A launchpad for deep-tech companies built from India.
A launchpad for deep-tech companies built from India.
A launchpad for deep-tech companies built from India.
A 30-day residency in Bengaluru for 14 founders
building ambitious deep-tech from India.
A 30-day residency in Bengaluru for 14 founders
building ambitious deep-tech from India.
A 30-day residency in Bengaluru for 14 founders
building ambitious deep-tech from India.
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India does not lack people capable of building difficult things. What is missing are places organized around their work. A robotics founder should not have to find a house, a lab, compute, collaborators, and technical help one piece at a time.
Variance is our attempt to build one such place. Fourteen builders will live together for a month and work on one technical breakthrough. We will cover their room, meals, workspace, a stipend, credits, and access to a hardware lab. Mentors will be close when the work needs them.
We are building this because we want the next deep-tech companies from India to have a serious place to begin. If an important company, experiment, or piece of technology moves forward because the right people shared this house, the month will have mattered.
India does not lack people capable of building difficult things. What is missing are places organized around their work. A robotics founder should not have to find a house, a lab, compute, collaborators, and technical help one piece at a time.
Variance is our attempt to build one such place. Fourteen builders will live together for a month and work on one technical breakthrough. We will cover their room, meals, workspace, a stipend, credits, and access to a hardware lab. Mentors will be close when the work needs them.
We are building this because we want the next deep-tech companies from India to have a serious place to begin. If an important company, experiment, or piece of technology moves forward because the right people shared this house, the month will have mattered.
India does not lack people capable of building difficult things. What is missing are places organized around their work. A robotics founder should not have to find a house, a lab, compute, collaborators, and technical help one piece at a time.
Variance is our attempt to build one such place. Fourteen builders will live together for a month and work on one technical breakthrough. We will cover their room, meals, workspace, a stipend, credits, and access to a hardware lab. Mentors will be close when the work needs them.
We are building this because we want the next deep-tech companies from India to have a serious place to begin. If an important company, experiment, or piece of technology moves forward because the right people shared this house, the month will have mattered.
Supported by
Athropic
Combinator
Markov Robotics
SF Comute
Thirty days to
make the thing work.
Thirty days to
make the thing work.
Thirty days to
make the thing work.
All expenses covered
Live at the house with meals and a permanent workspace covered for all thirty days.
All expenses covered
Live at the house with meals and a permanent workspace covered for all thirty days.
Hardware lab with you
A 3D printer, prototyping tools, electronics equipment, and support for fabrication.
Hardware lab with you
A 3D printer, prototyping tools, electronics equipment, and support for fabrication.
Technical mentorship
Founders, researchers, and operators join when their experience can unblock the work.
Technical mentorship
Founders, researchers, and operators join when their experience can unblock the work.
$30,000+ in credits per person
AI and cloud credits across Anthropic, AWS, Azure, Fireworks AI, and others.
$30,000+ in credits per person
AI and cloud credits across Anthropic, AWS, Azure, Fireworks AI, and others.
Need-based ₹20,000 stipend
Money for the month, for the things we cannot plan for you.
Need-based ₹20,000 stipend
Money for the month, for the things we cannot plan for you.
Your work stays yours
No fee and no equity. You keep the company, the invention, and the IP.
Your work stays yours
No fee and no equity. You keep the company, the invention, and the IP.
The month ends with a technical Demo Day on 18th October.
Show what changed, not a polished pitch.
The month ends with a technical
Demo Day on 18th October. Show what changed, not a polished pitch.
The month ends with a technical Demo Day on 18th October.
Showing what changed, not a polished pitch.
Mentors joining
the house
Mentors joining
the house
Piyush Shah
Co-founder, InMobi
Danielle Strachman
Co-founder and General Partner, 1517 Fund
Cory Levy
Founder, Z Fellows
Harshil Mathur
Co-founder and CEO, Razorpay
Harshita Arora
General Partner, Y Combinatord CEO, Razorpay
Shyamal Anadkat
Former Applied Evals Lead, OpenAI
Atharva Gundawar
Co-founder and CEO, Markov Robotics
Div Garg
Founder and CEO, AGI Inc
Hemant Mohapatra
Partner, Lightspeed India
Viv Gadepalli
Co-founder & CEO, Vivly · Angel Investor, PhysicalAI
Ishaan Preet Singh
Partner, Lightspeed India
Ankit Chowdhary
Partner, South Park Commons
Sharmila Ramar
Head of Enterprise Infrastructure Services, MassMutual
Alysha Lobo
Robotics and Hardware Ecosystem Builder
Dr. Miguel Bessa
Associate Professor of Engineering, Brown
Prof. Silvestro Micera
Professor of Bioelectronics, Sant’Anna Photo: 2024 EPFL / Alain Herzog · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dr. Saty Raghavachary
Computer Science faculty, USC
Abhishek Kankani
Head of ETI, Cloudflare
Terry Winograd
Professor of Computer Science, Emeritus, Stanford
Rajeev Mantri
Founder and Managing Partner, Navam Capital
Soumyadeep Bakshi
Founder and CEO, collinear
Harshit Agarwal
Founder, AletheiaMind · Venture Partner, iKoMatch
Mentors joining
the house
Piyush Shah
Co-founder, InMobi
Shyamal Anadkat
Former Applied Evals Lead, OpenAI
Ishaan Preet Singh
Partner, Lightspeed India
Prof. Silvestro Micera
Professor of Bioelectronics, Sant’Anna Photo: 2024 EPFL / Alain Herzog · CC BY-SA 4.0
Soumyadeep Bakshi
Founder and CEO, collinear
Danielle Strachman
Co-founder and General Partner, 1517 Fund
Atharva Gundawar
Co-founder and CEO, Markov Robotics
Ankit Chowdhary
Partner, South Park Commons
Dr. Saty Raghavachary
Computer Science faculty, USC
Harshit Agarwal
Founder, AletheiaMind · Venture Partner, iKoMatch
Cory Levy
Founder, Z Fellows
Div Garg
Founder and CEO, AGI Inc
Sharmila Ramar
Head of Enterprise Infrastructure Services, MassMutual
Abhishek Kankani
Head of ETI, Cloudflare
Harshil Mathur
Co-founder and CEO, Razorpay
Hemant Mohapatra
Partner, Lightspeed India
Alysha Lobo
Robotics and Hardware Ecosystem Builder
Terry Winograd
Professor of Computer Science, Emeritus, Stanford
Harshita Arora
General Partner, Y Combinatord CEO, Razorpay
Viv Gadepalli
Co-founder & CEO, Vivly · Angel Investor, PhysicalAI
Dr. Miguel Bessa
Associate Professor of Engineering, Brown
Rajeev Mantri
Founder and Managing Partner, Navam Capital
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Your questions, answered with clarity
Your questions, answered with clarity
Your questions, answered with clarity
Is the residency free?
Who should apply?
Can I apply alone?
What happens to my intellectual property?
When and where is the residency?
What happens at the end?
Is the residency free?
Who should apply?
Can I apply alone?
What happens to my intellectual property?
When and where is the residency?
What happens at the end?
Still have questions? Email founders@variance.house.
Still have questions?
Email founders@variance.house.
Still have questions? Email founders@variance.house.
Small rooms. Serious builders. Real experiments.
Small rooms.
Serious builders.
Real experiments.
Small rooms.
Serious builders.
Real experiments.
Before the residency, we've been bringing builders together to explore world models and push ideas beyond the whiteboard.
Before the residency, we've been bringing builders together to explore world models and push ideas beyond the whiteboard.
Before the residency, we've been bringing builders together to explore world models and push ideas beyond the whiteboard.
