31 days inbengaluru.
cohort 01 brought 13 founders into one house in july 2026. the month ended with working products and demo day.
troy
cohort 01 is complete.
bengaluru · 13 founders · 8 teams · july 2026
the residency, documented.
founders lived and worked together for 31 days. this film records the house, the work, and the final presentations.
documentary coming out soon
what happened over 31 days.
build
each founder spent the month working on one product.
review
resident founders and visiting operators reviewed the work in person.
sharpen
teams refined their product, positioning, and company plan.
demo
the month ended with each team presenting a working product.
13 founders took part.
waris reshi
cohort 01
abhisht singh
cohort 01
krish thakker
cohort 01
aryan shah
cohort 01
aryan pahwani
cohort 01
Krishna Nagpal
cohort 01
rizza
cohort 01
Aditya Bhandari
cohort 01
Chaitanya Mishra
cohort 01
Shubh
cohort 01
adithya rohith
cohort 01
dawar deka
cohort 01
devansh gupta
cohort 01
8 teams built during cohort 01.
Akai Space
arcxiv
digress
hug
Latitude54
taan ai
zebrafish
zflabs
where they lived and worked.
what forge covered.
a room in the house
communal dinners
resident mentors
demo day
ai credits and domains
no cost to founders.
forge charged no application fee, tuition, or equity for cohort 01.
what happened next.
founders are now shipping from their own cities and closing early rounds. company-level funding details will be added after each team makes them public.