Pioneer Interview: Jenil Thakker Interview with Pioneer Jenil Thakker from India who recently raised $2.5M to build Coinvise.
June 2021 The newest cohort of Pioneers are building a social web browser, a crypto creator economy, AI-powered green screen and more.
February 2021 Pioneers in our latest batch are building a collaborative ML engine, hyperlocal sneaker marketplace, live stream shopping and more.
Roboflow raises $2.1M, Sudoku-solver turned computer vision platform The origin story of Roboflow and Pioneer, following their fundraise of $2.1M co-led by Lachy Groom and Craft Ventures.
Courtney Hohne on Moonshots at X Courtney Hohne, Chief Storyteller at X, discusses the early days of Waymo and Loon, commercializing clean fuel from sea water and nanobots.
January 2021 Pioneers in our January cohort are building an all-purpose ML API, online dental education, AI-powered farming, and more.
Chris Dixon and Daniel Gross talk AI, Crypto and Innovation Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Chris Dixon discusses the future of AI, the fundamentals of blockchain and cults that beget industries.
December 2020 Pioneers in our December cohort are building ML and art marketplaces, AI-powered presentation and video clipping software, and more.
Pioneer AMA with Courtland Allen, founder of Indie Hackers Indie Hackers founder Courtland Allen joins Pioneers for an AMA with topics range from community-building, to motivation, to common first-time founder mistakes and more.
Launching Launcher Launcher helps you find product-market fit. It's software that tracks your progress as you find your first few users and bring your product to life.
Building a supersonic jet startup with Blake Scholl Daniel Gross joins Boom Supersonic founder Blake Scholl for a conversation about the first independently developed Mach 2.2 airliner.
October 2020 Pioneers in our September cohort are improving crop yields, creating a parking space marketplace,
September 2020 Fully automated freight shipping. Efficient ML model deployment. Ocean-faring drone ships. Pioneers around the world tinkering away at the next generation of formidable businesses.
August 2020 Pioneers in our August batch are powering the LatAm money-sharing economy, optimizing your work environment, incorporating your US business faster, and more.
2 Years of Pioneer: 40 Countries and Counting Two years ago, Pioneer launched with the intent of finding and empowering ambitious outsiders around the world.
July 2020 Pioneers in our July batch are creating companies to easily offset your carbon footprint, keep you in a state of flow, market your engineering work and more.
Pioneer Challenge: A New Terminal In 4 weeks, we’re investing $20,000 in the best Terminal 2.0. We start with a 48 hour Hackathon from August 7th - August 9th. Winners are incorporated for free, then compete for Pioneer Gold investment.
June 2020 From Stripe Atlas for government forms, to micro financing for projects, to better virtual workspaces – meet this month’s Pioneers.
May 2020 From better tools for personal productivity, to improved livestreaming, to finance apps that could power a continent, meet this month's batch of diverse projects.
Pioneer Challenge: $10,000 for Better Zendesk It’s hard to know what to build. If you’re lucky enough to find a good problem, you’re still a long way from your first customer and even longer from success.
April 2020 From better email analytics and marketing to software that helps people optimize their savings to a Shopify for Africa, our Pioneers’ companies span a diverse range of categories and multiple continents.
March 2020 Our March 2020 batch includes companies as diverse as crypto based video games, a Wix for voice apps, and an intelligent note-taking assistant. We’re excited to have these Pioneers in our online city.
February 2020 The second set of Pioneers in 2020 exemplifies that philosophy. Whether it’s an easier way to publish a blog, better e-commerce search, or a Fitbit for productivity, our founders have focused on making things people love.
Building Cities From Scratch: An Interview With Mark Lutter and Tamara Winter We know how to make new apps. New companies. But what does it take to make new cities? Mark Lutter and Tamara Winter are building the Charter Cities Institute to figure out the answer.
