/ About this event
40 founders scaling real engineering orgs. One 89-foot yacht. A full day on the bay with the investors and engineers who can actually unblock you — and up to $50K in Tenki credits and matching grants on the table for every company aboard.
No pitch competition. No judges. No demo day. You are not here to perform for anyone. Bring the problem you're actually stuck on.
Who's aboard
Founders and technical leads at companies that are already shipping — teams running agents in production, teams where CI has quietly become the bottleneck, teams merging more PRs than anyone can review. Pre-seed through Series B. Around 25 companies, 40 seats.
Alongside you: angels and VCs who write checks at your stage, and the Tenki engineers who build the infrastructure you'll be running on. Everyone on the boat is either building a company or helping one. No spectators.
Every company accepted into Tenki for Startups gets:
Up to $10,000 in free Tenki credits Up to $40,000 in 1:1 matching grants Direct access to Tenki engineers and standing office hours Community, events, workspace access, and founder perks
Onboarding happens on the water. You walk off with credits live in your account and your stack pointed at Tenki — not a follow-up email and a calendar link.
What you'll be running on Sandboxes — isolated microVMs where your agents write and run code GitHub Runners — bare-metal CI, faster builds at lower cost Code Reviewer — every PR reviewed with full-codebase context
What's on the boat
Beluga caviar, real meals all day, free bowling, a hot tub, coffee on tap, an open arcade, and unhurried hours with people who have solved the thing you're solving.
Anyone who wants to walk the plank can walk the plank. No winning required. Towels and the hot tub on standby.
How to get aboard
Two steps.
Apply to Tenki for Startups — company, stage, what you're building, and one honest paragraph about where your infrastructure hurts. Request a seat here.
No essay. No resume. No pitch deck — that's the whole point of the name.
We approve on a rolling basis until the seats are gone, and the boat sets the cap, not us.
This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
