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Speaker Events

Announcing the -1 to Now Speaker Series

Exploring the critical -1 to 0 stage through stories from the world's best founders, investors, and researchers.

-1 to 0

What is -1 to 0? A Philosophy of Ideation.

Defining a crucial stage of company-building—and why you should take it seriously.

Demo

Recapping SPC Demo Faire August 2023

Check out the latest and greatest demos from SPC members and alumni!

SPC Fund

Evan Tana Joins SPC as a Partner

Welcoming SPC's newest investing Partner to the community and fund.

Founder Fellowship

SPC Founder Fellowship Fall 2023

Apply for $1M and bespoke support for founders in the -1 to 0 phase.

Speaker Events

How to Navigate -1 to 0: Advice From the Experts

Four experts share what it takes to get through a critical stage of company building.

Members

Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month at SPC

SPC celebrated AAPI Heritage Month by sitting down with SPC AAPI members, alumni, & staff to hear personal stories and what they’re exploring.

Demo

Recapping the SPC-Replit AI Hackathon

Check out the impressive demos from this week-long AI hackathon!

Demo

Recapping SPC Demo Faire March 2023

Check out the latest and greatest live demos from SPC alumni and members!

Members

Celebrating the Women of SPC

A look at what some of the women of SPC past and present are building.

Founders

Atlas Winced: Starting A Company is Harder Than You Think

Pain is inevitable as a founder. Learning how to deal with it can be the difference between success and failure.

Founder Fellowship

SPC Founder Fellowship Spring 2023

$400k for 7% for founders in the -1 to 0 stage exploring any venture-scale opportunity.

Social Impact

Welcoming Our 2nd Social Impact Fellowship Cohort

Welcoming the impressive builders in our 2nd SIF cohort and celebrating the remarkable progress of our 1st cohort.

AI/ML

Building a Real-time, Interactive, Agentic Voice AI Application

How three SPC members built a voice-based AI with agency in the real world—in less than a week.

Members

What Do SPC Members Do?

A deep dive into how members spend their time in the community and how SPC helps you go from -1 to 0.

Builder Events

Demos from the 2022 SPC AI/LLM Hackathon

Check out the incredible projects SPC members built during our week-long AI/LLM Hackathon!

Community

How to Apply for the SPC Community Grant

$25,000 to work on your side project at SPC, open to anyone applying for community membership.

Members

Who Should Join SPC?

The member archetypes that benefit most from joining SPC—and when they should apply.

AI

The Near Future of AI is Action-Driven

Exploring the astonishing near-term potential of Large Language Models.

Members

Sonia Joseph’s Plan to Find the Answer to Everything

How one SPC member hopes to use AI to answer the most fundamental questions of existence.

Speaker Events

Sal Khan's Fireside Chat from the SPC Archive

Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, shared his founder story and approach to radically innovating in education.

Speaker Events

AI Summarizes Holden Karnofsky

We asked AI to give us the TLDR of Holden's recent talk with SPC. We still needed a human.

Social Impact

SPC-Agency Fund Social Impact Fellowship 2

$70k grant, SPC membership, and direct mentorship for early-stage social entrepreneurs.

Engineering

Your CTO Should Actually Be Technical

Why engineering leaders also need to be great engineers.

Investing

Open Source Investing: Why SPC Backed Replit

Vision, leadership, and differentiation leave Replit well-positioned to onboard the next billion software developers.