A ScottyLabs initiative · Carnegie Mellon
Foundry is a student-run startup accelerator at Carnegie Mellon — a crucible for founders who are all in.
Carnegie Mellon#1 School of Computer Science
Research that shipsWorld-class robotics & AI
Pittsburgh’s largest hackathonTartanHacks
CMU campusBuilt in Pittsburgh
Companies built in the forge
How it works
One semester in the forge.
01
Apply
Only seven teams make each cohort. We look for founders who are all in — not resumes, not pitch decks.
02
Build
A semester of building alongside peer founders, with weekly sessions from VCs and operators in our network.
03
Raise
Leave with real users and a warm path to 40+ venture partners. Foundry-affiliated teams have raised $11M+.
By the numbers
What the forge has produced.
$0M+
raised by Foundry-affiliated teams
0+
founders and counting
0+
venture capital partners in our network
0
teams selected per cohort
FOUNDRY
Join us
If you’re building something real, we want to meet you.
Email hello@scottylabs.org and mention Foundry, or join the mailing list.