All expenses covered
Live at the house with meals and a permanent workspace covered for all thirty days.
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A launchpad for deep-tech companies built from India.
Fourteen deep-tech founders live and build in Bengaluru.Thirty days focused on one technical breakthrough.Housing, credits, stipend, and workspace are all covered.
You arrive with the work.We take care of the month.
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.
$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.
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 16 October. Show what changed, not a polished pitch.
Mentors joining the house.
Logan Kilpatrick
Google DeepMind
Danielle Strachman
Co-founder and General Partner, 1517 Fund
Harshil Mathur
Co-founder and CEO, Razorpay
Harshita Arora
General Partner, Y Combinator
Shyamal Anadkat
Former Applied Evals Lead, OpenAI
Dr. Miguel Bessa
Associate Professor of Engineering, Brown
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
Atharva Gundawar
Co-founder and CEO, Markov Robotics
Our Supporters
MarkovRoboticsTwo hackathons hosted. The third is next.
Small rooms, ambitious builders, and real work shipped together.
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.
A few practical questions.
Is the house free?
Yes. There is no application fee, program fee, or equity. Housing, meals, workspace, and the program are covered.
Who should apply?
Deep-tech founders and researchers already working on a hard technical problem. A prototype, research result, or other proof of work matters more than credentials.
Can I apply alone?
Yes. Solo founders and small founding teams can apply. Each person must be able to spend the full month in the house.
What happens to my IP?
It stays yours. Variance takes no equity and makes no claim on the company, invention, code, or research you produce.
When and where is it?
15 September to 15 October 2026 in Bengaluru. The residency is full-time and in person.
What happens at the end?
Residents show what changed during the month at a technical Demo Day on 16 October. The goal is evidence of progress, not a polished pitch.
Questions about the house?founders@variance.house
