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How Antler Facilitates Co-Founder Matching

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Antler runs full-time residencies (including a large India program in Bengaluru) that put dozens of vetted potential co-founders in one room and structure the matching like fast, deliberate dating. This page shows how they do it: pre-program community, compatibility assessments, the 50 founder questions, and design sprints to test working fit. Worth knowing about as a real-world path if you would rather join a structured cohort than source cold, and it doubles as a template for running your own vetting.

  • Cohort programs concentrate vetted potential co-founders so you can move fast
  • They test working compatibility with design sprints, not just conversation
  • You can borrow their process (the 50 questions, a trial build) even without joining
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The question it answers

  1. How do I actually find a technical co-founder?

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