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Incubated
by
HF0,
Lightyear
is
a
one-month
founder
residency
that
brings
together
some
of
the
world's
most
ambitious
early-stage
entrepreneurs.
Residency
01
The Residency Model
Thirty days is precisely long enough to achieve a breakthrough and precisely short enough to sustain intensity. We have found the edge of what is humanly sustainable and built a program at that exact edge.
02
Thesis Over Timeline
The best founders do not need 90 days to validate an insight they already have. They need 30 days of radical focus to pressure-test it, refine it, and take it to market before the window closes.
03
Technology Changed the Math
AI, modern tooling, and global connectivity have collapsed timelines that once took quarters into weeks. The founders who move fastest do not have more time. They have simply built the right environment to use theirs.
04
Location as Leverage
San Francisco is a compounding advantage. Every investor, engineer, advisor, and category-defining founder exists within a 5-mile radius. Proximity to that network gives our founders that advantage.
A year's worth of work in one month
