Founders Residency

Phareyes is a selective program for exceptional early careers who feel a real compulsion to build.

Sometimes the hardest part is just starting.

Most people this age are pushed toward the same path: internships credentials optionality and the safe next step.

That makes sense for most people.

But not for everyone.

Some people keep coming back to the same problem question or frustration. They are not mainly looking for another credential. They want to start real work.

Phareyes is for that moment.

What matters is whether there is something you cannot leave alone and whether you are serious enough to begin making it real.

This is for people who would rather begin important work than drift further into the default path.

Who this is for

This may be a fit if you:

• keep returning to a problem or question that will not leave you alone
  

• want to build not just talk about building
  

• can tolerate uncertainty difficulty and long stretches without recognition
  

• are highly self-directed and do not need to be managed closely
  

• have real depth in something technical scientific product commercial or domain-specific
  

• care more about doing important work than looking impressive
  

We are especially interested in exceptional builders early in their journey including students dropouts self-taught operators researchers and others on unconventional paths. A degree is not required.

What you get

Selected participants join a small serious cohort with:

• a strong peer environment
  

• founder and problem refinement
  

• strategic review and honest feedback
  

• challenge structure and accountability
  

• thoughtful support around co-founder formation where relevant
  

• introductions and access where genuinely deserved
  

For a small number of standout founders Phareyes may also help unlock funding of up to $100000 if the work becomes investable.

Apply

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

This is a chance to step off the default path and start working on something that might actually matter.

Apply now.