Winter 2027 · Cambridge, MA
A January build program at Link Studio for student founding teams of two to five. Software or hardware, with AI at the core. You arrive with an idea and leave with a working product, two pitch days behind you, and real conversations about what comes next.
01The Floor
Launchpad runs on Link Studio's own build floor at One Kendall Square, with desks, whiteboards, and advisors in the room. Kendall Square is one of the densest concentrations of technical talent in the country, and the studio is a short walk from MIT and the Red Line.
02Schedule
We keep the calendar light on purpose. Sessions are few and high leverage. The rest of the time the studio is yours and the work sets the pace.
Kickoff dinner, customer discovery, and a problem doc by the end of the week.
Friday demos, User Test Day, and a working demo by the end of the week.
Founders dinner, dress rehearsal, and a real pitch on Demo Day.
What a typical program day looks like.
9:00 AM
Coffee and easy conversation in the Link Studio lounge as the floor fills up.
11:30 AM
A workshop or talk roughly twice a week. Every other day, this is build time.
12:30 PM
Catered on program days when the cohort eats together. Other days, Kendall Square is at the door.
1:30 PM
The longest uninterrupted block of the day. Heads down.
3:30 PM
Twenty-minute one-on-one slots with advisors, whenever you want them.
All day
Open in the Link Studio cafe whenever you need fuel.
03Workshops and Firesides
Over three weeks you learn from founders, operators, and investors who build companies for a living and have seen this stage many times over. They come to the floor, tell you what actually happened, then sit down with your team one on one.
A handful of workshops and an investor fireside across the three weeks, plus one-on-one office hours. From the topic pool:
04What You Get
Space, capital, compute, and people, set up before you arrive.
So January can be a full build month. Cash to each founder on day one.
Desks, monitors, and whiteboards on Link Studio's build floor, plus a complimentary gym membership in the building.
Claude Enterprise seats, API credits, and your IDE of choice. Set up before you arrive.
Operators, founders, investors, and technical experts, plugged in where they're useful.
Catered meals when the cohort comes together, snacks and coffee on the floor, and Launchpad gear.
Teams that build something worth continuing leave with introductions, honest feedback, and a clear read on what comes next.
05Who Should Apply
06The Team
Link Launchpad is run by Link Studio, an incubator that starts and builds new companies from its floor at One Kendall Square. Link Ventures, an early-stage venture firm, works out of the same building. Everyone below is around the floor in January.
Founder
Founder and General Partner · Link Studio and Link Ventures
Serial entrepreneur. Twenty-three companies co-founded, five past $100M, including EverQuote (NASDAQ: EVER) and Vestmark ($2T+ in U.S. assets under management). MIT computer science. Teaches "AI for Impact: Venture Studio" at MIT today. Founded Link Studio in 2006.
Managing Partner · Link Ventures and Link Studio
VP, Venture Partner · Link Studio
Partner · Link Studio
Managing Director · Link Ventures
Managing Director · Link Ventures
Investor · Link Ventures
Investor · Link Ventures
07Apply
Admissions are rolling, so the earlier you apply, the better. We expect to take roughly 10 to 12 teams, and the cohort flexes with the strength of the applications. Round up your co-founders, tell us what you want to build, and we'll be in touch fast.
Takes about ten minutes. Your draft saves as you go.
