🧠 Beta Weekly: Inside Beta Cohort 9 Kickoff, Innovent Capital Event Recap, & What’s Next w/ 500 Global
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📅 Featured Events
Prototyping AI Experiences with Play — For Designers and Founders 🔗 RSVP
Join us in Palo Alto for a hands-on workshop on prototyping AI experiences with Play, the no-code tool for building interactive mobile apps. You'll learn how to design AI-driven interfaces, explore multimodal interaction, and build your own OpenAI-connected prototype—no coding required. Perfect for designers and founders ready to bring their AI ideas to life.
Founders & Investors Social w/ 500 Global 🔗 RSVP
Join us in Palo Alto for an evening of sharp conversations, lightning startup pitches, and high-signal networking at our Founders & Investors Social—this edition co-hosted with 500 Global, a top-tier venture firm known for backing visionary founders from day one. With $2.7B+ in assets under management and a portfolio spanning 2,800+ startups across 80+ countries—including Reddit, Credit Karma, Stripe, Canva, and Twilio—500 Global brings a global lens and an operator-led team that makes them a go-to partner for ambitious founders ready to scale.
🚀 Program Highlights
Last Thursday in Palo Alto, we brought together a full house of founders, investors, and operators for our AI Founders & Investors Social with Innovent Capital Group —and the momentum was unreal. From first-time founders to seasoned operators, the room was alive with sharp conversations, pitch stories, and real talk about what it actually takes to reach the next stage.
Want to meet the teams or join us next time? Click here.
Last week, we kicked off Cohort 9 in person here in Palo Alto—welcoming a new wave of ambitious, global founders ready to spend the next 8 weeks building, iterating, and turning ideas into fundable companies. This cohort brings serious momentum. Here’s a glimpse of what they’re bringing to the table:
🔹 Backgrounds at PayPal, Amazon, Google, Morgan Stanley & more
💡 Early traction across AI, fintech, healthtech, and beyond
🌍 Representation from SF, Boston, Toronto, Germany, Turkey, and more
We can’t wait to share their progress, pivots, and breakthroughs with you.
This is Day One. Let’s build.
👉 Want to be part of this experience? Apply to the next Beta University cohort →
Introducing - Beta University 8-week Pre-Acceleration Program
Beta University Pre-Acceleration Program is a FREE 8-week pre-acceleration experience for founders who can be physically present in the Bay Area. Designed for founders to build VC-fundable businesses with proven know-how from the heart of Silicon Valley.
Some of our recent Alumni companies include Generation Lab (Sequoia), Adsgency AI (HF0), Tutti AI (Berkley SkyDeck); Openmart (Y Combinator), Mathgpt pro (Y Combinator), Dreammore AI (A16Z), Final Round AI (HF0), SCAM AI (Berkley SkyDeck), AWEAR (Techstars) and more.
If you're looking for hands-on mentorship, structured support, and a community of ambitious founders, our program is for you.
The application for Cohort 9 is now closed. Join the waitlist for Cohort 10👇
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