COHORT 11 · APPLICATIONS OPEN — FALL 2026

We back and accelerate founders
building the AI-native future

From first check to Series A — capital, compute, and a global network for the teams defining what's next.

lab.status — live AWS · us-west-2

cohort#11 · fall 2026

spots24 open

compute512× H100 · online

credits$200K / team

demo daydec 2026

uptime99.98%

// Our partners & backers

Maria01 Sampo Accelerator Aalto AI Community Aalto Entrepreneurship Society Boost Turku FAIR · Finnish AI Region European Commission European Blockchain AWS Google Microsoft Turbiini · Metropolia

Four focus areas across the AI stack

From silicon to applications — we invest where the next wave forms.

01

AI Infrastructure

Compute, orchestration, and the tools that make training and inference scalable.

TrainingInferenceOrchestration
02

Vertical AI

Domain-specific models and products transforming finance, health, and industry.

FinanceHealthIndustry
03

Agents & Tooling

Autonomous agents, frameworks, and developer platforms for the agent era.

FrameworksDevToolsAutonomy
04

Model Layer

Frontier research, alignment, and the next generation of foundation models.

FrontierAlignmentFoundation
$120M+AUM
48Portfolio companies
10Cohorts accelerated
14Countries

// Our portfolio companies

Meridian Vantage Cinder Atlas Beacon Lumen

A 12-week sprint from idea to funding

  • $150K seed investment on joining
  • $200K in cloud compute credits
  • Hands-on mentoring from operators & founders
  • Weekly investor days & demo day to a global LP network
  • Permanent access to our founder community
W0–2Onboard & scope
W3–6Build · compute + mentors
W7–10GTM · investor days
W11–12Demo day · follow-on
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// next cohort

Fall 2026

Applications open · 24 spots

// we fund

Pre-seed → Seed

$150K – $1.5M first checks

Portfolio companies

A few of the teams building with us.

Meridian

Meridian

LLM observability for mission-critical production systems.

LLMObservability
Pre-seed · $800K
Vantage

Vantage

Autonomous financial analysts for mid-market funds.

FinTechAgents
Pre-seed · $1.2M
Cinder

Cinder

AI copilots for industrial safety inspections.

IndustrialCopilots
Seed · $1.4M
Atlas

Atlas

Model routing and inference optimization for edge devices.

EdgeInference
Seed · $1.5M
Beacon

Beacon

Compliance agents for regulated financial workflows.

ComplianceRegTech
Seed · $1.1M
Lumen

Lumen

Energy-aware training for large language models.

EnergyTraining
Pre-seed · $900K

Latest from the lab

JUN 2026

Cohort 10 demo day wraps

12 teams presented; 9 closed follow-on rounds within 30 days.

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MAY 2026

OpenCompute Labs closes $85M Fund II

Oversubscribed fund to back 40+ new AI companies across three continents.

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APR 2026

Compute partnership expands to $200K credits

Every portfolio team now ships with dedicated H100 capacity through our network.

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