by Beta Fund, the investing arm of Beta University.
Every ambitious builder eventually reaches a crossroads. You’ve sharpened your skills at places like Meta, Google, OpenAI, or Stanford. You feel the urge to build, but haven’t yet decided what deserves your next decade.
This -1 to 0 stage is where possibility lives: restless, open-ended, and full of potential. Most investors wait until after conviction, when a company already exists. We invest before that.
That’s why we created the AI Explorer — for exceptional people to explore possibilities before there’s a clear idea. When someone takes the leap — leaving a job or stepping out of school — we commit $20K.
As conviction emerges, Explorers can move into the Equity Track, where we offer a non-binding $100K follow-on at pre-seed.
Beyond capital, the Explorer journey is about experience: intimate small-group gatherings, deep-dive brainstorming sessions, and a community of peers equally restless to explore. It’s a space to test ideas, sharpen thinking, and build lasting founder relationships.
Talent alone is not enough. Ideas alone are not enough. What matters is the journey from possibility to purpose. That’s where we stand, and that’s what we fund.