Graduate with a running startup.
Buildojo is a startup accelerator for aspiring founders ages 13 to 17. Think Y Combinator, but for the generation starting earlier: a 6-month cohort where young founders don't study entrepreneurship, they live it.
WHY NOW
AI just collapsed the cost of building. A 14-year-old can now ship what took a funded team a year. The market rewards people who notice what's missing, build it, and put it in front of others. That's what we train.
THE EXPERIENCE
Every founder builds their own startup from day one, with a working founder as their 1:1 mentor every week, monthly Toronto meetups, and a cohort of ambitious peers. It ends the way real startups begin: pitching live to founders and investors at Demo Day.
THE SKILLS
→ Finding problems others miss, and understanding them deeply
→ Agency and grit: nobody assigns the work, founders own it
→ Talking to customers and defining exactly who they're building for
→ Pivoting on evidence, not ego
→ Asking for money, the ultimate validation
→ Telling the story of what they built and why it matters
→ Building a founder network that compounds for decades
THE MENTORS
Our Founders Circle includes operators from Instacart (through its Nasdaq IPO), PUSH (acquired by WHOOP), Tiny Hearts (acquired by Shopify), Manzil ($250M+ AUM), plus leaders who scaled Slack, Zapier, and Canva. Not coaches with slides. Builders in your corner.
THE OUTCOME
Graduates leave with a running startup: shipped product, real users, a first paying customer attempt, and founder judgment that transfers to everything next.
Built by founders and excellent operators. 
Fall 2026 cohort: applications open, spots limited.
Apply: https://buildojo.ai/apply
Founders Circle: https://buildojo.ai/about
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