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The Residency

Live-in incubator housing early-stage founders in San Francisco mansions.

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The Residency operates five mansions in San Francisco (four in Pacific Heights, one in the Mission) plus a Bangalore location, housing 10–25 early-stage founders per house in three-to-six-month cohorts. Residents receive housing, meals, AI compute credits, coaching, therapy, and access to mentors including Sam Altman.

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The thesis

The Residency is the leading model for the resurgent hacker-house category that a16z partners called the next big thing in 2026, and is producing a measurable share of new hard-tech and AI founders in San Francisco.

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