The Cohort.

A selective build program for Purdue teams ready to turn a real problem into tested work, week after week.

What Cohort founders have done.

200+

Cohort members have launched apps used by 200+ people.

Cohort founders have earned places in accelerators including Y Combinator.

0 to paid

Teams have gone from zero customers to their first paid pilots within months.

10x

Members have raised pre-seed rounds and grown revenue tenfold.

Meet experts who can challenge the work and help with the decisions that come next.

Promising companies get introduced across our VC network as early deal flow.

Build alongside students who set ambitious goals, share what they know, and follow through.

01
Apply
Tell us about the problem, why it matters, and who is committed to working on it.
02
Get to work
Join the active Cohort, set the next milestone, and put the unfinished version in front of people.
03
Ship proof
Return with what changed: a customer signal, a tested assumption, a prototype, or a launch.

Bring the problem you cannot stop thinking about.