Building the internet since 1999

Hello / World

Ready to put AI to work, but tired of open scopes, retainers and decks that never ship? We land working AI inside your business in four weeks, with fixed scope, fixed price, and fixed delivery date. So you go from 'exploring AI' to 'shipped AI'.

Some stats

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    Companies backed

    Pre-seed and seed checks. Consumer, AI infra, creator economy.

  • 0M+

    Capital deployed

    Direct angel checks plus LP in funds we know first-hand.

  • 0

    AI products shipped

    Own products plus client projects. Same stack.

  • 0+yr

    Building the internet

    Founded companies, managed companies, sold companies.

What we do

Build, invest, advise, teach

Four ways to work together. We build AI products for clients and ourselves, back early-stage founders, counsel leadership teams month by month, and teach teams to ship with AI — no retainers, no slideware.

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A product of

Hey Future, the productised four-week AI build

One scope, one price, one delivery date. Working software in your hands by Friday of week four — or we refund your time.

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Where our capital sits

A glimpse of the portfolio. Direct angel checks plus LP positions in funds we know first-hand.

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Talk

Thirty minutes with the people who do the work

Thirty minutes with Sam or Nick. Whichever pillar fits, same conversation, same people — no account manager, no middle layer. If it fits somewhere else better, we'll say so the same day and connect you to someone from the network.

Sam Renders, AI Entrepreneur
Sam Renders
Nick Velten, AI Entrepreneur
Nick Velten

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