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Ideas from Variance

Ideas for deep tech founders.

Essays by Yug Gupta on deep tech, scientific ambition and building foundational companies in India. Ideas behind the Variance founder residency.

From ideas to experiments

Build with us.

Explore the one-month Variance founder residency in Bengaluru.

Apply to Variance

Variance is a 30-day residential deep-tech residency in Bengaluru from 18 September to 18 October 2026.

We're bringing together 14 exceptional builders working across robotics, hardware, applied physics, biotech, neurotechnology, foundational AI, and other foundational technologies.

Residents receive accommodation, workspace, compute and prototyping support, mentorship, and relevant introductions. Variance takes no equity.

We select for technical ability, ambition, speed, and what you can accomplish in 30 days, not credentials or pedigree.

Variance is built by Vedant and Yug.

Application time: approximately 10 minutes.

Share your X, LinkedIn, GitHub, personal website, or other relevant profiles. Put each link on a new line.

Explain what it does, its field, its current stage, and whether you are working alone or with a team.

Maximum 750 characters

Tell us what existing approaches get wrong and what becomes possible if you succeed.

Maximum 1,000 characters

Include prototypes, experiments, technical results, users, research, or other evidence. Share links where possible and clearly state your personal contribution.

Maximum 1,200 characters

What have you done that is genuinely exceptional? Tell us about your most impressive achievement, project, research, award, growth, revenue, open-source work, or unusually difficult accomplishment. Numbers and evidence are encouraged. Don't be modest.

Maximum 1,000 characters

Give us one specific, measurable milestone that you can demonstrate by 18 October, not simply "make progress" or "finish the product."

Maximum 1,000 characters

9. Can you commit full-time to living and building from Bengaluru from 18 September to 18 October 2026?