🧠Beta Weekly: YC Lecture, 500 Global Event Recap, Next w/ Hat-trick Capital & Beta Masterclass #1
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📅 Featured Events
Founders & Investors Social 🌟 Hat-trick Capital 🔗 RSVP
Silicon Valley’s AI scene is moving fast—this social helps you keep up. Join us for an evening with Hat-trick Capital, tailored for early-stage founders and active investors exploring agentic AI, robotics, and frontier consumer tech. Expect rapid-fire pitches from rising startups, curated intros, and off-the-record convos with people building real things.
Beta Masterclass #1 Break Through to Billion-dollar Clarity: Master the W-W-W Framework 🔗 RSVP
Early-stage growth starts with clarity—and this masterclass shows you how to get it. Join us for a hands-on strategy session led by IntelliVen’s Peter DiGiammarino and Joyce Reynolds, creators of the W‑W‑W Framework used by billion-dollar companies to align teams and sharpen go-to-market execution.
FinTech Founders & Investors Social 🌟 SciFi VC 🔗 RSVP
SciFi VC is joining us in Palo Alto for a special edition of our Founders & Investors Social—an evening of bold ideas, lightning pitches, and high-signal networking. Founded by Max and Nellie Levchin, SciFi VC backs intellectually curious founders tackling complex problems in fintech, AI, and science.
🚀 Program Highlights
Early-stage founders joined us for a rare behind-the-scenes look at the YC journey, featuring Rachel Hu, CEO of CambioML (YC S23), and Energent.ai, instantly turn dozens of messy documents or spreadsheets into clear insights with your AI agent.
Rachel pulled back the curtain on her experience applying to Y Combinator — from crafting a compelling founder story to building early traction. She shared what worked, what didn’t, and how she iterated quickly to stand out.
Last Thursday in Palo Alto, we packed the room with early-stage AI founders and top-tier investors for an unforgettable evening of high-signal conversation and sharp lightning pitches. Hosted in partnership with 500 Global, the event offered a rare behind-the-scenes look at what seasoned VCs are really looking for — and who’s catching their attention.
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.
Apply to Cohort 10 to secure your spot now.
Cheers,
Beta University Team