulling you forward? Is this the right team to solve this problem?

We look for teams of 1-3 founders who ship. 100-50% technical. Bootstrapped or single raise. Initial product and momentum. Eligible for the US. Want to go to SF for 3 months to full-time.

We look for those working on hard things like robotics, space, foundation models, autonomy, brain interfaces, drones, developer tools, agentic SaaS, and their life's work.

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How does it work? Talk to users, build product for 6 months.

To compete with the world, we need a new operating rhythm:

- Daily: build product and talk to users, six days a week.
- Weekly: What did you get done this week?
- Monthly: Launch.
- Quarterly: Apply to YC.
- Bi-Annually: Demo Day and go to SF

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How can I get a seat? Clarity and numbers.

1. Why you? (We're 10y friends and worked on this before)
2. Why this? (We help A users do B task at C cost using D tool)
3. Why now? (X traction with Y customers in Z time)

Good:
Best friends from CS at NTNU. Help iOS devs add search in 2 min with RAG. Grew 0 to 200K visits and $2K MRR in 3 months.

Not good:
I like building things. We made a software platform for enterprises. McKinsey report says this will be big.

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We review first come, first serve. You'll hear from us within 1-3 weeks of application. Click [request to join] to apply in 10 min.

By the biggest developer community for AI in the Nordics.