A year ago, building software meant learning to code or paying a developer five figures. Now you describe what you want in plain English and have a working prototype the same afternoon. That's not the only thing that flipped. Market research that needed a consultant takes minutes. The company that needed a co-founder and real capital needs one person who knows the space. A full tech stack that cost a fortune runs for a few thousand a year. No co-founder, no degree, no investor's blessing required. As @jonnystartup puts it in his Great Reinvention essay, building the product is no longer the bottleneck.

Stop spending months "thinking about" your startup idea. This free tool gets you to a validated one in a single sitting. It walks you through 7 AI prompts you can copy straight into ChatGPT or Claude. Map your strengths, find real customer pain points, generate concepts, design a validation test, and get a customer interview script. No login. Just open it and start. Try it here: ai-startup-protocol.fi.co/

A company or trend you admire + a market or problem you care about = your next startup idea We built a free AI tool that finds those combinations for you Try it: startup-idea-engine.fi.co/

You've been thinking about that idea long enough. Time to find out if it's real. The Startup Ideation Bootcamp is a 2-week program where you'll brainstorm ideas, validate them with real customers, and pitch to 30+ experienced mentors and investors. By the end, you'll know whether to go all-in or move on. That beats another year of wondering. Apply here: fndri.com/4rqF5WE

AI is not complicated. You just need to know how to set it up right. The Open Claw AI Productivity Bootcamp: → Set up a 24/7 AI assistant for research, writing, and workflows → Build a real app with no code → 5 live sessions, March 10–19 Led by @adeoressi, 10X entrepreneur & investor. Presented by @govclab. Apply → fi.co/bootcamp/vibecoding

Evan Wong, Co-founder and CEO of Checkbox, bootstrapped the company for years. Now with backing from Touring Capital, Peak XV Partners, Conductive Ventures, Tidal Ventures, Five V Capital, and angel investors including Jerry Ting, Checkbox is at the forefront of AI's transformation of the legal industry.

Checkbox's AI agents turn everyday conversations across Slack, Teams, email, and Salesforce into simple workflows, automating routine legal work so lawyers can focus on what matters. This Founder Institute portfolio company is already used by 100+ enterprises like SAP and PepsiCo.

AI is completely transforming the global legal industry. Hitachi now partially or fully-automates 83% of their routine legal and compliance requests through AI, thanks to Checkbox. @CheckboxAI (FI Australia-NZ) just raised $23M to scale their "AI Legal Front Door" platform to capture, manage, and automate legal work.

You don't need to learn to code. You need to learn to build. Here are 5 tools to turn your idea into a product: Replit — Build apps in your browser using AI. No setup needed. Claude — Learn concepts, get answers, and delegate coding tasks in plain English. Supabase — Your app's database, user logins, and file storage in one place. Stripe — Accept payments, subscriptions, and invoices. n8n — Automate workflows between your apps and tools. Ready to bring your idea to life? Join our Vibe Coding Bootcamp: fndri.com/4a5cvo6

Finding a co-founder shouldn't be a shot in the dark. Most founders pick partners based on gut feeling, friendship, or just availability. Then they're surprised when conflicts arise, roles overlap, or the partnership falls apart. Our research shows these 8 traits make a great co-founder: High trust. Self-reliance. Achievement. Dependability. Innovation. Emotional control. Moderate assertiveness and agreeableness. The Startup Co-founder Bootcamp shows you exactly how to find and evaluate potential co-founders with the help of our Entrepreneur DNA Assessment. Sign up here: fndri.com/47pzoBE

The old way: Spend 6 months finding a technical co-founder, 6 months building in secret, launch to crickets. The new way: Pick a startup idea, build an MVP using AI, validate with real users. These 20 ideas represent actual startups you can build today using AI. Grant writing services. Virtual assistant marketplaces. Event platforms. Subscription boxes and more. The Vibe Coding Startup Bootcamp shows you exactly how: fndri.com/4oIG83f

Great startup ideas aren’t born perfect. They are built, tested, and refined, just like Slack, Instagram, YouTube, Shopify, and Pinterest. The same process applies to your idea. With structure, feedback, and accountability, you can go from “I think” to “I know”.

Great startup ideas are built, not born. The Startup Ideation Bootcamp is back — a 5-week intensive with expert feedback, AI tools & a proven process. Take your first step into entrepreneurship 👇 fi.co/bootcamp/ideation

Go from idea to product in 2 weeks. The Vibe Coding Bootcamp helps you: ✅ Set up your AI system of tools, integrations, and automations ✅ Use AI and No-Code to launch your first product and test your hypothesis ✅ Avoid costly mistakes in AI product development ✅ Get real feedback from customers on your product Deadline to apply: September 14, 2025. 👉 fi.co/bootcamp/vibecoding

AI is only as good as the prompts you use. That’s why we built the Startup Prompt Library, a curated collection of ready-to-use prompts for founders. ✅ 100 prompts covering 16 core founder tasks ✅ Works seamlessly with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini ✅ Plug-and-play for your workflow Check it out: fi.co/prompts

MeetGeek (FI Bucharest) has raised €1.6M from Early Game Ventures and Inspire Capital to scale its AI meeting assistant into a category-defining AI workspace. With more than 4,000 client companies across 100+ countries and ARR already above $2M, MeetGeek is building agentic AI that not only records conversations but actively participates in meetings, turning dialogue into structured data, automated actions, and seamless integration with tools like CRMs and project management platforms. Read more: therecursive.com/meetgeek-ra…

Finding your first users doesn’t have to be guesswork. This GPT helps founders uncover both obvious and overlooked early adopters. In just a few quick questions, it highlights 5 key segments and shows why they care, where to find them, and how to reach them.

Are you a seed-stage startup looking to scale in the U.S.? Join the Penn West Accelerator — an in-person, equity-free program by Founder Institute and Penn West designed to help startups expand into the U.S. East Coast through structured mentorship, hands-on workshops, and a high-profile investor demo day in Washington, D.C. Apply now and grow faster: fi.co/bootcamp/pennwest

Shipping your first product is easier than ever before with the right AI tools. We pulled together 10 AI tools to vibe-code your first product fast: - Replit - OpenAI - n8n - Supabase - Claude - LangChain - Midjourney - Cohere - Zapier - Figma

Super excited to have @seobrien onboard! 🚀🚀🚀