01 unfound
Distribution
SEO is collapsing behind AI answers. Being found is a new game.
Impact The product is real, but the market does not know where to place it yet.
AI-native incubator - Cohort #1 opens July 2026
The incubator for operators, not students.
For founders who have already shipped, and now need the quieter, harder work: distribution, retention, defensibility and capital.
01 - Thesis
Building used to be the hard part. It is not anymore.
Cursor, Claude Code and Lovable made shipping a product nearly free. So a three-month sprint to "ship faster" solves a problem founders no longer have.
What remains is harder and slower: the twelve months after the build, when distribution, retention, inference economics, sales and capital decide whether the company becomes real.
02 - Sound familiar?
You've probably accepted one of these as just the way AI companies work.
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02 fragile
Retention
A new model release can make yesterday's wrapper feel replaceable.
Impact If the workflow is not embedded, the next model announcement becomes an existential event.
03 thin moat
Defensibility
The market is tired of shallow AI demos. You need a moat that survives scrutiny.
Impact The story has to move from clever implementation to something investors believe can compound.
04 month 6
Isolation
Solo AI founders tend to stall in months four to eight, after the launch rush fades.
Impact The company needs a room where the pressure is honest and the advice is operational.
05 capital
Capital
Investor access still clusters around old networks and relocation myths.
Impact Fundraising should follow traction and preparation, not theatre.
We build it with you.
We fund it with you.
We stay with you for life.
03 - What this makes possible
The point is not the programme. It is what happens when the right room forms around the company.
The founder gets out of the anxious middle: too advanced for beginner communities, too early for conventional investors, and too busy to turn every operational problem into a system alone.
04 - Founder read
Ask the room where your AI company is actually stuck.
Describe the product, the traction, and the thing that keeps repeating. Cohort One will give you a direct operator read: what the bottleneck is, why it matters, and what should happen next.
05 - How it works
Discovery, build and support. In that order, until the company is fundable.
Discovery
Find the constraint that actually decides whether the company grows.
A sharper wedge, explicit metrics and a 30-day operating target.Build
Work directly on the systems, evals, agents, distribution surfaces and investor materials.
Proof that can survive customers, costs and diligence.Support
Stay in the rhythm long enough for retention, sales and capital to become real.
A company that is easier to fund, sell and keep alive.Months 01-03
Validate and harden
Problem validation, eval design, production observability, reliability and inference-cost discipline.Months 04-06
Margins and moat
Pricing, retention loops, defensibility narrative, distribution experiments and the mid-programme reset.Months 07-09
Distribution and sales
AI-native sales engineering, pilots, LLM-surface presence, community, and enterprise or PLG motion.Months 10-12
Raise or compound
Data room, investor story, warm introductions, Demo Day readiness and post-programme fundraising support.06 - Who You Work With
Two partners. Two distinct edges. Full attention every month.
This is not mentor roulette. The promise is direct partner time with people who build, sell, finance and pressure-test the company with you.
The operator
Daniel Wright
Founder of NavAIgate. Builds and ships production AI agents, automation systems, eval architecture and reliability workflows.The capital network
Jakub Piorkowski
Investor network across CEE, DACH and UAE / MENA. Valuation preparation, fund relationships and co-pitching in high-value meetings.Built With You
"Most accelerators bring you a mentor who watched a YouTube playlist on agents. We sit at your laptop. We design the eval suite. We ship the agent. We debug the orchestration when it breaks."Premium and Elite tiers include direct pair-build time with Daniel, plus quarterly technical audits.
07 - The Offer
Three ways in. Same room, more partner time as you go deeper.
Basic
For founders who want the full room, monthly partner pressure and conditional investor activation.
- 1h/month with Daniel
- 1h/month with Jakub
- Metrics Confessional mastermind
- Operator Toolkit
- 5+ warm investor introductions on milestones
Most chosen
Premium
For founders who want hands-on building time, deeper audits and a sharper fundraising path.
- 2h/month partner time
- Built With You pair-builds
- Quarterly technical audit
- SAFE pathway if qualified
- 10+ warm investor introductions
Elite
A scarce, invitation-only track for companies that need founder-level operating help.
- Weekly partner cadence
- Dubai residency with both partners
- Co-pitching in 5+ investor meetings
- Dedicated investor package
- Priority founder-fund consideration
08 - Alignment
Five board seats per cohort. By invitation only.
Participation is separate from equity. If you want Daniel or Jakub as operating board members, you invite them. No upfront equity. No default take. Entirely your call.
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scarce seats for founders who want operating board-level commitment
09 - Founder Fit
The filter protects the room.
This is you
- You have shipped an AI product.
- You have early revenue, design partners or live pilots.
- You are technical, semi-technical, or have a serious shipping record.
- You are building AI automation, agents, vertical SaaS or productised AI services.
- You are tired of being the most advanced person in every founder group you join.
Not yet
- Idea-stage with nothing shipped in the last 30 days.
- Generic "AI for X" without a real customer wedge.
- More interested in fundraising theatre than building.
- Looking for structure after redundancy rather than attacking a market.
10 - What Happens Next
Warm pre-sell is open now. Public applications open September 2026.
Now
Personal conversations with founders who have already shipped.
September
Public application opens with a short written filter and demo prompt.
October
Partner interviews, selection, and final Cohort #1 decisions.
November
Cohort #1 launches with the first operating cadence.
Cohort One
Have you shipped something real?
Send a one-line description of what you have shipped, the customer or workflow it serves, and a link. If there is a fit, Daniel or Jakub will pick it up directly.
Request an invitation