The Bridge Retreat: Zurich edition
1 weekend. 20 builders. A place to connect, think, and ship.
We host small, curated weekends for ambitious builders.
It’s a space to meet others who build at your level. Spend a few days to experiment and create without distraction. Our weekends are low-key, designed for good conversations, connections, and deep work.
Who is this for?
For builders, product-obsessives, researchers, hackers, and operators who know how to build and grow what people want.
Many join as they start thinking about starting their own company in San Francisco.
What happens?
A villa near Zurich.
Hikes, chess, cooking, music, late-night building.
Learn from each other, build together, crack hard problems, and get inspired.
We cover accommodation, meals, and everything you need for the weekend.
Anthropic, our event sponsor, covers credits for you to cook during the weekend.
Why join?
Meet your people
Test things, work together, ship and get feedback fast
Leave with better ideas and people you’ll want to build with again
Meet the team behind The Bridge
About The Bridge
A US residency for Europeans who want to start massive companies.
We back people at stage -1: pre-idea and pre-team.
Spend 8 weeks in the Bay Area finding your people, forming a team, and launching your company.
Pitch for a $250k pre-seed and meet US VCs.
40 spots • Spring 2026 • Bay Area • Applications open now
Backed by EF & investors like Demis Hassabis (Deepmind), Mustafa Suleyman (Microsoft), John Collison (Stripe), Reid Hoffman (Linkedin), and Nat Friedman (Github).
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