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Let’s gooooo, so excited to work with these teams!
Introducing Cohort 5 of the Solana Incubator.
Our most competitive pool yet — founders building across AI, robotics, and trading on @solana.
Day one of working with these teams:
🟣@clawpumptech
🟣@crowdbrainai
🟣@Lavaragexyz
🟣@morfimarkets
🟣@ownit_xyz
🟣@projectsolo
🧵👇
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had a call with this batch of @incubator founders and really impressed
one project i really like is @projectsolo
problem: you vibe code a dapp but need to gather feedback from real people
solution: you register on Solo, create a campaign for 1000 USDC and they let real people give feedback to your product
they make sure it’s real people behind the scenes using FHE tech
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unparalleled access to the highest signal people in NYC
went from knowing almost no one here to having the deepest network in 90 days. (fdn, VCs, traders)
if you have an idea/project with early users or interest don’t think!! apply!!!
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One of the best experiences I’ve had as a founder, I encourage everyone to apply
Please reach out if you are considering applying and you are creating the next decacorn
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I had no idea what this experience would be like, but now I feel it was one of the most life-changing 3 months for me.
Being in NYC surrounded by smart, ambitious people building cool shit is something I couldn’t get in Prague.
If you’re building, apply. They won’t kingmake you, but @EmonMotamedi , @ovskyx and the team will make your product and your startup better in 3 months than you ever thought possible.
Also, it’s just fun to build with other folks around you.
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1/ Grow your company alongside the Solana Labs team!
Applications for Cohort 6 of the Solana Incubator are now open — join us in NYC for 3 months starting March 2027.
📅 Deadline: December 4th.
✅ Rolling review — early applicants prioritized.
🧵👇
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Thank you @armaniferrante for joining our latest founder dinner series.
After meeting each team 1:1, Armani shared his journey, from the first days building on @solana to growing @Backpack through every up and down.
One message stood out: Keep going. Resilience is the job.
ALT Solana Incubator founders gather for a group dinner at Solana Skyline in NYC. Armani Ferrante leads a discussion as attendees listen around a long table, with the Solana logo displayed on a large screen in the background.
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Straight out of the @incubator
There’s the waitlist, and there’s the shortcut
Reply “code” for a surprise ↓
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Congrats to @SpoutFi (Cohort 4) on their $2m raise, backed by @DraperDragon, @Anchorage, @FlowTraders, and more!
Spout lets you unlock cash from your tokenized stocks without selling them or paying interest.
Proud to have them in the Incubator family.
We’re excited to announce that Spout has raised a $2m strategic round from @DraperDragon, @Anchorage, @FlowTraders, @Taisu_Ventures, @VesselVC, @solayer_labs, @2SquareCapital and @Bering_Waters, with strategic backing from @solanalabs
Borrowing against your own stock doesn’t have to cost interest.
Post tokenized US equities as collateral. Borrow USDC at a flat 50% LTV. Pay 0% interest for as long as you hold the loan.
The lender is paid out of covered call premium written weekly against that collateral, not out of a rate the borrower pays. That is the whole trick.
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7 months in the area to get solana:739dnZEG4yaBWFsY8L8ZwrfhGG6dhtCSercW8Umspump verified on @fomo
infinitely thankful to @EmonMotamedi & @ovskyx from @incubator for the inmense help to @clawpumptech.
they have truly been one of the most pragmatic and supportive backers @tomi204 and i have ever worked with. lots of love
The largest agentic finance platform on Solana got a fresh new badge.
solana:739dnZEG4yaBWFsY8L8ZwrfhGG6dhtCSercW8Umspump just got is verified on @fomo
We would like to thank the Solana @incubator team for connecting us to @seyong & working with us through verification of our platform’s & ecosystems tokens.
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Learned from @seyong what it really means to "talk to your users"
@fomo has individual group chats with the first 2K traders on the platform, w/ all 3 cofounders reading and replying in each
This is the level of customer obsession it takes to win
Great conversations last night with @seyong, co-founder of @fomo.
Se sat down with each Cohort 5 team, then shared the story of building one of the fastest-growing consumer apps in crypto.
From first hires to a culture of conviction, lots of lessons for our founders.
ALT Cohort 5 founders sit around a long dinner table with Se Yong Park, co-founder of fomo, in an event space lit with pink and purple light. A large screen behind the table shows the Solana logo, and Solana banners line the walls.
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Great conversations last night with @seyong, co-founder of @fomo.
Se sat down with each Cohort 5 team, then shared the story of building one of the fastest-growing consumer apps in crypto.
From first hires to a culture of conviction, lots of lessons for our founders.
ALT Cohort 5 founders sit around a long dinner table with Se Yong Park, co-founder of fomo, in an event space lit with pink and purple light. A large screen behind the table shows the Solana logo, and Solana banners line the walls.
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I want to very publicly thank @EmonMotamedi and @ovskyx from the solana @incubator
they've managed to intro us to literally *everyone* we've asked for and connected us to every single partner who can help the growth of @clawpumptech in less than a day.
truly a goated duo!
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AI agents can reason, but they can't feel.
That's what the humans on SoloMission are for.
NYC Solana legend @DrRebekkaRevel sits down with @EdisonSOLO_ of @projectsolo on why AI still needs real human judgment.
your next boss is an AI 🤖
@projectsolo's co-founder @edisonsolo_ is building a marketplace where AI agents hire humans to better understand emotion
built on solana
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We've secured strategic backing for Clawpump from an AI focused VC with deep understanding of crypto who is working with us to bring our product to net new markets within agentic finance & abliteration.
We are joined in this journey by them and the @solanalabs's @incubator.
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"Whoever owns the machines owns the future."
Big congratulations to @fractalsfi (Cohort 4) on their pre-seed round, led by @recvcx!
They're building InfraFi, the capital formation layer for the machine economy. Read their full thesis below👇
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The world is changing rapidly and we see a future where productive assets are increasingly owned by the people.
My team and I have spent years building across decentralized infrastructure as both operators and founders, spanning energy, connectivity, positioning networks, and more.
One thing has become very clear. The people best positioned to deploy and operate productive infrastructure won't always be the ones who fund it.
As drones, robots, autonomous vehicles, energy systems, and other productive assets become an increasingly important part of the economy, a new capital layer is needed to connect operators with the people funding them.
We're excited to announce our pre-seed, led by @recvcx and backed by @incubator, as we build the infrastructure financing layer for the machine economy.
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Cohort 5 just wrapped up the busiest week in program history.
Here's who they met:
- @toly
- @solanalabs leadership
- @chloejiani
- @NATIXNetwork
- @ramzyyalii
- @LoganJastremski
- @proofofjamal
- @ElectricCapital
- @BigBrainVC
- @FactionVC
- @recvcx
- @KosmosVC
ALT Two Cohort 5 founders talk around a conference table at the Solana office in New York with Jamal, with laptops open and the city skyline visible through floor-to-ceiling windows behind them.