THE ROSTER stage i · in formation
Twelve seats. One filled. Eleven open. Names of accepted members are listed only here, and only after the cohort closes — until then, the roster shows the founder's seat and a placeholder for each open seat.
One filled. Eleven open.
Jack Brandt
Founder · Detroit
“Building an empire of products in public, one shipped thing per week, until the math is undeniable.”
Seated· · · · · · ·
Seat Open · Founder
Reserved for an indie SaaS founder shipping their own thing.
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Seat Open · Operator
Reserved for an operator carrying P&L responsibility.
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Seat Open · Artist
Reserved for a working artist with an audience and a market.
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Seat Open · Hardware
Reserved for a founder shipping atoms, not just bits.
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Seat Open · Writer
Reserved for a writer running a serious independent practice.
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Seat Open · Designer
Reserved for a designer with a paid practice and a body of shipped work.
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Seat Open · AI-Native
Reserved for an AI-native builder with shipped product and real users.
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Seat Open · Creator
Reserved for a creator running a meaningful audience business.
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Seat Open · B2B
Reserved for a B2B founder with paying customers and a real number to move.
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Seat Open · Consumer
Reserved for a consumer founder with retention you'd defend in a room.
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Seat Open · The Surprise
Reserved for the petitioner whose work makes us reshuffle the rest.
Four stages. Twelve seats each.
| Stage | Convenes | Composition Bias | Geo Bias | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. | Jun 2026 — May 2027 | Founders 4 / Operators 4 / Artists 4 | US-heavy · Detroit + 4 cities | Petitions Open |
| II. | Oct 2026 — Sep 2027 | Technical-founder weighted | + London · Berlin | Forming |
| III. | Jan 2027 — Dec 2027 | Creator-economy weighted | + LA · Tokyo | Queued |
| IV. | Apr 2027 — Mar 2028 | Set by Stage I | Truly global | Queued |
Five short transmissions. Seven minutes.
A petition is not an application. It is a brief, written declaration that you intend to ship something serious in the next twelve months and want twelve serious people to hold you to it.
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