Forge Residency Cohort 02 – Alexandria

Alexandria is the second Forge Residency cohort. It brings together approximately 12–14 founders for a 22-day residential building program at a villa in Mandrem, Goa. The residency operates inside the wider Edge City India community and is designed for independent founders developing frontier technologies, new products and emerging industries.

• Applicants must be technical founders or builders working independently or in a small team.
• Applicants must present an original idea and evidence of progress.
• The application asks what the founder is building, what currently exists, previous work and a measurable result or milestone where available.
• Founders may apply before incorporating a company.
• Applicants must be able to participate in the complete in-person Goa residency.

• No tuition or program fee.
• Forge takes no equity for the residency.
• Accommodation at the Forge villa.
• Meals prepared by a private chef.
• Access to hardware laboratories and space for experimentation.
• AI, compute and infrastructure credits from partners including OpenAI, Cartesia, ElevenLabs, PostHog, Linear, Stripe, Confluent, Exa, LiveKit and others.
• Potential micro-grants.
• Hands-on product-development support.
• Guidance for finding and evaluating potential co-founders.
• Fundraising preparation and relevant investor introductions.
• Mentorship and interaction with founders, researchers and operators in the Edge City community.
• Demo Day at the conclusion of the residency.
• Continuing access to the Forge community after the cohort.

• Forge reviews every application and evaluates what the applicant has built, evidence of progress and how the founder approaches the work.
• Applications showing specific execution, independent thinking, real users, meaningful experiments or resourcefulness are prioritised.
• Approximately 12–14 founders are selected for the residency.