Pacific Foundry — Build the Frontier
Now Accepting Applications — Cohort I

Build the Frontier.

Pacific Foundry is a next-generation accelerator for founders working at the edge of AI, quantum, and deep technology. We back the builders who refuse to wait for permission.

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$250K
Per company
12mo
Intensive program
10
Founders per cohort
SF + ATL
Home bases
Investment Thesis

We back what others call too early.

The most important companies of the next decade are being started right now in labs, garages, and Discord servers. We find them before the crowd does.

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Applied AI & LLM Infrastructure
Enterprise AI systems, agentic workflows, RAG architectures, and the infrastructure layer powering the next generation of intelligent software.
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Quantum Computing Applications
Near-term quantum advantage in optimization, chemistry simulation, and cryptography. We invest in the application layer, not just the hardware.
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Deep Tech & Hard Science
Climate tech, biotech, advanced materials, and robotics. Companies solving problems that can't be solved with software alone.
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Frontier Infrastructure
The picks and shovels of frontier technology — compute, data, security, and developer tooling for the next paradigm shift.
The Program

Twelve months. No shortcuts.

We don't run a 3-month demo day sprint. Pacific Foundry is a 12-month operating partnership designed for founders building complex, technically deep companies.

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Capital to Build
$250K investment per company, structured as a SAFE. No board seats in exchange. We are operators, not controllers. Follow-on reserved for top performers.
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Technical Residency
Monthly in-person sprints in San Francisco and Atlanta. Deep technical reviews, architecture sessions with senior engineers, and peer founder cohort dinners.
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Industry Access
Direct warm introductions to enterprise design partners, Series A investors, and federal research programs (SBIR/STTR). We open doors before you have to knock.
The Team

Operators who've built at scale.

Our partners are former engineers, researchers, and founders — not career investors. We've shipped production ML systems, published frontier research, and built companies from zero. We know what hard looks like.

"The frontier isn't a place you find. It's a place you make."
— Pacific Foundry Partners
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Satish Bhambri
General Partner
Staff ML Engineer · 332+ citations · AI/quantum patents · Former Walmart Labs, BlueYonder · IEEE reviewer · ASU
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Advisor TBA
Venture Partner
Deep tech investor, former research scientist. Placeholder — update before launch.
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Advisor TBA
Operator in Residence
Enterprise AI executive, former Fortune 500 CTO. Placeholder — update before launch.
Cohort I — Applications Open

Ready to build something that matters?

We're selecting 10 founding teams for our inaugural cohort. Pre-product and pre-revenue founders are welcome. If you're working on something technically ambitious, we want to hear from you.

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Applications reviewed on a rolling basis