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Announcing Blueprint II
A 3mo frontier tech program in SF
30 teams, $150k upfront
Once you join:
- Full access to our campus, labs, machines, talks, and $1M in credits
- Our full team working with you on product, GTM, hiring and fundraising
- Up to 1 year of dedicated space for your company on campus
- On site lunch from personal chef
We are the biggest backer of early hardware companies in SF
So we’re making an even bigger bet this year
Applications open now
We're looking for founders working on the hardest problems
Robotics. Drones. Space. Advanced manufacturing. Energy. New materials. Biosciences. Frontier AI models. Chips. And software that makes machines smarter.
If you believe that's you, we want to support you and push you further
just like the founders we've backed before:
Hardware founders want one thing:
other hardware founders.
We have a campus full of them.
Join our next lecture tomorrow with the co-founder of @physical_int, prioritizing hardware builders: luma.com/fdotinc-pi
Hardware founders: save this masterclass.
@jimbelosic, founder of @sendcutsend gave a talk on building a hardware startup in 2026.
he's at $200M+ revenue run rate, and told 3 lessons...
Build -
41:04 Buy what already exists.
42:32 Show a working prototype.
44:29 Test with customers early.
Sell -
18:20 Take other shops’ overflow.
48:36 Give samples. Get feedback.
50:31 Measure who orders again.
Scale -
14:04 $700K machine. $40K down.
53:09 Negotiate payment terms.
59:03 Automate repetitive work first.
We host talks like these weekly, let us know if you'd like an invite to our next one this Thursday with @QuanVng! luma.com/fdotinc-pi
Hardware founders: save this masterclass.
@jimbelosic, founder of @sendcutsend gave a talk on building a hardware startup in 2026.
he's at $200M+ revenue run rate, and told 3 lessons...
Build -
41:04 Buy what already exists.
42:32 Show a working prototype.
44:29 Test with customers early.
Sell -
18:20 Take other shops’ overflow.
48:36 Give samples. Get feedback.
50:31 Measure who orders again.
Scale -
14:04 $700K machine. $40K down.
53:09 Negotiate payment terms.
59:03 Automate repetitive work first.
We host talks like these weekly, let us know if you'd like an invite to our next one this Thursday with @QuanVng! luma.com/fdotinc-pi
The world needs more hardware builders.
I will find and fund you.
This Thursday, @QuanVng, cofounder of @physical_int is coming to our campus.
Come hear him talk, ask questions, and explore the wild hardware projects being built here.
Post a picture of your hardware for an invite.
Founders Inc retweeted
The world needs more hardware builders.
I will find and fund you.
This Thursday, @QuanVng, cofounder of @physical_int is coming to our campus.
Come hear him talk, ask questions, and explore the wild hardware projects being built here.
Post a picture of your hardware for an invite.
an actual autonomous factory
Meet Kumar:
He has been bending wires non-stop to help his human electrician brethren.
Here is him working continuously for two and a half minutes with edge case recovery.
2x speed - fully autonomous.
Starting tomorrow, Harold and Kumar (the robots) will go from paid pilot to producing wall 36,000 wall outlets per year on a 3 year production contract 🦾🚀.
There's a new version of this post
We want to invest $100-$250k in nocturnal founders.
So here's our offer to 50 teams:
> Pull up to our campus Oct 30, 4-11PM
> Build your craziest idea (hardware, drones, anything)
> Demo the real thing in front of our team.
We'll have food + drinks, and surprises from partners like @AnthropicAI 👀
DM or drop your idea below for an invite!
Come check or treating at our campus.
the night before halloween,
pull up and you’ll have 5hrs to build.
robots, software, anything.
we want to fund the spookiest ones.
Apply to try your idea: luma.com/nighthack
This is the first robot arm you should ACTUALLY buy
here’s how it does tasks through basic prompting:
built by @makermodsai
buy your first robot arm for $999
or hit up the founders @Ryan_Resolution & @IsaacSin12
makermods.ai/
Introducing Unlayered3D
the best 3D printing suite in the world
> 5 axis printing
> instant non planar slicing
> stronger production rated parts
> smoother surface finishes
> works on any printer
built by @unlayered3d
you can hit up the founders @thephilippounds & Alex Stedman
you can download their software today, or order a printer yourself
they ship regular updates!
unlayered3d.com/
2 years after they made their 1st dollar @paraformtalent crossed $100 million in annualized revenue
if you want to know how they got there, we’re hosting a fireside chat with the founder’s tomorrow
RSVP
luma.com/fdotinc-paraform
if you’ve had lunch at finc
you’ve had vegetables from my hardware garage,
100+ founders fed daily.
