◈ Homepage — https://hackerdojo.org/HACKER DOJO ACCELERATOR AI STARS EVENTS STARTUPS PRICING DONATE REACH YOUR HIGHER POTENTIAL The best place to connect with Silicon Valley. Hacker Dojo is a collaborative hackerspace where tech enthusiasts gather to build, experiment and improve TAKE A TOUR BECOME A MEMBER REQUEST AN EVENT WELCOME TO HACKER DOJO At Hacker Dojo, we believe in the power of community, collaboration, and the relentless pursuit of knowledge. It is a haven for the dreamers, the tinkerers, and the visionaries who dare to challenge the status quo. Access Get 24/7 access to our training ground with your digital key. Work in our shared or quiet spaces, book meeting rooms, or tinker in our maker labs. Community Discover and refine your expertise by connecting with your peers through spontaneous talks, hackathons, and various technical classes & workshops. Potential Take it to the next level, develop soft skills and amplify your impact by challenging yourself to lead and empower other talented members of our community. AI CAREER INITIATIVE Reinvent yourself. We'll show you how. Whether you've been displaced by AI or want to stay ahead of it — our structured program helps you pivot into a fulfilling, sustainable career. Choose your track: Regain your leverage. Assess market disruption and identify your high-impact pivot. We'll help you turn shipped products and execution history into direct interviews and job offers. Become Irreplaceable. Don't wait to be displaced. Master workflow automation and learn to build autonomous AI agents that make you the most irreplaceable, highly leveraged person in your company. Launch your vision. Stop looking for a technical co-founder. Use AI to build and launch your own micro-SaaS into the Dojo network, instantly connecting with talent and capital. Explore the Full Program WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THE DOJO I want to share a good cause - a non-profit hacker space community that supports what I hold near and dear: mentorship of tech and the love of sharing tech. Steve Wozniak CO-FOUNDER OF APPLE " " MEMBER BENEFITS A playground of possibilities with state-of-the-art resources, and a collaborative environment that fosters experimentation and growth. 24/7 ACCESS FIBER INTERNET UNLIMITED COFFEE & TEA HARDWARE LABS SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY FREE EVENTS MONITORS & KEYBOARDS MEETING ROOMS MEMBER PRICING Become a member and get access to Hacker Dojo within minutes. $ 150 PER MONTH SAVE $450 IF YOU PAY FOR A WHOLE YEAR STUDENT PLAN AVAILABLE AT $75 / MONTH VETERAN PLAN AVAILABLE AT $135 / MONTH ADD A DEDICATED DESK FOR $225 / MONTH START YOUR MEMBERSHIP THE HACKER DOJO DOCUMENTARY Since 2009, Hacker Dojo has been a vibrant ecosystem of entrepreneurs, artists, developers and engineers, all driven by a shared passion for pushing boundaries and solving complex problems. IN THE NEWS Financial Times The soul of Silicon Valley Slate How a nerd collective pranked the tech press Palo Alto Online First Bitcoin ATM in Silicon Valley The Almanac Tech for laughs at Hack Comedy Night The New York Times Techies fight to save the Hacker Dojo Silicon Valley Voice Celebrating 10 Years of Hacker Dojo Venture Beat Hacker Dojo Interview BOARD MEMBERS Our board of experienced professionals from various backgrounds - all passionate about creating a better future through education and innovation. Emily Johnson Marco Palacios Eva Carrender Peter Theobald BOARD ADVISORS David Weekly Mark Stofer WHERE YOU CAN FIND US Hacker Dojo HQ 855 Maude Ave, Mountain View, CA 94043 Public Hours 10 AM - 9 PM NEARBY TRANSIT MIDDLEFIELD VTA 5 minute walk BUS 21 1 minute walk CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA HACKER DOJO © 2025 HACKER DOJO. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 501(c)3 Non-Profit Take a tour Membership Events Wiki EIN # 26-4812213 501c3 Docs Policies Phone: (650) 429-8605 ◈ Interior Pages — 5 pages crawledAIStars - Hacker Dojo Hacker Dojo Accelerator AI Stars CoCreate --> Events Startups Pricing Donate Member Portal Events Accelerator AI Stars Wiki Startups Pricing Donate Dojo Earth 🌍 Take A Tour AI Career Initiative Reinvent yourself. We'll show you how. Whether you've been displaced by AI or want to stay ahead of it — our structured program helps you pivot into a fulfilling, sustainable career. Choose your track: Regain your leverage. Assess market disruption and identify your high-impact pivot. We'll help you turn shipped products and execution history into direct interviews and job offers. Become Irreplaceable. Don't wait to be displaced. Master workflow automation and learn to build autonomous AI agents that make you the most irreplaceable, highly leveraged person in your company. Launch your vision. Stop looking for a technical co-founder. Use AI to build and launch your own micro-SaaS into the Dojo network, instantly connecting with talent and capital. Explore the Full Program Hacker Dojo © 2025 Hacker Dojo. All rights reserved. 501(c)3 Non-Profit Take a tour Membership Events Wiki EIN # 26-4812213 501c3 Docs Policies Phone: (650) 429-8605 © 2025 Hacker Dojo. All rights reserved. Accelerator - Hacker Dojo Hacker Dojo Accelerator AI Stars CoCreate --> Events Startups Pricing Donate Member Portal Events Accelerator AI Stars Wiki Startups Pricing Donate Dojo Earth 🌍 Take A Tour Hacker Dojo Accelerator — Connect to Silicon Valley Accelerator Mission Founders Curriculum Instructors Schedule Apply Now Cohort 01 · Spring 2026 · Mountain View Your training ground for what's next. A five-week, in-person accelerator at Silicon Valley's longest-running hackerspace. No equity. No tuition. Just the room, the network, and the mentors to help you ship. Apply to Cohort 01 → See the Curriculum Applications open May 6. Close May 17. Cohort begins May 26. 5 weeks In-person at the Dojo 20 founders Cohort size 0% equity No equity, no tuition Demo Day June 26, 2026 01 · Mission & Vision Reach your higher potential — together. Hacker Dojo has been Silicon Valley's open-door hackerspace since 2009. The Accelerator extends that mission with a structured five-week program for builders who want to ship something real. M Our Mission Help the next generation of founders build the future — without gatekeepers, without giving up equity, and without needing to already know the right people. The Accelerator is for tinkerers, dreamers, and visionaries who dare to challenge the status quo. We give you the room, the network, and the discipline to launch. V Our Vision A Silicon Valley where the room belongs to whoever shows up to build — not just to whoever already has the network. Optimized for first-time founders, immigrants, and builders from outside the traditional pipelines. Small cohort. High standards. A community that lasts long after the five weeks end. 02 · Co-Founders Built by people who've been there. The Accelerator is led by a Hacker Dojo board member and the Executive Director — both committed to keeping the Dojo accessible to the founders who need it most. Co-Founder & Program Director Barry Li ↗ Founder of OMNIAPATH and Wov3. Building tools and platforms for the next generation of builders. Board Advisor at Hacker Dojo, helping bring the Accelerator to life. OMNIAPATH · Founder Wov3 · Founder Hacker Dojo · Board Advisor Co-Founder & Executive Director Qi Diaz ↗ Executive Director of Hacker Dojo. Stewards the 16-year-old institution that's been home to founders of Pinterest, Neuralink, and countless others. Hacker Dojo · ED Mountain View · Since 2009 03 · Curriculum Five weeks. Five disciplines. One demo day. Every Tuesday, the cohort meets at the Dojo for a morning lecture, cohort lunch, afternoon working session, and evening speaker. Friday is for mentor 1:1s. The other days are yours to build. Week 01 · MVP May 26 – 31 Build the smallest thing that proves it. Most early-stage founders build too much, too fast, before they know what works. Week 1 forces clarity: who is your customer, what's the one problem worth solving, and what's the smallest version of your product that can prove the answer? You'll leave with a sharpened hypothesis, a scoped MVP, and a working product or prototype testable with real users. Customer hypothesis MVP scoping User testing Week 02 · Branding June 2 – 7 How you show up is the product. Brand isn't a logo — it's the reason a customer chooses you over the alternative, even before they understand what you do. Week 2 covers positioning, voice, founder story, and the single sentence that makes people lean in. By the end of the week, you'll have a name worth saying out loud, a one-liner you can deliver in any room, and a brand identity that feels distinctly yours. Positioning Founder story Brand identity Week 03 · GTM June 9 – 14 Find the one channel that works. Most founders waste months testing ten go-to-market channels with no real signal from any of them. Week 3 teaches how to pick one channel based on your customer and product, run a real experiment that actually tests it, and read the results honestly. You'll leave with a focused GTM strategy, your first 10–50 real customers in pipeline, and the discipline to say no to every channel that isn't yours. Channel selection Founder-led sales First customers Week 04 · Law June 16 – 21 The scaffolding that lets you move fast. Legal mistakes in the first year are some of the most expensive ones founders make — equity disputes, broken cap tables, IP that doesn't belong to the company. Week 4 covers the basics every founder should understand: entity structure, co-founder agreements, equity splits and vesting, intellectual property, and the contracts you'll sign with employees, customers, and investors. You'll leave knowing what to set up now, what to put in writing, and which mistakes have already cost other founders their companies. Entity & cap table Equity & vesting IP & contracts Week 05 · Fundraising June 23 Pitch like you've already won. The week before Demo Day is for building the story that closes a round. Week 5 covers when (and whether) to raise, the structure of an investor pitch, deck design, and how to handle the hard questions you'll get in every meeting. You'll work through your narrative, build a deck, run live practice pitches with feedback, and walk into Demo Day on June 26 with a story that's been pressure-tested in the room. Investor narrative Deck & story Pitch practice Demo Day June 26 One day. Twenty founders. The room is built to convert. Bay Area angels, pre-seed VCs, Dojo alumni, and corporate partners come to the Dojo. Each cohort founder gets the floor. One-Day Showcase 04 · Instructors A different bench every week. A specialist instructor leads the workshop and 1:1s for each week. Investors, operators, and technical leaders — each one a practitioner who's lived the topic. 1 MVP Product · Engineering Barry Li ↗ Founder, OMNIAPATH & Wov3 2 Branding Brand · Marketing · Design Mark Stofer ↗ Brand & Marketing Leader 3 GTM Sales · Growth · Distribution Vidya Chandra ↗ Go-to-Market Strategist 4 Law Legal · Equity · IP Joanna Fan ↗ Startup Attorney 5 Fundraising Investors · Pitch · Negotiation Qi Diaz ↗ Executive Director, Hacker Dojo Full instructor lineup confirmed for Cohort 01. 05 · Weekly Schedule Two days at the Dojo. The rest is yours to build. The cohort meets in person on Tuesdays and Fridays. Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday are for execution. The Dojo is open 24/7 for cohort founders. Tuesday Workshop Day 10:00 – 12:00 PM Lecture The week's discipline taught in-person at the Dojo. Frameworks, exercises, real examples. 12:00 – 1:00 PM Cohort lunch Open lunch with the cohort and guest speakers. Community, intros, informal feedback. 1:00 – 5:00 PM Working session Build alongside the cohort at the Dojo. Apply the lecture, ship something, ask for help when stuck. 5:00 – 6:30 PM Speaker session A founder, operator, or investor who's lived the topic. Talk, Q&A, informal time after. Friday Mentor 1:1 Day 10:00 – 12:00 PM Morning office hours Each founder books a 30-minute 1:1 with the mentor most relevant to the week. 12:00 – 1:00 PM Cohort lunch Open lunch with mentors and founders. Cross-pollination, intros, informal feedback. 1:00 – 4:00 PM Afternoon office hours Continued 1:1 sessions. Cross-mentor consultations available for specific blockers. The other days — Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday — are for execution. Founders ship, iterate, and submit a written weekly update by Sunday evening. The Dojo is open 24/7 for cohort founders for the full five weeks. Ready to ship something real? Five weeks at Silicon Valley's longest-running hackerspace. Twenty founders. Zero equity. Submit Application → Applications open May 6 · Close May 17 · Free to apply Hacker Dojo Accelerator A program of Hacker Dojo, Silicon Valley's longest-running hackerspace since 2009. Program Mission Founders Curriculum Instructors Apply Hacker Dojo Main site Startups Events Donate Visit 855 Maude Ave Mountain View, CA (650) 429-8605 © 2026 Hacker Dojo · 501(c)(3) Non-Profit · EIN 26-4812213 A program of Hacker Dojo Hacker Do AI Career Initiative | Hacker Dojo Hacker Dojo Accelerator AI Stars CoCreate --> Events Startups Pricing Donate Member Portal Events Accelerator AI Stars Wiki Startups Pricing Donate Dojo Earth 🌍 Take A Tour ✦ Reinvent Yourself AI is reshaping every career. Get ahead of it — or get left behind. Whether you've been laid off, you're watching your industry shift, or you simply want to future-proof your skills — Hacker Dojo's AI Career Initiative gives you the structure, community, and launchpad to make your next move. Find Your Path → Watch 2-Min Overview The market pays for leverage, not knowledge. If you're using ChatGPT as a glorified search engine, you're falling behind. Every product below is designed to help you build autonomous agents, wire workflows, and ship products without permission. Free classes are education. Paid intensives are execution. Cohorts are transformation. Transformation. Not Courses — Execution. Stop watching video tutorials. The AI era rewards those who ship products and execute strategies. Choose a one-morning sprint to get your hands dirty, or commit to a full cohort crucible. Guided Outcome Sprints 1 Saturday Morning · 4 Hours Career Pivot Sprint $197 The job market changed, but most advice you hear is still the same. This isn’t another generic career workshop. It’s a live execution sprint focused on helping you adapt to an AI-disrupted market. ✓ Identify the Gap: Figure out exactly where your past experience meets current market demand. ✓ The Pipeline: Master the AI-assisted outbound strategies that actually generate high-paying interviews. ✓ The Clarity: Walk out by noon with certainty about your next pivot and the exact steps to get your first interviews for it. Register for Career Pivot Sprint → See More... 1 Saturday Morning · 4 Hours AI Builder Sprint $147 Most AI training teaches you tools in a vacuum. This isn't a tutorial — it's a live execution sprint where you dissect how real AI products work, then build and deploy your own version before lunch. ✓ The X-Ray: Tear apart 3 AI products that are already making money. Learn to see the wiring — what's AI, what's a wrapper, where's the actual value. ✓ The Build: Learn agentic AI hands-on — prompt chaining, tool use, and workflow automation — as you wire a working proof-of-concept for your own use case. No coding experience needed. ✓ The Deploy: Ship it live, get feedback, and walk out with a deployed prototype and a 1-page product brief. Register for AI Builder Sprint → See More... Full Cohort Programs 4-Week Crucible 🌉 The Bridge Laid off, stuck in a role that's evaporating, or quietly watching your industry shift? We help you figure out your next pivot and how to start landing interviews for it. You leave with proper positioning, proof of work, and a real interview pipeline. Career transitions are hard. Doing them solo — sending hundreds of applications into the void, losing confidence with every rejection — is even harder. The people who pivot fastest are the ones surrounded by others who've done it before. The Bridge doesn't teach AI and job search separately. You learn to build an AI-powered outreach engine that generates interviews, ship a portfolio piece that proves you're an orchestrator, and translate your builder skills into corporate roles that pay $150K+. The AI education never feels like homework — it feels like an unfair advantage. In-person · Mountain View 15 builders/cohort Pods of 4 $997 Standard · $1497 Premium See Program Details → See More... 6-Week Crucible ⚒️ The Forge Having the HD Applied AI Architect Certification is proof that you can build something real. You collaborate with your small group to ship an AI product and, in the meantime, learn everything you need to know about leveraging agentic AI. Most AI certificates prove you watched videos and passed a quiz. The HD Applied AI Architect certification proves you can actually build. Six intensive sessions where you go from understanding how AI works under the hood to shipping a live AI product — in production, in front of real users. Walk out with the HD Applied AI Architect credential — proof that you don't just understand AI at a deep level, but can use it to get something real into the world. Hybrid format 12 builders/cohort Pods of 4 Standard Path: $1497 · AI Architect Path: $1997 See Program Details → See More... The Dojo Dual Guarantee We don't want your money if we can't deliver results. Two layers of protection. You decide within a week if a cohort is right for you. If you commit to the Bridge Premium track and do the work but don't get results within six months, you get your full tuition back. ① The 7-Day Vibe Check Try the first week. If it's not for you, full refund. No questions asked. No emails. No exit interview. Just your money back within 7 days. (Applies to all Bridge and Forge tracks). ② The 180-Day Money-Back (Bridge Premium only) Do the work. Get results. Or get your tuition back. Complete every session, submit every deliverable, and meet the effort threshold below. If you don't land a role or contract within 6 months of graduation — full refund. What "do the work" means for the 180-Day Guarantee: If you attend all 4 sessions, complete all deliverables, ship your role-relevant AI demo, rebuild your resume/LinkedIn, and send 50+ documented tailored outreach messages—but do not generate at least 3 qualified interviews or serious hiring conversations within 180 days—you get continued support or a full refund. 🌉 How We Bridge Move from where you are to what aligns with you most. 🎯 Applied Upskilling You don't learn AI separately from the job search. You use it to generate outreach, proof, and momentum. 💼 Corporate Translation Turn raw AI fluency into hiring-manager language employers understand and trust. 🚀 Proof of Life Create a real AI artifact for your target role — something you can show, not just describe. ⚒️ How We Forge Learn AI by shipping, not by watching. 👥 Accountability Pods Small teams create pressure, momentum, and shared progress. 📦 Micro-Shippables Every session produces a working artifact — workflow, prototype, or tool. 🧠 Thinking Over Tooling Tools change. Clear thinking, problem-solving, and judgment endure. ⚡ We turn you into an Applied AI Architect. The highest-value people in 2026 are not those that can ask questions from ChatGPT — it's the people who design the systems where AI agents do the work and humans make the decisions AI can't, and the ones that create visible proof of value. How It Fits Together A typical Dojo journey. Most people start with one program. The flywheel kicks in when they don't stop there. 1 Free Workshop Public preview. Find out if this is for you. ⟶ 2 Sprint Career Pivot or AI Builder. One morning. Real output. ⟶ 3 Bridge / Forge Full cohort. Pods. Capstone. Transformation. ⟶ 4 Black Belt Expert Mode. Micro-Consulting. Earn on the platform. ⟶ 5 Mentor Teach the next cohort. Build the Dojo. Reputation System The Belt System. Your status on CoCreate OS isn't bought — it's earned by shipping. Founders see your Belt before they see your name. ⬜ White Belt Default — Just Joined Browse startups. Claim free Portfolio Micro-Contracts. Build your first proofs of work. Complete 2 contracts (no rating below 4.0★) to advance. 🟦 Blue Belt Proven Operator · Unlocks Pro Contracts + Expert Mode You've shipped real work. Now you can claim paid Pro Contracts, activate Expert Mode in Micro-Consulting (offer paid services), and get priority on the Talent Directory. Fast-track via GitHub or LinkedIn verification. ⬛ Black Belt Founder · Mentor · HD Applied AI Architect The top tier. Earned by founding a launched startup, mentoring 2 Blue Belts into hired roles, OR earning the HD Applied AI Architect certification through The Forge. God-Mode directory visibility, Demo Day judge authority, masterclass teaching rights. Built On Mountain View Soil 17 years of building builders at Hacker Dojo. 2009 Founded 100+ Startups Launched Startups - Hacker Dojo Hacker Dojo Accelerator AI Stars CoCreate --> Events Startups Pricing Donate Member Portal Events Accelerator AI Stars Wiki Startups Pricing Donate Dojo Earth 🌍 Take A Tour Startups A launchpad for groundbreaking ideas and technologies - a common ground for the next generation of tech pioneers and disruptors. Your AI-Powered Litigation Drafting Assistant Member Since October 2024 AI-powered bid management for trucking companies. Member Since October 2025 The AI Copilot that helps you win RFPs. Member Since November 2022 Customer support automation with AI-powered answers. Member Since August 2022 Creating digital humans for enterprises. Member Since November 2022 Providing affordable, highly reliable ventilators. Member since November 2022 --> Notable Startup Alumni Hacker Dojo © 2025 Hacker Dojo. All rights reserved. 501(c)3 Non-Profit Take a tour Membership Events Wiki EIN # 26-4812213 501c3 Docs Policies Phone: (650) 429-8605 © 2025 Hacker Dojo. All rights reserved. Pricing - Hacker Dojo Hacker Dojo Accelerator AI Stars CoCreate --> Events Startups Pricing Donate Member Portal Events Accelerator AI Stars Wiki Startups Pricing Donate Dojo Earth 🌍 Take A Tour Simple, Transparent Pricing Membership that pays for itself. Join the Silicon Valley community that has launched hundreds of startups and thousands of careers. No hidden fees. Cancel anytime. Most Popular Standard $ 150 / month or $1,350 / year — save $450 Full membership with 24/7 access to everything Hacker Dojo has to offer. Ideal for founders, engineers, and makers who want a serious creative home base. 24/7 keycard building access Fiber internet Shared desk space Hardware & maker labs Meeting room bookings Monitors & keyboards Free community events Unlimited coffee & tea Start Membership Student $ 75 / month   Half-price membership for currently enrolled students. Bring your projects and ambitions — we'll provide the space and community. 24/7 keycard building access Fiber internet Shared desk space Hardware & maker labs Meeting room bookings Monitors & keyboards Free community events Unlimited coffee & tea Student ID verification required Start Membership Veteran $ 135 / month   Discounted membership honoring those who have served. Same full access as a Standard membership — our way of saying thank you. 24/7 keycard building access Fiber internet Shared desk space Hardware & maker labs Meeting room bookings Monitors & keyboards Free community events Unlimited coffee & tea Military service verification required Start Membership Pay annually and save $450 Standard membership billed yearly is $1,350 — equivalent to $112.50/month . Three months free compared to monthly billing. $1350 / year Start Membership Add-on Dedicated Desk Reserve your own permanent desk. Keep your gear set up, have your own spot waiting for you every day — no more hunting for a seat. Available as an add-on to any membership plan. +$225 / month Everything Included Every membership plan includes full access to all of these. No add-ons, no surprise charges. 24/7 Access Digital key — no front desk needed Fiber Internet High-speed, reliable connectivity Hardware Labs Maker tools, 3D printing, and more Meeting Rooms Bookable private rooms for calls & sprints Monitors & Keyboards Plug in and get to work immediately Community Founders, engineers, and builders Free Events Talks, hackathons, and workshops Unlimited Coffee & Tea Fuel included, always Frequently Asked Questions How quickly can I get started? You can sign up online and get access within minutes. Once you complete the membership form and payment, you'll receive your digital key to the building. No waiting period, no approval process for standard memberships. Is there a long-term commitment? No. All monthly plans can be cancelled at any time. The annual plan locks in a lower effective rate (saving you $450) but is paid upfront. We don't do contracts or lock-in periods on monthly billing. How does the annual billing work? The annual Standard plan is $1,350 paid once per year, equivalent to $112.50/month — a savings of $450 compared to monthly billing. Student and Veteran annual plans may also be available; contact us for details. How do I verify student or veteran status? After signing up, you'll be asked to provide a valid student ID or military service documentation. Our team will review and activate the discounted rate within one business day. What is a Dedicated Desk? A dedicated desk is a permanent, reserved workspace that is yours every day. You can leave your monitor, equipment, and personal items set up without packing away each visit. It's an add-on to any membership plan for +$225/month. Can I host events or workshops at Hacker Dojo? Yes. Members can request event space for talks, hackathons, and workshops. Use the "Request An Event" link on our homepage or contact the front desk to check availability and book a space. Where is Hacker Dojo located? Hacker Dojo is located in the heart of Silicon Valley. Visit our homepage for the exact address and a map. We're accessible by public transit and have parking nearby. Can I take a tour before joining? Absolutely. We encourage it. Book a 30-minute tour with our front desk team and we'll show you around the space, answer your questions, and help you figure out which plan is right for you. Ready to join? Start your membership today. Join the builders, hackers, and visionaries who call Hacker Dojo home. Not sure yet? Take a tour first. Take a Tour Start Your Membership Hacker Dojo © 2025 Hacker Dojo. All rights reserved. 501(c)3 Non-Profit Take a tour Membership Events Wiki EIN # 26-4812213 501c3 Docs Policies Phone: (650) 429-8605 © 2025 Hacker Dojo. All rights reserved.