AI Startup Opportunity
Become a Co-Founder. build the future.
We’re turning ideas into AI companies, and we need business and technical leaders to build with us.
Why this, why now
Martell Ventures is the incubator for the next wave of AI companies…
…and we need you to lead them.
Environment
Build with smart, driven leaders who push you up.
Mentorship
Direct access to Dan and operators who have shipped, scaled, and sold before.
Momentum
We’re surfing the biggest wave of our lifetime and going all in.
Two Types of Co-founders
Business Leader
Take new AI products to market in weeks, not years.
You’ll go heads down, find the customer. Feel the pain. Turn it into an offer people gladly pay for.
Because this time… you won’t be raising money, you’ll be solving problems for real customers.
Build the pipeline. Close the deals. Assemble a small, focused team and point them at the right problem.
Technical Leader
You’re the architect, turning customer needs into a simple platform that scales.
You’ll own the whole thing: data, models, and the interface they power.
Quietly stand up the essentials, manage the roadmap and timelines.
Ship. Learn. Simplify. Ship again.
This is the place to build your next AI company, without doing it alone.
Benefits of Co-founding
what you get
- Real ownership and upside that matches the responsibility you carry.
- A matching co-founder who’s building while you’re selling, or selling while you’re building.
- A studio engine that removes friction: legal, finance, partners, tooling, talent, and distribution.
- Time with Dan Martell, directly in the work.
- A peer group that normalizes speed, candor, and high standards.
Success is Earned
Who this is for
You’re a builder at heart. You don’t need direction, you create direction.
For business leaders, you might not code, but you know product, sales, tech, and people.
For technical leaders, you code in your sleep, dream in databases, and know that shipping fast is better than technical perfection.
Either way, you’re product-minded. You care how it feels.
You think in systems, speak in outcomes, and act before it’s comfortable.
Have what it takes?
how we start
No resumes. No hoops.
Share your story: what you’ve built, sold, and learned when it was hard.
If the chemistry and velocity are there, we move fast.