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AllAcceleratorFellowshipOpen
On Deck
On Deck Founder Program
Amount
TBD
Deadline
Aug 30, 2026
Odds
~80–100 per cohort
Effort
1 to 2 hrs
Can you get this?
✓Non-dilutive: no equity taken
✓One-week in-person experience in SF
✓For founders and builders at early stage
✓80–100 participants per cohort
✓Over half of participants are technical
Your real odds
Each cohort accepts roughly 80–100 participants from a global applicant pool, and no acceptance rate is published.
The program has placed over 1,000 startups across prior cohorts, with alumni raising over $2B combined, so the applicant pool is almost certainly competitive.
What it takes
Submit application online1 to 2 hrs
Await review and decision
Attend onboarding week in SF1 week
Worth knowing
More than 50% of participants are technical, and several notable co-founder pairs have met through ODF, so if finding a co-founder is part of your goal, that outcome is documented and common enough to take seriously.
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