a16z Speedrun ra mắt Chương trình học bổng Alpha với hỗ trợ lên đến $250.000

The Mars Finance report states that a16z-related project Speedrun has launched the Alpha Fellowship, with an application deadline of October 11. The program targets highly technical students, dropouts, and recent graduates, supporting builders at the earliest stage. Based in San Francisco, it is operated by the Speedrun team in collaboration with EO Ventures. The Founder track offers up to $250,000 in investment, over $1 million in partner credits (AWS, GCP, Azure, OpenAI, Anthropic, Cursor, etc.), an automatic final interview at Speedrun (up to $1 million in investment), office hours, co-working space, and an 8-week in-person experience (January 11 to March 5). The Talent track provides a 4-week in-person experience (February 8 to March 5), featuring introductions to portfolio companies, office hours, fireside chats, and co-working space. Speakers and mentors include a16z co-founder Marc Andreessen, Substack founder Chris Best, a16z general partner Andrew Chen, and EO Ventures founding general partner Roland Fryer. Investment terms are $150,000 for 5% SAFE plus a $100,000 follow-on investment within 18 months. The program is limited to software engineers with full-time work authorization in the U.S.; students may apply but must commit full-time.