Finance
Z Fellows
Listed offer value
$10,000Accepted applicants only, ~10 builders per cohort
Eligibility & conditions
Z Fellows runs a one-week program that puts about ten early builders together with founders of billion dollar companies. Cohorts are mostly virtual with the final day in person in SF or NYC, though the site says most fellows come for the whole week. Accepted fellows can take an optional $10,000 investment at a $1B valuation cap, which converts into stock at your next priced round, or take part with no money at all. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis with no deadline, there is no age restriction, and you do not need an existing company, a team, or to quit your job.
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How to apply
5 steps- Open https://www.zfellows.com/ and click any Apply Now button. It opens the Z Fellows application form at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeKZ2LFKJFxACeeBN9WXA-lAaT6BelMCSjzD4lb5waJqNadyA/viewform
- Check the form header reads 'Z Fellows - 2026 cohorts (currently accepting applications for 2026)'. If it instead says the form is no longer accepting responses, stop and check back later, since cohorts run roughly every other month.
- Fill in the questions: where you are based, whether you are in school or working and where, whether you are technical, what non-traditional things you were doing growing up, whether you have applied before, and how you heard about Z Fellows. The form asks for concise answers with no fluff.
- Submit and wait. Review is rolling and there is no deadline, so you are considered for the next cohort. If you were rejected in the past, the site says to re-apply.
- If you are accepted, decide then whether to take the money. You can do the program without it. If you take it, the $10,000 converts into stock at your next priced round at a $1B valuation cap.
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