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.
- Build with Confidence: Get equity + cash so that you have upside + security while building.
- A studio engine that removes friction: legal, finance, partners, tooling, talent, and distribution.
- Time with Dan Martell, directly in the work.
- Distribution and visibility in Dan’s network and media.
- 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.
But you’ve probably held back from starting a business. You’re smart. Probably more experienced than people who’ve started. But it’s never felt like the right time, the right idea, or the right vision.
This is your chance. To build something with a team at your back.
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 to Apply
We don’t need a manicured resume. Just a bit about you, what you’ve built, and why you’re ready for this.
After you start the application you’ll submit a 5 minute video that shows us:
- You care about the product you want to build
- You understand the problem you’re solving
- You know the customer inside and out
- You are the person who will bring the product to life
Click the button below to start your application.