Impact AI & Deep Tech Incubator.
For the curious minds turning breakthroughs
in AI and science into companies that matter.
Why we’re here
You have the technical curiosity.
Let’s build what comes next.
Redko Labs is an impact AI and deep tech incubator. We’re creating a place for technical students and researchers to turn meaningful problems into companies they can lead.
A small community, hands-on building, and support through the unfamiliar parts of becoming a founder. Apply with a research direction, an early company, or the skills to find your first problem.
Undergraduates · Master’s students · PhD researchers
Research to company
Scientific AI. Computational biology. Robotics. Energy, materials, and efficient computing. Explore the questions, customers, and first experiments behind a new company.
Explore the founder opportunities From university research to startupStartup perks & benefits
Cloud credits, software offers, and the tools to get your company off the ground. Explore programs from Google Cloud, Stripe, PostHog, Mercury, and more.
Explore all 15 programs
Google Cloud
Stripe
PostHog
Mercury
Notion
OpenAIProvider approval and eligibility apply. Redko Labs partner offers will be listed once confirmed.
Our focus
At the intersection of scientific possibility
and problems that matter to people.
Different disciplines.
A shared ambition to make an impact.
New tools for discovery, built by people who understand the questions. We want to help technical founders take a promising research direction into the world.
Explore ideas that make care, understanding, and everyday wellbeing better. Start with a real human need, and let evidence and domain expertise guide the work.
Some breakthroughs need a new foundation. We’re interested in the materials, hardware, and computational tools that make the next generation of technology possible.
The founder residency
Rolling enrollment. Small groups. Serious work on questions worth answering.
Explore the programGet close to the problem. Talk to people who experience it, meet domain experts, and identify an assumption worth testing.
Move from hypothesis to prototype. Test with users, learn what holds up, and find the beginnings of a viable product.
Lead the company you’re building. Shape a team, a business model, and a clear next milestone for revenue or funding.
What we’re bringing together
We enroll on a rolling basis. Your start date, support, format, and participation terms are agreed before you join.
Founder experience
Redko founder Anya Ozmen has worked with Techstars, Antler, and Founders Boost LA, a pre-accelerator. Redko Labs brings together a network of 100+ mentors and 7,000+ investors globally to help scientific and technical founders build their companies.
Redko Labs is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by these programs.
Meet Anya Choosing an incubator or acceleratorTechnical college students, master’s students, PhD researchers, and other builders who want to start an impact-focused company. You might have a research direction, an early prototype, or a problem you can’t stop thinking about.
You don’t need an idea or a company to apply. Tell us about your background and the questions you want to explore. We’re interested in both existing ideas and people looking for the right problem to work on.
Companies that address a meaningful problem and have a business model capable of sustaining that work. We want founders to define who benefits, what improves, and how they’ll measure it.
Our investment committee can offer selected founders up to $1 million in investment, with flexible terms negotiated individually. Investment is subject to committee review and a separate written agreement; joining the program does not guarantee funding. Any equity-for-support arrangement is discussed individually and documented before a commitment.
We enroll on a rolling basis. Apply when you are ready, and we’ll discuss your research, availability, and a suitable starting point.
Who can apply
We welcome applicants from all sorts of universities, including Stanford, UC Berkeley, Harvard, UCLA, USC, community colleges, and universities around the world. Industry experience and independent learning are welcome too. Tell us what you have worked on and what you want to build.
Let’s start a conversation
A question. A prototype. A better way of doing something. Tell us what’s on your mind and where you’d like to take it.
We’d love to hear from you.
The investment committee
Support for the next stage of your company.
Investment of up to
$1M
Our investment committee can offer selected founders up to $1 million in investment, with flexible terms negotiated individually. Investment is subject to committee review and a separate written agreement; joining the program does not guarantee funding.
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